Shadrach James Explained

Shadrach James
Nickname:Shady
Birth Date:30 November 1917
Birth Place:Echuca, Victoria
Death Place:Mooroopna, Victoria
Originalteam:Mooroopna,[1] Brocklesby
Height:173 cm
Weight:68 kg
Guernsey:2
Years1:1940–1941
Club1:Fitzroy
Games Goals1:18 (20)

Shadrach Garfield James (30 November 1917 – 20 November 1973)[2] was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules footballer.

Family

Shadrach Garfield James was born in Echuca on 30 November 1917 as the son of Indigenous Australian activist Shadrach Livingstone James and Maggie James, née Campbell. James was a cousin of Sir Doug Nicholls and this reference states he was born in Wahgunyah, Victoria.[3]

Playing career

In 1938, James kicked 115 goals for the Mooroopna in the Goulburn Valley Football Association,[4] including another 13 during the finals for a total of 128, in which he played Mooroopna's 1940 losing grand final side.[5]

In 1939, Brockledby kicked 34.24 - 228 against Cookardinia, with "Shady" James kicking 19 goals to eclipse Brocklesby's previous best of 14 goals by Vin Smith.[6] James kicked five goals for Brocklesby in the 1939 Albury & District Football League premiership.[7] All up, James kicked 82 goals in the home and away series[8] plus 16 goals in the finals, for a total of 98 goals in 17 games in 1939.

James commenced training with Fitzroy in 1940 with a number of other players from the Albury & District Football League[9] and played 18 matches for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League between 1940[10] and 1941. James, a left footer,[11] was the fourth Indigenous Australian to play for Fitzroy.[12]

In 1943, James' brother, Rupert was signed up to Fitzroy.[13]

In 1946, James was club secretary and coach of the All Blacks Football Club in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League and kicked nine goals in their grand final win against Toolamba.[14]

James went onto play with various club's throughout the Goulburn Valley and North East Victoria and played football well into the late 1940's, as he played in Wangaratta's 1948 losing Ovens & Murray Football League preliminary final side.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: MOOROOPNA WINS WELL. . Shepparton Advertiser . Victoria . 9 May 1938 . 2 May 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Shadrach James – Player Bio. Australian Football. 13 January 2015.
  3. Web site: 1940 - No. 9 Fitzroy . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 11 September 2021 . https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188807702 . 15 June 1940.
  4. Web site: 1938 - Mooroopna Man's Record . The Weekly Times . 4 February 2022 . 62 . 3 September 1938.
  5. Web site: 1940 - GRAND FINAL Re-PLAY . Shepparton Advertiser (Vic) . 4 February 2022 . 6 . 10 October 1940.
  6. Web site: 1939 - Albury District League . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 4 February 2022 . 4 . 17 July 1939.
  7. Web site: 1939 - Brocklesby win Mackie Pennant . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 2 . 18 September 1939.
  8. Web site: 1939 - Albury District League: Brocklesby v Culcairn . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 5 February 2022 . 4 . 14 August 1939.
  9. Web site: 1940 - ALBURY DISTRICT PLAYERS IN MELBOURNE . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 4 February 2022 . 5 . 9 April 1940.
  10. Web site: 1940 - MAROONS GAINED STAR WHEN GEELONG . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 5 February 2022 . 11 . 15 May 1940.
  11. Web site: 1940 - Flashes from the football fields . Sporting Globe . 5 February 2022 . 6 . 11 May 1940.
  12. Web site: Black, Maroon and Blue. Muyt. Adam. Maroon and Blue. 2009-11-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100126030941/http://www.maroonandblue.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28. 26 January 2010. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: 1943 - LEAGUE CLUBS PREPARE FOR 2nd ROUND . The Argus . 20 February 2022 . 9 . 28 July 1946.
  14. Web site: 1946 - All Blacks Premiers: S. James, 9 Goals . Shepparton Advertiser (Vic) . 20 February 2022 . 2 . 8 October 1946.
  15. Web site: 1948 - North Albury beat Wang . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 7 February 2022 . 10 . 30 August 1948.

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