Player Profile

Wairarapa RU

#223 Hinton James ‘Jim’ Blake

Height
Weight
Birthplace Greytown
Previous Clubs Carterton

b. 19.11.1884, Greytown
d. 23.06.1952, Carterton

Referee: (Wairarapa) 1926 Wair v Wgtn; 1931 Wair v Bush; 1932 Wair v Wgtn; 1936 Wair v Waik, Marl v Nels; 1937 Wair v HB; 1938 Wair v Auck. 7 games.

Lance-sergeant in NZ Rifle Brigade WWI 1916-18,
awarded Military Medal (MM) 1917
‘for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to service. He gallantly led his section in the attack on Messines on 7th June 1917, particularly in an attack on an enemy gun position. He set a fine example bayoneting a number of the enemy . After the position was consolidated he did good work in tending the wounded’

Brother of Walter (Carterton), father of Alan ‘Kiwi’ (Carterton), Ivan ‘Bulla’ (Carterton) and Rex (Carterton), grandfather of Ian (Carterton).

1919 season

3
Played
0
Tries
0
Conversions
0
Penalties
0
Drop Goals
0
Yellow Cards
0
Red Cards

1914 season

1
Played
0
Tries
0
Conversions
0
Penalties
0
Drop Goals
0
Yellow Cards
0
Red Cards

1910 season

2
Played
0
Tries
0
Conversions
0
Penalties
0
Drop Goals
0
Yellow Cards
0
Red Cards

All seasons

6
Played
0
Tries
0
Conversions
0
Penalties
0
Drop Goals
0
Yellow Cards
0
Red Cards

1919 season

Tue 03 Jun 2:30 pm A Representative Match Hawkes Bay 18 - 03
Sat 26 Jul 2:30 pm A Representative Match Bush RU 03 - 25
Sat 23 Aug 2:30 pm H Representative Match Bush RU 18 - 05

1914 season

Thu 27 Aug 2:30 pm H Representative Match Canterbury 00 - 22

1910 season

Sat 27 Aug 2:30 pm A Representative Match Hawkes Bay 12 - 10
Thu 01 Sep 2:30 pm H Representative Match Southland 03 - 03