Jim Warne

Jim Warne
Personal information
Full name	James Washington Warne
Date of birth	(1879-04-11)11 April 1879
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	February 1957(1957-02-00) (aged 77)
Place of death	Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s)	Windsor Juniors
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–99	St Kilda	10 (1)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Washington Warne (11 April 1879 – February 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Francis Warne (1849-1899),^[2] and Sarah Warne, née Williams,^[3][4] James Washington Warne was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 11 April 1879.

He married Amy Amelia Quirk (1874-1934) in 1907.^[5]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

Recruited from Windsor Juniors, Warne played his first match for St Kilda against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 16 July 1898, and went on to play in the remaining seven games of the 1898 season.

He played twice in 1899, bring his total to ten matches — his last game was against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 27 May 1899.

Prahran (VFA)

Cleared from St Kilda on 1 May 1900,^[6] he played for the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for two seasons: 1900 and 1901.^[7]

Death

He died at Caulfield, Victoria, in February 1957 and is interred at Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery.^[8]

Footnotes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 924. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. Deaths: Warne, The Argus, (Thursday, 2 November 1899), p.1.
3. Married, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Saturday, 24 December 1870), p.2.
4. Deaths: Warne, The Argus, (Thursday, 21 October 1915), p.1.
5. Deaths: Warne, The Age, (Saturday, 3 February 1934), p.7.
6. Football, The Argus, (Wednesday, 2 May 1900), p.9.
7. He was in Prahran's playing lists as late as the round 16 match, against Essendon Town, on 17 August 1901: Matches, The Herald, (Friday, 16 August 1901), p.6.
8. Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery Burial Records

External links

• Jim Warne's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jim Warne at AustralianFootball.com
• J.W. "Jim" Warne, at The VFA Project