Kilham played in two premiership finals for South Sydney in 1935 and 1939. He also played in the 1939 Cup-Tie final. He also was captain of the 1943 South Sydney Reserve Grade premiership winning team.
Kilham was schooled at Patrician Bros, Redfern. He was a outstanding schoolboy player, winning the Metropliatan Catholic 2nd Grade title in 1929, and again in 1930 with the Patrician Bros A grade team undefeated. He is a South Sydney junior originally from Carrington. In 1932 he won the South Sydney C grade competition with Lauriston Park. Then followed this up by winning the South Sydney Juniors A grade completion in 1934 with Botany United, undefeated, winning the best and fairest player for the season. He played junior reps between 1933 and 1934 in the U21 Presidents Cup team.Kilham made his senior grade debut in the 1934 Round 10 Third Grade clash against St George at Earl Park. In Round 1 1935 against University at the Sports Ground he step up into Reserve Grade. Then a few weeks later in Round 6 1935 he made his first grade premiership debut against Newtown at Marrickville Oval as a 18 year old.
Kilham played 9 seasons with South Sydney. He would play 117 first grade games, which included 95 first grade premiership games and 15 first grade cup games. He would play 143 senior grade games for South Sydney, which included 121 premiership senior grade games. He would also play 7 additional short form games.
Kilham's final first grade and senior grade game was in the 1943 Cup-Tie Semi-Final against St George at the SCG.
Player Relatives Father - Kilham, Joe (Juniors - Waterloo) Playing - Height / Weight 5ft 10in(178cm) / 14st 4lb(91kg) Representative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth Waterloo, NSW - 4th November 1916 (Died - 1978) South Sydney Junior Club Carrington Lauriston Park Botany United Previous Clubs Ammunitions Manufacture (1942) Stationed in Melbourne
Playing Career at South Sydney (1933-41,43)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1935 Rd06 Marr v Newtown (18y 195d)
First Grade
Premiership : (FG) City Cup : State Championship : Night Football Comp : 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 : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1935 13 13 - - - - - : : : : 2 2 - - - - -
1936 13 13 - 1 - - 3 : : : 1 1 - - - - - : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
1937 8 8 - - - - - : 8 8 - 1 - - 3
1938 15 15 - 4 - - 12
1939 16 16 - 2 - - 6 : : 3 3 - - - - - : : 2 2 - - - - -
1940 14 14 - 3 - - 9 : : : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1941 14 14 - 5 - - 15 : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : : - - - - - - -
1943 2 2 - - - - - : : 2 2 - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 95 95 - 15 - - 45 : 8 8 - 1 - - 3 : 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - - - - - : 7 7 - 2 - - 6
SS Cup 15 15 - 2 - - 6
SS FG 117 117 - 19 - - 57
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1934 Rd10 Earl v St George (Third Grade)
1935 Rd01 SSG v University (Reserve Grade)
Lower Grades : Juniors
(RG) Premiership : (RG) City Cup : (3G) Premiership : (3G) City Cup : (U21) Presidents Cup
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 : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1933 : : : : - - - - - - -
1934 - - - - - - - : : 6 6 - - - - - : : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
1935 5 5 - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1936 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1937 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1938 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1939 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1940 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1941 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1943 15 15 - 3 - - 9 : : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 20 20 - 3 - - 9 : - - - - - - - : 6 6 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
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 121 121 - 18 - - 54 : 15 15 - 2 - - 6 : 143 143 - 22 - - 88
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1936 1 1 - - - - -
1938 1 1 - - - - -
1939 4 4 - - - - -
1940 1 1 - - - - -
1943 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 7 7 - - - - -
SS SF 7 7 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1940 Rd12 v Newtown (23y)
First Grade : Lower Grades
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %) : RG( W- D-L %) : 3G( W- D-L %)
1940 3( 2- 0-1 67%) : 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
1943 : 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
TOTAL 3( 2- 0-1 67%) : 2( 0- 0-2 0%) :
SS FG 5( 2- 0-3 40%)
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 Colts 1935 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney Metropolis 1936 : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
Probables 1936 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 3 3 - 1 - - 3
International
none
ALL REPS 3 3 - 1 - - 3
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1935 SRow Sydney Colts v Goulburn - - -
1936 SRow Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle 1 - -
1936 Res Probables v Possibles 1st Match - - -
1936 Res Sydney Metropolis v Wellington (Selected but DNP)
1936 Res Sydney Metropolis v Dubbo (Selected but DNP)
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Canterbury-Bankstown (1944-47) 44 16 - - 48
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Rest of NSW II (1944) 1 - - - -
Sydney City (1945) 1 1 - - 3
Kilham joined the Police force in 1946.
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