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.
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 - 2 - - 6 : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 28 28 - 7 - - 21 : 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 - 15 - - 45 : 5 5 - 2 - - 6 : 78 78 - 23 - - 69
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%)
TOTAL : 7( 4- 1-2 57%)
CAREER 7( 4- 1-2 57%)
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 - - -
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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