Wood played in the 1942 Third Grade South Sydney team who made the premiership decider. He was also a member of 1945 Reserve Grade South Sydney premiership winning squad.
Wood is a South Sydney junior from Cleveland St. In 1942 he was graded and made his senior grade club and premiership debut in the 1942 Round 2 Third Grade clash against Western Suburbs at St Lukes Oval. At the end of the 1943 season he made his first grade club debut in the 1943 end of season tour match against Tamworth at Tamworth. In 1944 he stepped up into reserve grade in the 1944 Round 2 Reserve Grade premiership clash against Canterbury-Bankstown at the Sports Ground. He made in first grade premiership debut in the 1945 Round 14 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground.
Tom Wood is the son of long serving South Sydney 3rd Grade Secretary Arthur Wood. He a goal kicking second rower. Early in his career he served in Army as a driver in the 112th Motor Transport company in Randwick.
Wood played 4 season with South Sydney between 1942 and 1945. He played 5 first grade club games which only included 1 first grade premiership game. Overall he played 57 senior grade career club games, which included 53 senior grade premiership games for South Sydney.
Wood At the end of 1945 played his final senior grade and first grade club and premiership game in the 1945 Round 14 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground, his only first grade premiership apperance.
Player Relatives
Father - Wood, Arthur
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Redfern - 15th October 1921 (Died - 2000)
South Sydney Junior Club
Cleveland St
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Military Service (1941-42) Army Driver 112th Motor Transport Res. Company
Playing Career at South Sydney (1942-45)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1943 Sep 4 Tour Tamw v Tamworth (21y 324d)
1945 Aug 11 Rd14 SSG v Balmain (Premiership - 23y 301d)
First Grade
Premiership : 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
1943 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 1 1 - - 1 - 2
1944 - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 1 1 - 1 1 - 5
1945 1 1 - - 2 - 4 : - - - - - - - : 2 2 - - 1 - 2
TOTAL 1 1 - - 2 - 4 : - - - - - - - : 4 4 - 1 3 - 9
SS FG 5 5 - 1 5 - 13
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1942 May 9 Rd02 StLu v Western Suburbs (Third Grade)
1944 May 6 Rd02 SSG v Canterbury-Bankstown (Reserve Grade)
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1942 - - - - - - - : 10 10 - 1 18 - 39
1943 - - - - - - - : 14 14 - 2 18 - 42
1944 7 7 - - 1 - 2 : 8 8 - 2 8 - 22
1945 6 6 - 1 2 - 7 : 7 7 - 1 3 - 9
TOTAL 13 13 - 1 3 - 9 : 39 39 - 6 47 - 112
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 53 53 - 7 52 - 125 : - - - - - - - : 57 57 - 8 55 - 134
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1943 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
Lower Grades Year RG( W- D-L %) : 3G( W- D-L %) 1944 : 6( 4- 1-1 67%) 1945 1( 1- 0-0 100%) : 3( 0- 0-3 0%) TOTAL 1( 1- 0-0 100%) : 9( 4- 1-4 44%) SS CAREER 10( 5- 1-4 50%)
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
First Class Playing Career (1943-45)
M T G FG Pts
Total FG Premiership 1 - 2 - 4
Total FG Cup - - - - -
Total FG Club Tour 4 1 3 - 9
Total Internationals - - - - -
Total State - - - - -
Total Other Representative - - - - -
TOTAL FIRST CLASS 5 1 5 - 13
Ref - RLP / ANC / NAA-228281 / FN-46
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