Rayner came to the club on the recommendation of Eric Lewis, a staunch Souths clubman and 1937-38 Kangaroo, who spotted him playing for the Army while serving in New Guinea during the war. Rayner promised Lewis that if they survived the war he would come to Souths.
Representative Qualification NSW Country Date of Birth 11th April 1921 (Died - 2008) Previous Clubs Lismore (Schoolboys) Military Service (1941-45)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1946-57)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1946 Rd01 v Newtown (25y 2d)
First Grade
Premiership : 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
1946 5 5 - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1947 16 16 - 10 - - 30 : : - - - - - - -
1948 9 9 - 3 - - 9 : : - - - - - - -
1949 20 20 - 5 - - 15 : : - - - - - - -
1950 18 18 - 5 - - 15 : : 2 2 - 1 - - 3
1951 19 19 - 5 3 - 21 : 1 1 - - 1 - 2 : 3 3 - 3 2 - 13
1952 21 21 - 5 1 - 17 : : 4 4 - 1 - - 3
1953 19 19 - 5 4 - 23 : : 1 1 - - 2 - 4
1954 18 18 - 6 - - 18 : : 2 2 - 2 - - 6
1955 18 18 - 4 - - 12 : : 3 3 - 2 - - 6
1956 19 19 - 10 - - 30 : : 1 1 - - - - -
1957 12 12 - - - - - : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 194 194 - 58 8 - 190 : 1 1 - - 1 - 2 : 17 17 - 9 4 - 35
SS Cup 1 1 - - 1 - 2
SS FG 212 212 - 67 13 - 227
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1946 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1947 Rd08 v Eastern Suburbs
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1947 9( 4- 0-5 44%) :
1948 8( 3- 1-4 38%) :
1949 20( 13- 1-6 65%) :
1950 18( 15- 0-3 83%) : 2( 2- 0-0 100%)
1951 19( 16- 1-2 84%) : 4( 3- 0-1 75%)
1952 21( 14- 0-7 67%) : 4( 4- 0-0 100%)
1953 19( 13- 1-5 68%) : 1( 0- 0-1 0%)
1954 19( 15- 1-3 79%) : 2( 2- 0-0 100%)
1955 18( 13- 0-5 72%) : 3( 3- 0-0 100%)
1956 19( 12- 1-6 63%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
1957 12( 7- 0-5 58%) : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
TOTAL 182(125- 6-51 69%) : 18( 16- 0-2 89%)
SS FG 200(140- 6-54 70%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1953 - E.E.Christensen Player of the Year 1953 - Sunday Telegraph Star of the Year 1953 - Sunday Telegraph Captain of the Year 1955 - Sunday Telegraph Captain of the Year 1955 - Clive Churchill Medal (Grand Final Man of the Match) 1992 - Rugby League Week Top 100 (#71) 2002 - Jack Rayner Medal (South Sydney FG players player of the year) 2011 - Rayner-Farrell Cup (South Sydney v Newtown perpertual trophy)
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 1946 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Probables 1946 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney City 1947-54 6 6 - 5 - - 15 : 2 2 - 2 - - 6 :
New South Wales 1947-54 12 12 - 3 - - 9 : 6 6 - 2 - - 6 : 1 1 - 3 - - 9
Possibles 1951 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 30 30 - 15 - - 45
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australia 1948-49 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : 26 26 - 7 1 - 23
Australia XIII 1951 : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 33 33 - 8 1 - 26
ALL REPS 63 63 - 23 1 - 71
Captaincy CvC/Interstate/Internationals : Tourists : Other
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
New South Wales 1951 : 1( 1- 0-0 0%) :
Sydney City 1953 : : 1( 1- 0-0 0%)
ALL REPS 2( 2- 0-0 0%)
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1946 SRow Sydney City II v NSW Country II - - -
1946 SRow Probables v Possibles - - -
1947 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 1 - -
1947 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1947 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - - -
1947 SRow New South Wales v The Rest 3 - -
1948 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 1st Match - - -
1948 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1948 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 1 - -
1948 SRow New South Wales v New Zealand Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v New Zealand 1st Test 1 - -
1948 Res Australia v New Zealand 2nd Test (Selected but DNP)
1948 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match - - -
1948 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 4th Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v South Australia Tour Match 1 - -
1948 SRow Australia v Belle Vue Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Hull Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Leigh Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Salford Tour Match 1 - -
1948 SRow Australia v Great Britain 1st Test - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Cumberland Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v St Helens Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Drewsbury Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Hull KR Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Wigan Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Leeds Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Warrington Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Great Britain 2nd Test - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Bradford Nthrn Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Swinton Tour Match 1 - -
1948 SRow Australia v Wales Test - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Yorkshire Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Lancashire Tour Match - - -
1948 SRow Australia v Catalan Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Australia v Languedoc Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Australia v Cannes Tour Match - 1 -
1949 SRow Australia v French XIII Tour Match 3 - -
1949 SRow Australia v Cavaillon Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country - - -
1949 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1949 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 2 - -
1949 New South Wales v Queensland Tour Squad (Selected but withdrew due to work)
1949 SRow Australia v South Auckland Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Australia v New Zealand 1st Test - - -
1949 SRow Australia v NZ West Coast Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Australia v NZ South Island Tour Match - - -
1949 SRow Australia v NZ Maori Tour Match 1 - -
1949 SRow Australia v New Zealand 2nd Test - - -
1949 SRow Australia v Auckland Colts Tour Match - - -
1950 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 1 - -
1950 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1950 SRow New South Wales v Great Britain 1st Match - - -
1951 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 1 - -
1951 SRow Possibles v Probables - - -
1951 SRow New South Wales v France 2nd Match - - - (c) W
1951 SRow Australia XIII v France - - -
1953 SRow Sydney City v Brisbane 2 - - (c) W
1954 SRow Sydney City v NSW Country 2 - -
1954 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1954 SRow Sydney City v Great Britain - - -
1954 SRow New South Wales v Great Britain 1st Match - - -
1954 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match - - -
1954 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 4th Match - - -
1954 SRow New South Wales v Great Britain 2nd Match - - - (Match abandoned)
1954 SRow New South Wales v Great Britain 3rd Match 2 - -
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