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Full name | Sidney George Jerram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | second ¼ 1891 Swansea district, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1959 (aged c. 67–68) Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sidney George Jerram (second ¼ 1891[2] – 1959[3]) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan and Wigan Highfield, as a stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 6, or 7.[1][4]
Sid Jerram's birth was registered in Swansea, Wales, and he died aged c. 67–68 in Swansea, Wales.
Following a meeting with a Wigan rugby league club representative at the Bush Hotel, Swansea on Sunday 28 September 1913, Swansea RFC's rugby union half-back pairing of Sidney Jerram, and George Owens were each signed for £180 down payment (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £61,630 in 2013),[5] guaranteed win bonuses, and jobs for £2 per week cash.[6]
Jerram won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan in 1921 against England and Australia, in 1923 against England (two spells), and in 1925 against England (two spells), and won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Wigan in 1921 against England.[1]
Sid Jerram played scrum-half in Swansea RFC's 3–0 victory over South Africa in the 1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea on Thursday 26 December 1912.[7]
Sid Jerram played stand-off in Wigan's 13–2 victory over Oldham in the Championship Final during the 1921–22 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Saturday 6 May 1922.[8]
Sid Jerram played in Wigan's victories in the Lancashire County League during the 1920–21 season, 1922–23 season, 1923–24 season and 1925–26 season.[9]
Sid Jerram played stand-off, in Wigan's 21–4 victory over Oldham in the 1923–24 Challenge Cup Final during the 1923–24 season at Athletic Grounds, Rochdale on Saturday 12 April 1924.[10]
Sid Jerram played scrum-half, in Wigan's 20–2 victory over Leigh in the 1922–23 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1922–23 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 25 November 1922.[11]
Sid Jerram's marriage to Edna G. (née Hughes) was registered during fourth ¼ 1915 in Swansea district.[12]