Jim Jolley

English RL coach and former GB & England international rugby league footballer

For the Scottish born Canadian Saddler, harnessmaker, and politician, see James Jolley. For the Australian Rules footballer who played in the 1890s, see Jim Jolly.

James Jolley

Personal information

Full name| James Jolley
Born| c. 1876
Died| 9 September 1928 (aged 52)[1]
Runcorn, Cheshire, England

Playing information

Position| Stand-off
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1900–03  | Warrington | 34  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3
≤1908–≥09  | Runcorn RFC |  |  |  |  |
1910–≥10  | Leigh |  |  |  |  |
| Total  | 34  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3
Representative
Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1908–09  | England | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 7
1908  | Great Britain | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 5

Coaching information

| Club

Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W%
c. 1910 | Leigh |  |  |  |  |

Source: [2][3][4][5]

James "Jim"/"Jimmy" Jolley (c. 1876 – 9 September 1928) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s, and coached in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Warrington, Runcorn RFC and Leigh,[6][7] as a stand-off, and coached at club level for Leigh, where he was the club's first coach.

## International honours

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Jim Jolley won caps for England while at Runcorn RFC in 1908 against Wales, and in 1909 against Australia (2 matches),[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Runcorn RFC in 1908 against New Zealand (3 matches).[4]

Only eighteen players have ever scored drop goals for Great Britain, they are; Tommy Bishop (3), Lee Crooks (1), Jonathan Davies (2), Bobbie Goulding (1), Ken Gowers (1), John Gray (1), Neil Holding (1), John Holmes (2), Syd Hynes (3), Jim Jolley (1), Sean Long (1), Roger Millward (1), Steve Nash (1), Harry Pinner (1), Garry Schofield (7), Paul Sculthorpe (2), Jim Sharrock (1), and Tony Smith (1).[8]

## Background

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Jim Jolley made his début for Warrington on Saturday 1 September 1900, he scored his only try for Warrington against Oldham at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 25 April 1903.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Jimmie Jolley - Runcorn Footballer's Death". Runcorn Weekly News. 14 September 1928. p. 3 - via British Newspaper Archive.
2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
5. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
6. ^ "They Played For Leigh (Statistics) at leighrl.co.uk". leighrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
7. ^ "Heritage Numbers at leighrl.co.uk". leighrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
8. ^ "Drop Goal Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

Sporting positions

Preceded by

|  Coach

Leigh Centurions
1910  | Succeeded by

Emlyn Jenkins
1948-1949

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Leigh Leopards coaches

Formerly Leigh (1878–1995) and Leigh Centurions (1996–2022)

* Jim Jolley (c1910-??)
* Emlyn Jenkins (1946–47)
* Laurie Higgins (1947)
* Jack Miller (1948)
* Emlyn Jenkins (1948–50)
* Joe Egan (1950–56)
* Jack Helme (1956–58)
* Peter Foster (1958–59)
* Don Gullick (1959–60)
* Jack Helme (1960–62)
* Alan Prescott (1962–64)
* Gerry Helme (1964–66)
* Alex Murphy (1966–71)
* Peter Smethurst (1971)
* Derek Hurt (1971–72)
* Les Pearce (1972–74)
* Eddie Cheetham (1974–75)
* Kevin Ashcroft (1975–77)
* Bill Kindon (1977)
* John Mantle (1977–78)
* Tommy Grainey (1978–80)
* Alex Murphy (1980–82)
* Colin Clarke (1982)
* Peter Smethurst (1982–83)
* Tommy Bishop (1983–84)
* John Woods (1984–85)
* Alex Murphy (1985)
* Tommy Dickens (1985–86)
* Billy Benyon (1986–90)
* Alex Murphy (1990–91)
* Kevin Ashcroft (1991–92)
* Jim Crellin (1992)
* Steve Simms (1992–94)
* Denis Ramsdale (1994)
* Ian Lucas (1994–96)
* Eric Hughes (1996)
* Keith Latham (1996–98)
* Norman Turley (1998)
* Ian Millward (1998–2000)
* Paul Terzis (2000–03)
* Darren Abram (2003–05)
* Tony Benson (2005–06)
* Darren Shaw (2006–08)
* Neil Kelly (2008–09)
* Paul Rowley (2009)
* Ian Millward (2009–11)
* Paul Rowley (2012–16)
* Neil Jukes (2016–18)
* Kieron Purtill (2018–19)
* John Duffy (2019–21)
* Kurt Haggerty (2021)
* Adrian Lam (2022–)

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*[FG]: Field goals
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*[L]: Losses
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