James Maskell Abercrombie (born James Maskell; 31 December 1880 – 29 October 1948)[4] was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for Western Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.

Abercrombie was born as James Maskell on New Year's Eve 1880 in Curramulka, South Australia.

He attended the founding meeting of the Western Suburbs rugby league club and was elected to the inaugural committee.

He was also controversially a member of the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain after he was originally left out of the squad though after a public outcry over his omission he was called in, thus making him the first international player to come from the Western Suburbs club.

[6] In 2008, the Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated their centenary by inducting six inaugural members into the club's Hall of Fame.