Jim Thoms

James Francis Thoms (25 May 1918 – 3 September 2005)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jim Thoms
Personal information
Full name James Francis Thoms
Date of birth 25 May 1918
Date of death 3 September 2005(2005-09-03) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Combines
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–1946 Footscray 120 (101)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thoms, a speedy rover, was good enough to represent the VFL in both 1941 and 1946. Pushed forward in 1946, his final season, Thoms kicked 50 goals and at least one in each of his 19 games for the year. This tally included bags of six against both Geelong and Hawthorn, at Western Oval. His last league appearance was in a Semi Final loss to Melbourne where he brought up the 100th goal of his career.

South Australian club West Torrens secured his services for the 1945 finals series. In the 1st Semi Final against North Adelaide he kicked a goal on the bell to break the deadlock and put West Torrens into the Grand Final, which they won. The bell had actually sounded before he kicked the ball but because umpire Ken Aplin had not heard it and thus didn't signal the end of the game, the goal was allowed.

His younger brother, George, was an Australian Test cricketer and gynaecologist.

References
  1. "Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premi er Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2013-14" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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