ru_nationalteam death_date death_place birth_place ru_nationalcaps article_title name birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
england british lions 23 november 2003 perth , scotland birdbrook , essex , england 4 2 jim unwin
 jim unwin 18 september 1912 -lrb- 9 -rrb- -lrb- 0 -rrb- wing ernest james unwin 1937-1938 1938
jim unwin

ernest james ` jim ' unwin -lrb- 18 september 1912 -- 23 november 2003 -rrb- was an english rugby union international .
he also played first-class cricket for essex .
unwin , a pacy winger and capable drop-kicker , won his first cap for england in their 1937 home nations championship win over scotland , scoring a try to help them claim the triple crown .
he had previously toured argentina with the british lions in 1936 and in 1938 travelled to south africa with the british lions , playing two tests .
also in 1938 , he appeared in all three internationals in that year 's home nations championship .
an amateur , he played his club rugby for rosslyn park .
world war ii ended unwin 's sporting career as he joined the army and remained with them until his retirement in 1949 , having reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel .
on the cricket field , unwin made seven first-class appearances with essex throughout the 1930s .
the haileybury educated sportsman also played a bit of cricket for suffolk in the minor counties his brother frederick unwin was a more successful cricketer , playing 53 first-class matches for essex .
