Jim Everett

Who was Jim Everett?

James Seabrook "Jim" Everett was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the West Australian Football League.

Everett was only 17 when he made his Western Australian Football Association debut in 1901. He was a member of West Perth's 1905 premiership team, won through a grand final replay, as a centre-half back. In the drawn grand final, Everett had played on a half forward flank.

The first Western Australian to represent his state in both cricket and football, he played his one and only first-class match for the Western Australian cricket team in the 1909/10 season. The fixture, which took place at the WACA, was played against Victoria. Everett was in the side as a right-arm fast-medium bowler but couldn't take a wicket, finishing with figures of 0/48 off 13 overs in the only innings Western Australia bowled. With the bat he was required twice, coming in at eight in the batting order. He was dismissed by Arthur Kenny in both innings, for 13 and 0.

He played his last league game in 1915, before enlisting with the Australian Army in October that year. Everett served with the 44th Battalion and fought on the Western Front. During action in 1918, Everett suffered gunshot wounds to his leg and shoulder. He was evacuated to England, where he recovered from his wounds and returned to Australia at the end of the year.