Two time South Sydney premiership winner in 1908 and 1909.
Neill had a successful career as a junior RU player, but came out of retirement to play with South Sydney a month after the new League was up and running. He made his senior grade debut in the 1908 Second Grade Round 4 clash against Newtown at Double Bay. A week later he stepped up to make his first grade premiership debut in the Round 5 clash with Newtown at the RAS Showground.
Neill is a sound, rather than a brilliant fullback. Sure in tackling, handling and kicking.
Neill played 2 seasons with South Sydney between 1908 and 1909. He played 18 first grade premiership games for South Sydney.
Neill, made his representative debut for the 1909 Combined First Grade team against Combined Second Grade, while at South Sydney. He played 7 representative games at South Sydney He played for one game New South Wales against the NZ Maori in 1909. Neill made his Australian debut against the NZ Maori in 1909. He played 3 games for Australia. At the end of 1909 he played for the Kangaroos against the Wallabies.
Neill played his final first grade premiership game in the 1909 Semi-Final against Newcastle at the RAS Showground.
In 1931, Neill was awarded NSWRL Life Membership, and in 1952 he was named a Immortal by RL News.
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 7in / 10st 6lb
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Paddington - 21st June 1884 (Died - 1964)
Previous Clubs
Alexandria Waratah RU (1903-05)
Retired (1906-07)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1908-09)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1908 May 30 Rd05 RASG v Newtown (23y 344d)
First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1908 7 7 - - - - -
1909 11 11 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 18 18 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
SS FG 18 18 - - - - -
Lower Grades
Second Grade : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1908 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1909 - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 20 20 - - - - - : 20 20 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1931 - NSWRL Life Membership 1952 - Rugby League News Immortal
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
Combined FG 1909 : : 1 1 - - - - -
New South Wales 1909 : 1 1 - - - - - :
Kangaroos 1909 : : 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 4 4 - - - - -
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1909 : 3 3 - - - - -
TOTAL 3 3 - - - - -
ALL REPS 7 7 - - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1909 Flbk Combined FG v Combined 2G - - -
1909 Flbk New South Wales v NZ Maori 2nd Match - - -
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 1st Match - - -
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 3rd Match - - -
1909 Flbk New South Wales v NZ Maori 3rd Match (Withdrew)
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 4th Match - - -
1909 Flbk Kangaroos v Wallabies 1st Match - - -
1909 Flbk Kangaroos v Wallabies 2nd Match - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
Neill had the distintion of becoming the first player to win a hatrick of premierships in 1910. He was a member of the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of England.
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Newtown (1911-13) 24 - - - -
Glebe (1914) 2 - - - -
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
New South Wales (1910-11) 10 - - - -
Australasia (1911-12) 7 - - - - (Kangaroo Tour)
Australasia II (1912) 1 - - - -
After retiring Neill became a very successful referee.
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