Jim Bacon played rugby union for Cross Keys RFC, and having appeared as a trialist for Wales (RU) some weeks before,[4] he moved north and made his professional début for English rugby league club Leeds against Bradford Northern at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 14 December 1918.[9] Bacon was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia.[10] He won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Leeds in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), in 1922 against Australia, in 1924 against Australia, and in 1927 against New Zealand.[1] From 1921 until 1927 he also represented Wales, winning six caps, all against England, including 1-victory, and 5-defeats.
Bacon coached Castleford in the 1928–29 season from Saturday 25 August 1928 to Saturday 27 April 1929, Castleford finished 21st out of 28 clubs in the Championship, and reached the semi-final of the 1928–29 Challenge Cup, losing 3-9 to the eventual runner-up Dewsbury on Saturday 6 April 1929.[14]
Genealogical information
Bacon's marriage to Vera (née Tatterson) was registered during second ¼ 1927 in Bramley district.[15] They had children; Courtney J. Bacon [1], and Glenys O. Bacon [2].
^David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN978-0752418957
^Dalby, Ken (1955). The Headingley Story – 1890–1955 – Volume One – Rugby. The Leeds Cricket, Football & Athletic Co. Ltd ASIN: B0018JNGVM
^New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "J. BACON, Leeds". The Rugby League News. 1 (4 (22 May 1920)). Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League. nla.obj-626593301. Retrieved 14 November 2020 – via Trove.
^Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 32 – 1926–27". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a