A product of St Peters, Surry Hills. In 1959 he became the leading NSWRL premiership first grade career points scorer, a record he held until 1962.
Representative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth 19th January 1928 (Died - 2001) Previous Clubs Western Suburbs (1947-48) Cootamundra (1953)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1949-52,54-60)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1949 Rd01 v Canterbury-Bankstown (21y 80d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Australian Championship : 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
1949 17 17 - 8 27 - 78 : : : 1 1 - - 1 - 2
1950 16 16 - 8 52 - 128 : : : 2 2 - 1 1 - 5
1951 17 17 - 2 50 - 106 : : 1 1 - - 1 - 2 : 3 3 - 2 6 - 18
1952 17 17 - 2 16 - 38 : : : 5 5 - - 5 - 10
1954 18 18 - 10 71 - 172 : : : 3 3 - 2 15 - 36
1955 17 17 - 2 66 - 138 : : : 2 2 - 1 5 - 13
1956 15 15 - 2 62 - 130 : : : 1 1 - - 2/6 - 4
1957 8 8 - - 29 - 58 : : : 2 2 - 1 10 - 23
1958 17 17 - - 46 - 92 : : : 5 5 - 1 5 - 13
1959 16 16 - 1 45 - 93 : 1 1 - - 2 - 4 : : - - - - - - -
1960 15 15 - 1 44 - 91 : : : 1 1 - - 5 - 10
TOTAL 173 173 - 36 508 - 1124 : 1 1 - - 2 - 4 : 1 1 - - 1 - 2 : 24 24 - 8 55 - 134
SS Cup 2 2 - - 3 - 6
SS FG 199 199 - 44 566 - 1264
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1949 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1950 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1951 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1952 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1953 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1954 1 1 - - 5 - 10 : - - - - - - -
1955 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1956 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1957 1 1 - - 1 - 2 : - - - - - - -
1958 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1959 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1960 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 2 2 - - 6 - 12 : - - - - - - -
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 175 175 - 36 514 - 1136 : 2 2 - - 3 - 6 : 201 201 - 44 572 - 1276
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1954 Tour2 v Central Newcastle
1958 Rd07 v Parramatta (Premiership)
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1954 : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
1958 1( 0- 0-1 0%) :
1959 16( 8- 0-8 50%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
1960 15( 6- 0-9 40%) : 5( 4- 0-1 80%)
TOTAL 32( 14- 0-18 44%) : 7( 6- 0-1 86%)
SS FG 39( 19- 0-20 49%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE 1949 Rd11 FG Newtown 3 Fighting 1952 Rd06 FG Newtown 1 Fighting 1959 Trial FG St George 1 Fighting
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 City II 1949-52 : : 3 1 (2) - 1 - 2
Probables 1950 : : 1 1 - - 7 - 14
Possibles 1951-56 : : 3 1 (2) 1 8 - 19
Sydney City 1951-56 3 3 - 1 9 - 21 : 2 2 - 1 3 - 9 :
New South Wales 1951-56 4 4 - 1 3 - 9 : :
TOTAL 16 12 (4) 4 31 - 74
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1950-57 1 1 - - - - - : 7 7 - - 12 - 24
TOTAL 8 8 - - 12 - 24
ALL REPS 24 20 (4) 4 43 - 98
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1949 Res Sydney City II v NSW Country II - 1 -
1950 SRow Sydney City II v NSW Country II - - -
1950 SRow Probables v Possibles 1st Match - 7 -
1950 Res New South Wales v Great Britain 2nd Match (Selected but DNP)
1950 SRow Australia v Great Britain 3rd Test - - -
1951 SRow Possibles v Probables - 3 -
1951 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 1 3 -
1951 SRow Sydney City v France - 1 -
1951 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match - - -
1951 Res New South Wales v France 1st Match (Selected but DNP)
1952 Res Sydney City II v NSW Country II - - -
1952 Res Possibles v Probables - 3 -
1952 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 2nd Match 1 1 -
1956 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 1st Match - - -
1956 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1956 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - - -
1956 Hook Possibles v Probables - - -
1956 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 2nd Match - 8/11 -
1956 SRow Sydney City v NZ Maori 2nd Match 1 2 -
1956 (Kangaroo Tour Squad)
1956 SRow Australia v Barrow Tour Match - 4 -
1956 SRow Australia v Warrington Tour Match - 4 -
1956 SRow Australia v York Tour Match - 4 -
1956 SRow Australia v Hunslet Tour Match - - -
1956 SRow Australia v Halifax Tour Match - - -
1956 SRow Australia v Wakefield Tour Match - - -
1957 SRow Australia v Avignon Tour Match - - -
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