Eddy James

Edwin Ernest James (14 ga Fabrairu 1874 - 16 ga Satumba 1937)  ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya buga wa Geelong wasa a shekarun da suka gabata da kuma bayan kafa VFL. 

 Kwallon kafa 
James ya fara aikinsa a matsayin ɗan wasan baya, yana buga wasa yana da shekaru 15 bayan da Geelong ya gaza yin wasa da 'yan wasa.

Ya koma layin gaba a dawowarsa a 1892, kuma a 1895 ya kammala da kwallaye 24 don zama na uku a bugun ƙwallo na VFA.

A kakar wasa ta farko ta VFL a shekarar 1897, ya zura kwallaye 22 a kakar wasa ta gida da ta waje don raba kyautar mai tsaron gida tare da Jack Leith ; amma ba zato ba tsammani, wannan ita ce mafi ƙarancin adadin kwallaye da aka taɓa samu a wannan kyautar, kuma wataƙila zai riƙe wannan tarihin a har abada saboda yanayin yawan kwallayen da ake samu a wasan na zamani. Jimillar kwallayen da ya ci a ƙarshen shekara (ciki har da na ƙarshe) shi ma ya fi yawa a gasar a wannan shekarar. Ya zura kwallaye bakwai mafi yawa a tarihin rayuwarsa a wasan da ya yi da St Kilda a shekarar 1898.[1]

Ya sake zama kan gaba a bugun ƙwallo na VFL a shekarar 1899 da kwallaye 31, kuma an ba shi kyautar zaɓen Victoria a wasan da suka yi da South Australia a yankin tsakiyar jihohi. James kuma yana da babban matsayi na kafa tarihin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba na yawan zura ƙwallo a raga da ɗan wasa ya zura a wasa a wannan kakar, inda ya ci kwallaye 5 a raga da kuma kwallaye 16 a raga a wasan da suka yi da St Kilda. 

Raunin gwiwa ya kawo karshen aikinsa da wuri a shekarar 1900.

 Ƙungiyar "zakarun" ta 1899 
A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1899, yayin da yake sanya wa kansa suna "ɗan wasan zakarun", wakilin ƙwallon ƙafa na The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), ya zaɓi ƙungiyar mafi kyawun 'yan wasa na gasar VFL ta 1899:

 Manazarta 


Hanyoyin Haɗi na Waje
 'Mai Bibiya', "Haruffan 'Yan Wasan Kwallo", Jagoran, (Asabar, 23 ga Yuli 1898), shafi na 17.

Category:Mutuwan 1937