One time premiership winner in 1909, who was named on the bench for the 1910 premiership final.
Carroll came to South Sydney via Sydney Third Grade. He made his first grade club and premiership debut in the 1909 Round 1 clash against Balmain at Birchgrove Oval.
Carroll a good sort of forward who in second grade. One night during the 1911 trial in Maitland against Newtown, while in the hotel where the crowd was staying after the game, Carroll kept coming in and disturbing the card game, doing a Can-Can clad in a diminutive flannel singlet. He got the wrath of the gamblers who at last rose grabbing Carroll, and standing him on his head on the carpet, with one of them seizing an ink bottle, and emptied it all over his private parts. After that he was known as 'Inky' to all and sundry.
Carroll played 3 seasons with South Sydney between 1909 and 1911. He played 12 first grade club games with South Sydney, which included 11 first grade premiership games.
Carroll played 1 representative game while at South Sydney, making his represented debut in the 1909 Combined First Grade clash against Combined Second Grade at Wentworth Park.
Carroll played his final first grade club and premiership game in the 1910 Round 12 clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Showground.
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 8in / 10st 4lb
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Sydney - 11th March 1889 (Died - 1946)
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
East Sydney Oakleigh RU (1905)
Balmain (1908) 1 - - - -
Sydney 3G
Playing Career at South Sydney (1909-11)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1909 Apr 24 Rd01 Brch v Balmain (20y 44d)
Match Statistics - First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1909 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - - - - -
1910 5 5 - - - - -
1911 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 11 11 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - - - - -
SS FG 12 12 - 1 - - 3
Lower Grades
Second Grade : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1909 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1910 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1911 3 3 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 3 3 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
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 14 14 - 1 - - 3 : 15 15 - 1 - - 3
Captaincy Record
never
Suspensions
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic Main : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Combined FG 1909 : 1 - (1) - - - -
TOTAL 1 - (1) - - - -
Internationals Tests : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
never
ALL REPS 1 - (1) - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1909 Res Combined FG v Combined 2G - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
North Sydney (1915) 1 - - - -
Military Service (1916-18) AIF 60th Battalion (Served in Middle East and England)
First Class Playing Career (1908-15)
M T G FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 13 1 - - 3
Total FG Cup - - - - -
Total FG Club Tour - - - - -
Total Internationals - - - - -
Total State - - - - -
Total Other Representative 1 - - - -
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 14 1 - - 3
Ref - Sp 170411 p9 / RLP / ANC / AFS / NAA-1461999 / FN-46
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