Slattery playeyed in the 1942 Third Grade premiership decider for South Sydney. He made a cameo in the 1943 and 1945 Reserve Grade premiership winning South Sydney squads.
Slattery is a South Junior who was a member of the 1938 U21 Preseidents Cup South Sydney representative team. In 1939 Slattery was graded and made his senior grade club and premiership debut in the 1939 Round 6 Third Grade clash against Balmain at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Two years later he stepped up into reserve grade in the 1941 Round 1 Reserve Grade clash against Eastern Suburbs at the Sports Ground. At the end of 1942 he made his first grade club debut in the 1942 end of season Tour clash against the Illawarra League in Wollongong. Finally he made his first grade premiership debut for South Sydney in the 1943 Round 5 clash against Western Suburbs at the Sports Ground.
Slattery is a light weight lock.
Slattery played 8 seasons with South Sydney between 1939 and 1946. He played 28 first grade club games for South Sydney, which included 21 first grade premiership games and 3 first grade cup games. Overall he played 97 senior grade career club games for South Sydney, which included 90 senior grade career premierships.
Slattery played his final first grade premiership game for South Sydney in the 1945 Round 14 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground. He played his final first grade club game for South Sydney in the 1945 end of season tour clash against NSW North Coast in Grafton. He played his final senior grade club and premiership game for South Sydney in the 1946 Round 4 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground.
Player Relatives Grandson - Slattery, Troy Representative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth Redfern - 12th April 1920 (Died - 1981) Previous Clubs none
Playing Career at South Sydney (1939-46)
South Sydney First Grade Debut 1942 Sep 20 Tour3 Woll v Illawarra (22y 151d) 1943 May 22 Rd05 SSG v Western Suburbs (23y 40d - Premiership) First Grade Premiership : City Cup : State 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 1942 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 1943 2 2 - - - - - : : 2 2 - 1 - - 3 : - - - - - - - 1944 6 6 - - - - - : : - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - 1 - 2 1945 13 13 - 4 - - 12 : : 1 1 - - - - - : 2 2 - 2 - - 6 1946 - - - - - - - TOTAL 21 21 - 4 - - 12 : - - - - - - - : 3 3 - 1 - - 3 : 4 4 - 3 1 - 11 SS Cup 3 3 - 1 - - 3 SS FG 28 28 - 6 1 - 20 South Sydney Senior Grade Debut 1939 May 20 Rd06 SCG v Balmain (Third Grade) 1941 Apr 19 Rd01 SSG v Eastern Suburbs (Reserve Grade) Lower Grades : Juniors Reserve Grade : Third Grade : (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 1938 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - - 1939 - - - - - - - : 8 8 - - - - - 1940 - - - - - - - : 12 12 - 4 - - 12 1941 1 1 - - - - - : 13 13 - 4 - - 12 1942 - - - - - - - : 12 12 - 5 - - 15 1943 1 1 - 1 - - 3 : 10 10 - 6 - - 18 1944 9 9 - 4 - - 12 : - - - - - - - 1945 1 1 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - - 1946 - - - - - - - : 2 2 - - - - - TOTAL 12 12 - 7 - - 21 : 57 57 - 19 - - 57 : 1 1 - - - - - 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 90 90 - 30 - - 90 : 3 3 - 1 - - 3 : 97 97 - 34 1 - 104 Short Form Short-Game Matches M S R T G/A FG Pts 1943 - - - - - - - 1946 - - - - - - - TOTAL - - - - - - - SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
Lower Grades Year RG( W- D-L %) : 3G( W- D-L %) 1942 : 5( 4- 0-1 80%) TOTAL : 5( 4- 0-1 80%) SS CAREER 5( 4- 0-1 80%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG none
After Leaving South Sydney
After leaving South Sydney Slattery became one of Parramatta's inaugural players.
Subsequent Clubs First Grade M T G FG Pt Parramatta (1947-49) 34 2 1 - 8
First Class Playing Career (1942-49)
M T G FG Pts Total FG Premiership 55 6 1 - 20 Total FG Cup 3 1 - - 3 Total FG Club Tour 4 3 1 - 11 Total Internationals - - - - - Total State - - - - - Total Other Representative - - - - - TOTAL FIRST CLASS 62 10 2 - 34
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