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Jim Devereux
James "Jim" Devereux (1885–1936?) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer of the earlier 20th century. A New South Wales interstate and Australian international representative three-quarter back, he played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership from its first season in 1908 for the North Sydney club,〔(Jim Devereux ) at yesterdayshero.com.au〕 before playing several seasons in England will Hull FC. He later returned to Australia and coached North Sydney.
==Playing career==
The son of Irish immigrant parents, James Devereux & Ellen Shanahon, Devereux played for New South Wales against New Zealand, and later in all three matches of Australia's inaugural Test series in 1908 against New Zealand on the return leg of their tour of Britain. He was a member of the side chosen for the first ever Kangaroo tour and was the first Australian to score a try in rugby league against Great Britain when he got a hat-trick in the first ever Test between the nations.〔 After the tour he stayed in England and played for Hull FC. There he won the 1913-14 Challenge Cup and became the first player to score 100 tries for the club.〔(Hull's Australians ) at hullfc.com〕 He was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1914.〔Referee, Sydney. 13 May 1914.〕 He is listed on the ''Australian Players Register'' as Kangaroo No.4. 〔ARL Annual Report 2005, page 52〕
Devereux was in England during World War I and served in the military. In April 1916 he gained selection in an Australasian servicemen's rugby union side. After the war he resumed his playing career with Hull.
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