Jim Morehouse

Jim Morehouse
Personal information
Full name James Irving Morehouse
Date of birth (1864-04-06)6 April 1864
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 2 November 1914(1914-11-02) (aged 50)
Place of death Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1886–1887 Prahran
1888–1889 St Kilda
1890–1893 Carlton
1894–1897 Fremantle
1898 St Kilda 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Irving Morehouse (6 April 1864 – 2 November 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played with VFA clubs Prahran, St Kilda, Richmond and Carlton. He then moved to Western Australia and played with the Fremantle club from 1894-97. Upon his return to Victoria he joined St Kilda in the newly established Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2] Morehouse was commonly known by the nickname 'Jigger'.

Family

The son of William Morehouse (1829–1904),[3] and Harriet Morehouse (1830–1897), née Merrick,[4] James Irving Morehouse was born in Melbourne on 6 April 1864.

James Irvine "Jigger" Morehouse along with his brother Arthur William "Artie" Morehouse[5] lived in Moss Street, Prahran. In 1885 the pair played football with Hawksburn; James was elected to the club committee.

Football

Morehouse played for Hawksburn in 1885 and at the club's 6th Annual Meeting was elected to the committee. On 20 March 1886, members of Hawksburn, South Yarra and Southern Cross Football Clubs held a meeting at Prahran Court House and formed the Prahran Football Club with the view to apply for membership of the senior footballing body, the Victorian Football Association. James and his brother Arthur joined the new club and played the 1886 and 1887 seasons. When Prahran was absorbed by St Kilda after the 1887 season, the brothers became St Kilda players. In 1890 the brothers played with Richmond and then the following year they joined Carlton.

Before moving to Carlton in the VFA, Morehouse played for several years with Prahran -- as did his brother, Arthur William Morehouse (1866–1931),[6] who, in addition to playing with Prahran in 1886 and 1887, also played with St Kilda (1888-1889), Richmond (1890), and Carlton (1891) in the VFA.[7]

Death

He died of pleurisy at the Wagga Wagga Hospital on 2 November 1914.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 628. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ It is important to note that, in the press of the day, Morehouse's family name is often mistakenly given as "Moorhouse"; also, given that players were commonly only identified by their family names, care must be taken when reading press reports of his time at Prahran and at Carlton to distinguish Jim Morehouse (e.g., Blueseum profile) from his brother Artie (e.g., Blueseum profile).
  3. ^ Deaths: Morehouse, The Argus, (Thursday, 29 December 1904), p.1.
  4. ^ Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Monday, 5 July 1897), p.1.
  5. ^ "Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club | Arthur 'Artie' Morehouse". Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ^ Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Saturday, 3 October 1931), p.5.
  7. ^ Richmond Football Club: VFA Players, tigerlandarchive.org.
  8. ^ Obituary: Mr. James Morehouse, The (Wagga Wagga) Daily Advertiser', (Wednesday, 4 November 1914), p.2.; Mr. James Morehouse, The Wagga Wagga Express, (Thursday, 5 November 1914), p.2.
  9. ^ Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Saturday, 7 November 1914), p.5: note that his middle name is mistakenly given as "Erving", rather than "Irving".
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