John Patrick "Jack" "Bluey" Lennox - South Sydney Player Report

Five-Eighth

FG Player - 195

A product of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. Lennox was a fiery red head. who played his early football in Mudgee, and representing Group 14 and Western Division, before making his way to South Sydney via St George.

Representative Qualification
NSW Country

Date of Birth
Mudgee - 21st March 1906 (Died - 1943) 

Previous Clubs                             First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Mudgee                (1927-28)
Kandos                (1929)
St George             (1930-32)       41  4   -  -  12

Previous Rep Honours                   M  T   G FG  Pt
Group 14              (1927)
NSW Western Division  (1929)           1  -   -  -   -

Playing Career at South Sydney (1933-34)

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1933 Rd01  v Newtown (27y 35d)

First Grade
                           Premiership :                            Tour
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1933     6   6   -   -   -      -    - :   1   1   -   1   -      -    3
1934     6   6   -   1   -      -    3 :   2   2   -   -   -      -    -
 
TOTAL   12  12   -   1   -      -    3 :   3   3   -   1   -      -    3

SS FG   15  15   -   2   -      -    6 

Lower Grades
                        Reserve  Grade :                     Third Grade
Year     M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1933    10  10   -   5   -      -   15 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1934    10  10   -   2   -      -    6 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL   20  20   -   7   -      -   21 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -

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  32  32   -   8   -      -   24 :  35  35   -   9   -      -   27

Short Form
                   Short-Game Knockout
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1933     2   2   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL    2   2   -   -   -      -    -

SS SF    2   2   -   -   -      -    -

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

never

Suspension Record at South Sydney

Year       Grade v           Wk CHARGE
never

Player Awards

Year   Award
1947 - Lennox Cup (NSWRL Junior Interdistrict Trophy) named in his memory

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
Cessnock                 (1935-38)                      Captain-Coach
Military Service         (1941-43)                      Army - 2/15th Field Artillery - Gunner 

Lennox enlisted in 1941 joining the Army 2/15th field atillery regiment and was sent to Malaya in 1941. He was captured by the Japanese, with the rest of the 8th Division during the fall of Singapore. As a POW he was sent to the Burma to work on the infamous Burma Thailand railway. He died in the Thanbuyazat POW hospital in 1943. George Treweek after WWII donated a trophy in his honour known as the Jack Lennox Memorial Cup.

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