Jim Reeve

Jim Reeve

Full name	James Stanley Roope Reeve
Date of birth	(1908-09-12)12 September 1908
Place of birth	Kensington, London England
Date of death	6 November 1936(1936-11-06) (aged 28)
Place of death	East Harling, Norfolk, England
School	Rugby School
University	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Barrister
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1929–31 England 8 (15) 1930 British Lions 4 (3)

James Stanley Roope Reeve (12 September 1908 – 6 November 1936) was an English international rugby union player.

The son of a judge, Reeve was born in Kensington and attended Rugby School, before undertaking further studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[1] He followed his father into law and became a barrister.^[2]

Reeve was a long-striding wing three-quarter who was quick off the mark and played his rugby with Harlequins.^[2] He made his England debut in the 1929 Five Nations and featured in all four matches of their championship-winning 1930 campaign, scoring two tries in their tournament opener against Wales. Selected on the 1930 British Lions tour, Reeve played the first Test at Carisbrook and scored the first of his side's two tries to help defeat the All Blacks 6–3, which would be their only win of the series.^[3] He featured in a further two matches against the All Blacks, then played the one-off Test in Sydney, and was said to have outpaced Olympic sprinter James Carlton in a fixture against New South Wales.^[4]

In 1936, Reeve was killed in a motor accident, at the age of 28.^[2]

• List of British & Irish Lions players
• List of England national rugby union players

• Jim Reeve at ESPNscrum