Three time South Sydney premiership winner in 1908, 1909 and 1914. He also played in the 1910 premiership final. He also won the 1912 City Cup with South Sydney.
Harry Butler like his brother Arthur, played for Alexandria in Rugby before following his older brother to South Sydney. He made his first grade premiership debut in South Sydney's inaugural game in Round 1 1908 against North Sydney at Birchgrove Oval.
Butler played 8 seasons with South Sydney. He played 106 first grade games, which included 96 first grade premiership games and 6 first grade cup games. He also played 1 short form game.
Butler made his representative debut while at South Sydney for Combined First Grade against Combined Second Grade. He would play 8 representative games, while at South Sydney, which included 2 games for New South Wales.
Butler played his final first grade premiership game in the Round 12 1915 clash against North Sydney at North Sydney Oval.
Player Relatives Brother - Butler, Arthur Brother - Butler, Tom Representative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth Waterloo - 20th October 1886 Previous Clubs Alexandria RU 2G
Playing Career at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1908 Rd01 Brch v North Sydney (21y 181d)
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
1908 11 11 - 4 3 - 18
1909 11 11 - 3 2 - 13 : : 1 1 - - - - -
1910 15 15 - 6 2 - 22
1911 12 12 - 1 - - 3 : : - - - - - - -
1912 14 14 - - - - - : 3 3 - - - - -
1913 13 13 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
1914 14 14 - - - - - : 3 3 - - - - - : 3 3 - 2 - - 6
1915 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 96 96 - 17 7 - 65 : 6 6 - - - - - : 4 4 - 2 - - 6
SS FG 106 106 - 19 7 - 71
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 :
1908 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1909 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1910 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1911 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1912 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1913 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1914 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1915 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
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 96 96 - 17 7 - 65 : 106 106 - 19 7 - 71
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1915 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - -
SS SF 1 1 - - - - -
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
Combined FG 1909 : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
Possibles 1910 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney Metropolis 1911-12 2 2 - 3 1 - 11 : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
Combined Odd FG 1911 : : 1 1 - - - - -
New South Wales 1913 2 2 - - - - - : :
TOTAL 8 8 - 5 1 - 17
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
none
ALL REPS 8 8 - 5 1 - 17
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1909 Fwd Combined FG v Combined 2G 1 - -
1910 Fwd Possibles v Probables 1st Match - - -
1911 Fwd Sydney Metropolis v NSW Country 1st Match 2 1 -
1911 Fwd Combined Odd FG v Combined Even FG - - -
1911 Fwd Sydney Metropolis v Hunter/Northern 1st Match 1 - -
1912 Res Sydney Metropolis v NSW Cntrl Western (Selected but DNP)
1912 Fwd Sydney Metropolis v NSW Country 2nd Match 1 - -
1912 Res New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match (Selected but DNP)
1913 Hook New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1913 Hook New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - - -
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