Jim Craig (rugby league)

Craig grew up in Balmain in Sydney and played as a junior for the local club. ==Playing career==

1910s Craig made his first grade NSWRFL Premiership debut as a winger in 1915 with the Balmain club. 1920s Graig first represented for New South Wales against a touring English side in 1920. He was selected on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and made his test debut in the first test at Leeds. He appeared in 23 minor tour matches notching a total of 58 points as a try scorer and goal kicker. Following his Kangaroo Tour representative appearances in 1922 he played a season with the University club in Sydney. In 1923 Craig relocated to Queensland and took the captain-coach position with Ipswich for the next six seasons. While a Queensland resident from 1923 to 1928 he represented that state on twenty-three occasions and then in 1929 he twice again represented for New South Wales. In the 1924 domestic Ashes series against England Craig was named as Australian captain in all three tests. Again in 1928 he played in all three tests of the domestic Ashes series in sides led by his Queensland rival Tom Gorman. The last two seasons of Craig's sixteen-year career were with the Western Suburbs Magpies. Craig was the NSWRL's top points scorer in seasons 1929 and 1930. He was captain-coach of the side to their maiden title over St George in season 1930 in the first ever Grand Final played to determine the premiership. ==Post-playing==

After football Jim Craig coached Western Suburbs in 1932 and 1939 and North Sydney in 1936. He coached Canterbury-Bankstown to win the Premiership in 1938. In February 2008, Craig was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. In June 2008, he was chosen in the Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century on interchange bench. In 2012 Craig was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. ==References==