One time South Sydney first grade premiership winner in 1914. He also won the Second Grade Sports Ground Cup with South Sydney in 1915. He was a member of the undefeated Second Grade team who won the Second Grade premiership in 1917 and the 1917 League Cup. In 1909 Reynolds also won the Third Grade premiership with affiliate club South Sydney Federals.
Reynolds first came into the South Sydney system when he joined the South Sydney Federals affiliate club in 1909. Initially in their Third Grade premiership winning team in 1909, stepping up to second grade in 1910 with promotion of South Sydney Federals to Second Grade in 1910. He was playing with South Sydney Federals in second grade in 1911 when he was called up to make his South Sydney first grade premiership debut in the 1911 Round 11 clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Sports Ground.
In 1912 Reynolds was playing with South Sydney Federals when he was kicked in the head by a horse, needing to go to hospital. He was living with his sister Elizabeth Slater in Redfern when the incident occurred. A few weeks later he was called up into the district second grade team to play in the Second Grade Sports Ground Cup. Affliate clubs did not compete in the end of season knockout in second grade.
Reynolds was described as a five-eighth of great pace, though mainly played centre in first grade. He was a tough player, referred at times to the "Gurkha" fighters of the Great War in the press. Reynolds was of dark complexion getting the nickname "Darky", and having references to "coming from La Perouse", though he never lived in La Perouse. At the time La Perouse area only had a population of 200 indigenous people. His sister had the complexion of a "half-cast negress", when she went missing one day in 1896, before her passing in 1919. His Grandfather Charles Reynolds was of African-Americian decent coming to Australia in the 1840s.
In 1913 Reynolds gained a permit to play with Annandale before returning to South Sydney in 1914 to win a premiership. In 1916 Reynolds married and moved into his Cleveland St home.
Reynolds played 5 seasons with South Sydney between 1911 and 1917. He played 9 first grade premiership games with South Sydney.
Reynolds made his representative debut in the 1914 Sydney Metropolis team while at South Sydney.
Reynolds played his final first grade premiership game with South Sydney in the 1914 Round 13 clash against North Sydney at North Sydney Oval. He would continue to play Second Grade with South Sydney playing his final senior grade game in the 1917 Reserve Grade League Cup Final. Before gaining another permit this time to go and play with Glebe.
Player Relatives
Grandson - Reynolds, Barry (Canterbury)
Grandson - Reynolds, Terry (Canterbury)
(Parramatta)
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
St Leonards - 22nd June 1886 (Died - 1952)
Previous Clubs First Grade
Premiership : Cup & Tour
M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt
South Sydney Federals 3G (1909)
South Sydney Federals 2G (1910-12)
Annandale (1913) 13 2 - - 6 : 2 - - - - (Under permit from South Sydney)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1911-12,14-15,17)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1911 Aug 5 Rd11 SSG v Eastern Suburbs (25y 44d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : 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
1911 1 1 - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1912 - - - - - - - :
1914 8 8 - 1 2 - 7 : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1915 - - - - - - - :
1917 - - - - - - - :
TOTAL 9 9 - 1 2 - 7 : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
SS FG 9 9 - 1 2 - 7
Lower Grades
Second Grade : (2G)Sports Ground Cup : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1911 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1912 - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1914 - - - - : - - - - : - - - - - - -
1915 - - - - : - - - - : - - - - - - -
1917 1 1 - 5 : - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - 5 : - - - - : - - - - - - -
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 2 3 - 12 : 2 3 - 12
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1915 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
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 Metropolis 1914 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - -
International
none
ALL REPS 1 1 - - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1914 Cntr Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle 1st Match - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
Reynolds also had a love for cricket and was nicknamed "Ranji" by the press after the famous 1890 Indian cricketer.
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
Premiership : Cup & Tour
M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt
Glebe (1918-19) 14 3 - - 9 : - - - - -
South Sydney (Cricket) (1921-24)
First Class Career
M T G FG Pts 39 6 2 - 22
Ref - SSFC / Sun 15-16 Aug 1912 / RLP / FaG / TTT p33 / GAoB p106 / FN-27 / FN-46 / Err-7(DoD) / Err-8
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