J J Giltinan
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James Joseph Giltinan was an Australian entrepreneur who helped to found the sport of rugby league football in Australia.
On 8 August 1907 at Bateman's Crystal Hotel, George Street
, Sydney politician Henry Hoyle
chaired a meeting of fifty, comprising several leading rugby players and officials. The New South Wales Rugby Football League, the body that would go on to conduct the major national rugby league premiership of Australia, was founded and Giltinan was elected its first secretary. Before that he had invited the 1907 "All Golds
" New Zealand professional rugby team to tour Australia en route to Britain.
Giltinan led the first Kangaroo tour to England in 1908.
An all round sports enthusiast, Giltinan had also officiated as an umpire in representative cricket matches. At the begninning of the season, the 1909 NSWRFL season the League had met and kicked out its founders, Giltinan, Victor Trumper
and Henry Hoyle
.
Giltinan's tenure at the Australian 18 Footers League culminated in his founding the JJ Giltinan International Trophy. This event is effectively the world championships for the specatular 18ft Skiff
class and is contested each year on Sydney Harbour.
Giltinan died in 1950 and the J J Giltinan Shield was created for the following New South Wales Rugby Football League season in his honour.
In The First Kangaroos
, a 1988 British
–Australian
made for TV sports film, James Giltinan's role was played by Chris Haywood
.
On 8 August 1907 at Bateman's Crystal Hotel, George Street
George Street
George Street may refer to:People:*George Edmund Street , British architect*George L. Street III , submariner in the United States Navy*George Street , English wicket-keeper...
, Sydney politician Henry Hoyle
Henry Hoyle
Henry "Harry" Clement Hoyle was an Australian politician and rugby league football administrator of the 1890s and 1900s...
chaired a meeting of fifty, comprising several leading rugby players and officials. The New South Wales Rugby Football League, the body that would go on to conduct the major national rugby league premiership of Australia, was founded and Giltinan was elected its first secretary. Before that he had invited the 1907 "All Golds
All Golds
The All Golds could mean;*The touring party of New Zealand players in the 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain*The New Zealand national rugby league team itself*The 2007 All Golds Tour in celebration of the original tour...
" New Zealand professional rugby team to tour Australia en route to Britain.
Giltinan led the first Kangaroo tour to England in 1908.
An all round sports enthusiast, Giltinan had also officiated as an umpire in representative cricket matches. At the begninning of the season, the 1909 NSWRFL season the League had met and kicked out its founders, Giltinan, Victor Trumper
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby...
and Henry Hoyle
Henry Hoyle
Henry "Harry" Clement Hoyle was an Australian politician and rugby league football administrator of the 1890s and 1900s...
.
Giltinan's tenure at the Australian 18 Footers League culminated in his founding the JJ Giltinan International Trophy. This event is effectively the world championships for the specatular 18ft Skiff
18ft Skiff
The 18ft Skiff is considered the fastest class of sailing skiffs. The class has a long history beginning with races on Sydney Harbour, Australia in 1892. The boat has changed significantly since the early days, bringing in new technology as it became available. Because of the need of strength,...
class and is contested each year on Sydney Harbour.
Giltinan died in 1950 and the J J Giltinan Shield was created for the following New South Wales Rugby Football League season in his honour.
In The First Kangaroos
The First Kangaroos
The First Kangaroos is a 1988 British–Australian made for TV sports film directed by Frank Cvitanovich and starring Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood and Dominic Sweeney. It depicts the first-ever rugby league tour of England by the Australian national team, the 1908-09 Kangaroos...
, a 1988 British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
–Australian
Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
made for TV sports film, James Giltinan's role was played by Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood is an English-born, Australian-based film and television actor/producer.-Early life:Haywood was born in Billericay, Essex, England. He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended High Wycombe Royal Grammar School from...
.