John Harleigh "Harleigh" Hanrahan - South Sydney Player Report

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FG Player - 217

Hanrahan was a NSW Country and New South Wales representative from the NSW South Coast, who had stints with University and Easts before coming to South Sydney late in his career.

Hanrahan made his South Sydney senior grade and first grade premiership debut in Round 1 1935 against University at the Sports Ground.

Hanrahan played only one season at South Sydney. He played 8 first grade club games, including 7 premiership first grade games. He would play 13 senior grade games, including 12 premiership senior grade games.

Hanrahan played his last first grade premiership game for South Sydney in Round 7 against St George at Earl Park, before playing the rest of the season in reserve grade, where he captained the reserve grade team on four occassions.

Playing - Height / Weight
      5ft 10.5in / 13st 7lb

Representative Qualification
NSW Country

Date of Birth
Robertson - 4th December 1906 (Died - 1964) 

Previous Clubs                             First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Jambaroo (South Coast)     (1925-27)
University                 (1928-30)  34 11   2  -  37
Jambaroo (South Coast)     (1931-32)
Robertson                  (1932)
Eastern Suburbs            (1933)     15  1   -  -   3
Jambaroo (South Coast)     (1934)

Previous Rep Honours                   M  T   G FG  Pt
South Coast                (1925)      2  1   -  -   3
Sydney City II             (1929)      1  -   -  -   -
New South Wales            (1929)      2  -   3  -   6
Australian Universities    (1930)      1  -   -  -   -
NSW Country Possibles      (1932)      1  1   -  -   3
NSW Country                (1932-34)   3  1   -  -   3
NSW Country II             (1932)      1  1   -  -   3

Playing Career at South Sydney (1935)

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1935 Rd01  v University (30y 142d)

First Grade
                           Premiership :                            Tour
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1935     7   7   -   1   -      -    3 :   1   1   -   -   1      -    2
 
TOTAL    7   7   -   1   -      -    3 :   1   1   -   -   1      -    2

SS FG    8   8   -   1   1      -    5 

Lower Grades
                        Reserve  Grade :                     Third Grade
Year     M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1935     5   5   -   5   -      -   15 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL    5   5   -   5   -      -   15 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -

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  12  12   -   6   -      -   18 :  13  13   -   6   1      -   20

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

     Lower Grades
Year    RG(  W- D-L      %) :   3G(  W- D-L      %)
1935     4(  3- 0-1    75%) :

TOTAL    4(  3- 0-1    75%) :

CAREER   4(  3- 0-1    75%)

Suspension Record at South Sydney

Year       Grade v           Wk CHARGE
never

Representative Honours at South Sydney

Year Pos  Team                 Versus               Match         T  G/A  FG
none

After Leaving South Sydney

Subsequent Clubs                           First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Bowral                   (1936)                         (Captain-Coach)
Burrawong-Robertson      (1937)                         (Captain-Coach)
Military Service         (1942-46)                      RAAF Leading Aircraftman 

Subsequent Rep Honours                 M  T   G FG  Pt
Berrima District         (1937)

After the war he moved to Adelong as a soldier settler, and would coach Adelong in the late 1950s.

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