Brown was a South Sydney junior from Mascot who was brought into grade in 1941 from B Grade. He made his senior grade club and premiership debut in the 1941 Round 5 clash against Western Suburbs at Pratten Park. Later the same season he stepped up into reserve grade in the 1942 Round 11 Reserve Grade clash against Canterbury-Bankstown at Belmore Oval. The following year, after recovering from a broken jaw, he was called up into first grade to make his first grade club and premiership debut in the 1942 Round 6 clash against North Sydney at the Sports Ground.
Brown is a sound five-eighth, who shapes particularly well.
Brown played 6 seasons with South Sydney between 1941 and 1946. He played 28 first grade club games for South Sydney, which included 19 first grade premiership games and 5 first grade cup games. Overall he played 78 senior grade club career games for South Sydney, which included 69 senior grade premiership career games for South Sydney. Brown also played 1 short form game for South Sydney.
Brown played his final first grade premiership game in the 1945 Round 10 clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Sports Ground.
Playing - Height / Weight
/ 11st 12lb
Representative Qualification
NSW City
South Sydney Junior Club
Mascot
Previous Clubs
none
Playing Career at South Sydney (1941-46)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1942 Jun 6 Rd06 SSG v North Sydney (20y)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : State Championship : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1942 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
1943 - - - - - - - : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : - - - - - - -
1944 11 11 - 3 - - 9 : : 3 3 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - 4 - - 12
1945 7 7 - 2 - - 6 : : 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1946 - - - - - - - : : : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 19 19 - 5 - - 15 : - - - - - - - : 5 5 - 2 - - 6 : 4 4 - 6 - - 18
SS Cup 5 5 - 2 - - 6
SS FG 28 28 - 13 - - 39
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1941 May 17 Rd05 Prat v Western Suburbs (Third Grade)
1941 Jul 12 Rd11 BelO v Canterbury-Bankstown (Reserve Grade)
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1941 1 1 - - - - - : 7 7 - 1 - - 3
1942 11 11 - 1 - - 3 : 2 2 - - - - -
1943 2 2 - 1 - - 3 : 12 12 - 2 - - 6
1944 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : - - - - - - -
1945 6 6 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
1946 7 7 - 3 - - 9 : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 28 28 - 8 - - 24 : 22 22 - 3 - - 9
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 69 69 - 16 - - 48 : 5 5 - 2 - - 6 : 78 78 - 24 - - 72
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1943 - - - - - - -
1946 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - -
SS SF 1 1 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
Lower Grades
Year RG( W- D-L %) : 3G( W- D-L %)
1943 : 7( 4- 1-2 57%)
1946 2( 1- 0-1 50%) :
TOTAL 2( 1- 0-1 50%) : 7( 4- 1-2 57%)
SS CAREER 9( 5- 1-3 56%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Sydney City II 1944 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - -
International
none
ALL REPS 1 1 - - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1944 Cntr Sydney City II v Newcastle - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Temora (1947-48) (Capt-Coach)
Leeton (1949) (Capt-Coach)
Maitland (1950-51)
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Junee (1949)
Newcastle (1951)
First Class Playing Career (1942-45)
M T G FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 19 5 - - 15
Total FG Cup 5 2 - - 6
Total FG Club Tour 4 6 - - 18
Total Internationals - - - - -
Total State - - - - -
Total Other Representative 1 - - - -
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 29 13 - - 39
Ref - RLP
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