Clark was born in
Mount Perry near
Bundaberg, Queensland and attended
St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. Jimmy Clark began his rugby career at the state level, making his debut for
Queensland against a visiting
British side in 1930. The following year, he was selected as vice-captain, under Syd Malcolm, for the Australian
national team to tour to New Zealand as vice-captain to
Syd Malcolm. He played in seven of the tour's ten matches including two Tests. One of these Tests was against a
New Zealand Māori rugby union team and Clark captained the side. It was a mid-week tour match at the time, but was decreed in 1986 as a
Test match by the
Australian Rugby Union. Accordingly, Clark posthumously earned the honour of being a Wallaby Test captain. His brother Phil Clark was also on that tour. In 1932 he played in two domestic Test matches when
New Zealand toured Australia. The following year he was selected for the first-ever Wallaby tour of South Africa. He played in one Test on tour and in eight other minor matches with injury restricting his game time on the tour. ==References==