Two time South Sydney premiership winner in 1908 and 1909. He came out of retirement to play with the breakaway league. A sound, rather than a brilliant fullback. Sure in tackling, handling and kicking.
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 7in / 10st 6lb
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Paddington - 21st June 1884 (Died - 1964)
Previous Clubs
Alexandria Waratah RU (1903-05)
Retired (1906-07)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1908-09)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1908 Rd05 RASG v Newtown (23y 344d)
First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1908 7 7 - - - - -
1909 11 11 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 18 18 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
SS FG 18 18 - - - - -
Lower Grades
Second Grade : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1908 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1909 - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
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 20 20 - - - - - : 20 20 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1931 - NSWRL Life Membership 1952 - Rugby League News Immortal
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 - - - - -
New South Wales 1909 : 1 1 - - - - - :
Kangaroos 1909 : : 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 4 4 - - - - -
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1909 : 3 3 - - - - -
TOTAL 3 3 - - - - -
ALL REPS 7 7 - - - - -
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1909 Flbk Combined FG v Combined 2G - - -
1909 Flbk New South Wales v NZ Maori 2nd Match - - -
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 1st Match - - -
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 3rd Match - - -
1909 Flbk New South Wales v NZ Maori 3rd Match (Withdrew)
1909 Flbk Australia v NZ Maori 4th Match - - -
1909 Flbk Kangaroos v Wallabies 1st Match - - -
1909 Flbk Kangaroos v Wallabies 2nd Match - - -
After Leaving South Sydney
Neill had the distintion of becoming the first player to win a hatrick of premierships in 1910. He was a member of the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of England.
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Newtown (1911-13) 24 - - - -
Glebe (1914) 2 - - - -
Subsequent Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
New South Wales (1910-11) 10 - - - -
Australasia (1911-12) 7 - - - -
Australasia II (1912) 1 - - - -
After retiring Neill became a very successful referee.
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