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CLUB
AND TEAM RECORDS, FIRST GRADE 1921- 2005
First
Grade Premiers TOTAL = 15
St George Dragons: 15
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 0 |
•St
George
1941 1949 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1977 1979 |
First
Grade Runners-Up TOTAL = 14
St George Dragons: 13
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 1 |
•St
George
1927 1930 1933 1937 1942 1946 1953 1971
1975 1985 1992 1993 1996
•St George Illawarra
1999 |
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First
Grade Grand Finals appearances TOTAL =
26
To win an Australian
Rugby League Grand Final is widely regarded
as the greatest prize of all.... The
Dragons, with 26 grand final appearances
are twice that of their nearest rivals...
more
>>> a brief outline of grand
final history - click here
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•St
George
1930 1942 1946 1949 1953 1956 1957 1958
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1971 1975 1977 1977replay 1979 1985 1992
1993 1996
•St George Illawarra
1999
NB:
St George also contested the following
'Finals' (ie non grand final competitions):
1927 1933 1937
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First
Grade Minor Premiers
TOTAL = 15
(ie most competition points prior to semi-finals)
St George Dragons: 15
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 0
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•St
George
1928* 1946 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1979 1985
* Equal minor premiers in
1928 with but with better for and against
record.
NB: Also equal minor premiers with Wests
in 1961 and with Canterbury in 1993 but
with lower for and against record. (1961
reports show that the NSWRL awarded the
prize jointly between Wests & St George). |
Club
Championships TOTAL = 18
In 1930, the NSWRL
introduced a club championship...
St George have won the most club championships...
more
>>> a brief outline on Club Championships-
click here |
•St
George
1940 1942 1946
1949 1951 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1971 1984 1985 |
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Other
Championships
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•St
George
Night Football Champions, 1933
Winners Cup-Tie, 1944 1959
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup, 1963
1964 1965 1971
Panasonic (Mid Week) Cup, 1988
•Illawarra:
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup, 1992
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Charity
Shield
The
Charity Shield is an annual event and
trial match between St George and South
Sydney. Proceeds from gate takings are
donated to charity - the original tradition
seeing donations being made to hospitals
in the St George and South Sydney districts.
In all, there have been 23 Charity Shields
with the honours going to St George 13,
Souths 7 and three draws.
The Charity Shield match is generally
regarded as an indication that the Rugby
League Football season has begun.
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1982
- St George 9-7 at Redfern Oval.
1983 - St George 28-10 at Redfern Oval.
1984 - South Sydney 24-6 at Redfern Oval.
1985 - St George 10-8 at Redfern Oval.
1986 - St George 12-0 at Redfern Oval.
1987 - St George 28-14 at Redfern Oval.
1988 - South Sydney 30-6 at Redfern Oval.
1989 - South Sydney 20-16 at SFS.
1990 - Drawn 10-all at SFS.
1991 - Drawn 16-all at SFS.
1992 - South Sydney 21-20 at SFS.
1993 - St George 10-8 at SFS.
1994 - St George 14-11 at SFS.
1995 - St George 18-10 at SFS.
1996 - St George 30-6 at SFS.
1997 - St George 26-18 at SFS.
1998 - St George 14-4 at SFS.
1999 - South Sydney 16-14 at SFS.
2002 - Drawn 20-all at Aussie Stadium.
2003 - St George 28-10 at Aussie Stadium.
2004 - St George 34-8 at Aussie Stadium.
2005 - Souths 30-6 at Aussie Stadium.
2006 - Souths 14-12 at Telstra Stadium. |
Second
Grade / Reserve Grade /
First Division / Premier League Premiers
TOTAL = 7 |
•St
George
1938 1962 1963 1964 1976 1985
•St George Illawarra
2001
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Second
Grade / Reserve Grade /
First Division / Premier League Runners-Up
TOTAL = 17
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•St
George
1927 1931 1940 1941 1942 1950 1951 1955
1958 1959 1965 1971 1972 1973 1978 1984
•St George Illawarra
2002
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Third
Grade / U23s /
Jersey Flegg Premiers
TOTAL = 16 |
•St
George
1940 1942 1949 1951 1953 1957 1963 1965
1966 1972 1974 1983 1985 1987 1996
•St George Illawarra
2005 |
Third
Grade / U23s /
Jersey Flegg Runners-Up
TOTAL = 11
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•St
George
1930 1943 1958 1964 1971 1978 1979 1984
1990 1992
•St George Illawarra
2002 |
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Biggest
Wins
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•St
George 91 - Canterbury 6
Earl Park 11 May 1935 (Premiership record)
•Illawarra 45 - Canberra Raiders 0
Wollongong 25 April 1982
•St George Illawarra 54 - Warriors
0
WIN Stadium 6 May 2000 |
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Worst
Defeats
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•St
George 0 - Manly Sea Eagles 61
Brookvale Oval 3 July 1994
•Illawarra 0 - Newtown Jets 51
Henson Park 2 May 1982
•St George Illawarra 10 - Melbourne
Storm 70
M.C.G. 3 March 2000 |
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Longest
Winning Streak
|
•St
George
12 matches 6 June 1958 - 24 May 1959
(St George went through
the 1959 season undefeated, however they
drew one game. During this period, the Saints
played an amazing 23 matches without loss).
•Illawarra
4 matches 4 July - 25 July 1993
4 matches 25 June - 17 July 1997
•St George Illawarra
7 matches 22 May - 17 July 1999
7 matches 24 June - 9 July 2006 |
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Longest
Losing Streak
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•St
George
8 matches 3 July - 28 August 1926
•Illawarra
11 matches 1988
•St George Illawarra
5 matches 14 July - 13 August 2006 |
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Largest
Home Crowd
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•St
George Dragons v South Sydney Rabbitohs
23,582 Kogarah Jubilee Oval 4 May
1975
•Illawarra Steelers v St George Dragons
17,527 WIN Stadium Wollongong
21
May 1993
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney
Roosters 20,578 Aussie (Sydney
Football) Stadium 25 April 2002
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs 18,932
WIN Stadium Wollongong 18 April 2004
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks 16,915
Kogarah Jubilee Oval 20 June 2004
•St George Illawarra
Dragons v Sharks 17,113 Kogarah
Jubilee Oval 24 July 2005
•St George Illawarra
Dragons v Eels 17,523 Kogarah Jubilee
Oval 21 August 2005
•St George Illawarra
Dragons v Sharks 19,608 WIN Stadium
Wollongong 10 September 2005
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Largest
Grand Final Crowd
|
•St
George v South Sydney Rabbitohs 78,056
Sydney Cricket Ground 18 September 1965
(Australian Rugby League record at the time)
•St George Illawarra v Melbourne Storm
107,999 Stadium Australia 26 Sept
1999 (World record Rugby League crowd) |
| Most
consecutive Grand Final Wins |
•St
George Dragons 11, 1956-1966
(World first grade record for any elite
team in any sport) |
| Won
three grades in one season |
•St
George Dragons 1963 |
| Undefeated
premiers |
•St
George Dragons 1959 |
INDIVIDUAL
RECORDS, FIRST GRADE 1921- 2005
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Most
Tries in a Match
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•St
George
Jack Lindwall 6 tries v Manly,
Hurstville Oval, 3 May 1947
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 5 tries Gold Coast
Chargers, Steelers Stadium, 4 May 1991
•St George Illawarra
Matt Cooper 4 tries v Penrith Panthers,
WIN Stadium, 18 April 2004
Mark Gasnier 4 tries v Wests Tigers,
Kogarah Jubilee Oval, 29 June 2004
Dragons hat tricks since 1999:
Jamie Ainscough 3 tries
v
North Sydney Bears, WIN Stadium, 4 April
1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Canberra
Raiders, Kogarah Jubilee Oval, 18 April
1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Manly Sea
Eagles, WIN Stadium, 28 August 1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Melbourne
Storm, Olympic Park, 4 September 1999
Anthony Mundine 3 tries v Cronulla
Sharks, Stadium Australia, 19 September
1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Northern
Eagles, NorthPower Stadium, 26 February
2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Auckland
Warriors, WIN Stadium, 6 May 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Wests
Tigers, Campbelltown Stadium, 9 June 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Canterbury
Bulldogs, Sydney Showground, 20 May 2001
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Wests Tigers, Leichhardt Oval, 3 June
2001
Lee Hookey 3 tries v Wests Tigers,
WIN Stadium, 18 May 2002
Mark Gasnier 3 tries v Wests Tigers,
Campbelltown Stadium, 28 July 2002
Shane Laloata 3 tries v Brisbane
Broncos, Aussie Stadium, 26 May 2002
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v South Sydney Rabbitohs, WIN Stadium,
21 June 2003
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Penrith Panthers, WIN Stadium, 03 August
2003
Ben Hornby 3 tries v Sharks, Toyota
Park, 01 May 2004
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Most
Goals in a Match
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•St
George
Les Griffin 15 goals v Canterbury,
Earl Park
11 May 1935
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 10 goals v Parramatta
Eels, Steelers Stadium 16 July 1995
•St George Illawarra
Amos Roberts 9 goals v Auckland Warriors,
WIN Stadium 6 May 2000 |
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Most
Points in a Match
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•St
George
Les Griffin 36 points (2 tries, 15
goals) v Canterbury, Earl Park 11 May 1935
Jack Lindwall 36 points (6 tries,
9 goals) v Manly, Hurstville Oval 3 May
1947
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 22 points (1 try, 9 goals)
v Western Suburbs, Steelers Stadium
27 August 1995
Rod Wishart 22 points (3 tries, 5
goals) v Newcastle Knights, Marathon Stadium
4 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2 tries, 7
goals) v Penrith Panthers, Steelers Stadium
25 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2 tries, 7
goals) v South Sydney Rabbitohs, WIN Stadium
9 March 1997
•St George Illawarra
Amos Roberts 22 points (1 try, 9
goals) v Auckland Warriors, WIN Stadium
6 May 2000 (premiership record for points
scored on debut) |
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Most
Tries in a Season
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•St
George
Tommy Ryan 26 tries, Season 1957
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 19 tries, Season 1991
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 27 tries, Season
2001 |
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Most
Goals in a Season
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•St
George
Harry Bath 108 goals, Season 1958
•Illawarra
John Dorahy 76 goals, Season 1983
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 71 goals, Season 1999 |
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Most
Points in a Season
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•St
George
Harry Bath 225 points, (3 tries,
108 goals) Season 1958
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 176 points, (11 tries,
66 goals) Season 1995
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 162 points, (5 tries,
71 goals) Season 1999 |
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Most
Tries in Club History
The second
highest try scorer was St George Immortal,
Reg Gasnier who scored 127 tries in 129
matches (1959-1967)
Nathan Blacklock also scored 20 tries
for St George to give him a total of 120
tries from 137 matches (1997-2004)
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•St
George
Johnny King 143 tries, 1960-1971
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 68 tries, 1989-1998
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 100 tries, 1999-2004
(+ 20 for St George = 120 tries since 1997) |
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Most
Goals in Club History
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•St
George
Graeme Langlands 648 goals, 1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 386 goals, 1989-1998
•St
George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 79 goals, 1999-2002
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Most
Points in Club History
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•St
George
Graeme Langlands 1554 points, (86
tries, 648 goals) 1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 1044 points, (68 tries,
386 goals) 1989-1998
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 374 points, (8 tries,
171 goals) 1999-2001 |
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Most
Grand Final Appearances
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•St
George
Norm Provan 11, 1953, 1956-1965 |
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Top
10 First Grade / NRL Appearances
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 256, Billy Smith 234, Craig
Young 234, Graeme Langlands 227, Michael
Beattie 210, Mark Coyne 207, Ricky Walford
207, Rod Reddy 204, Barry Beath 198, Graeme
Wynn 195
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 167, Brett Rodwell 156, Rod
Wishart 154, Neil Piccinelli 145, Brian
Hetherington 144, John Cross 137, Alan McIndoe
125, Paul McGregor 124, John Simon 120,
David Walsh 114
•St George Illawarra
Trent Barrett 134 (179 since 1996)*, Lance
Thompson 132 (201 since 1995), Nathan Blacklock
114 (137 since 1997), Shaun Timmins 113
(199 since 1994)*, Ben Hornby 107*, Luke
Bailey 100*, Matt Cooper 99*, Jason Ryles
98*, Mark Gasnier 94*, Jason Hooper 79 (90
since 1998), Chris Leikvoll 75 (111 since
1997), Dean Young 73*, Wayne Bartrim 72
(155 since 1995), Jamie Ainscough 69, Andrew
Hart 67 (97 since 1997), Darren Treacy 66
(106 since 1997), Lee Hookey 61
*~2005 |
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Top
10 All Grade Appearances
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•St
George
Billy Smith 297, Norm Provan 283, Robert
Stone 281, Michael Beattie 273, Ricky Walford
246, Graeme Wynn 244, Barry Beath 236, Rod
Reddy 235, Craig Young 234, Graeme Langlands
232, Mark Coyne 232
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 212, Neil Piccinelli 182, Dean
Hanson 175, Brett Rodwell 170, Dean Callaway
164, Alan McIndoe 163, David Walsh 159,
Rod Wishart 157, Ian Russell 155, John Cross
154 |
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Australian
Test Captains
TOTAL = 6
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•St
George
Ken Kearney 1956
Reg Gasnier 1962-1967
Ian Walsh 1963-1966
Johnny Raper 1967
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974
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Australian
World Cup Captains
TOTAL = 3
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•St
George
Johnny Raper 1968
Billy Smith 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974 |
'Dally
M' Medal Winners TOTAL = 2
Best
First Grade / NRL player of the year - awarded
after votes are tallied for every First
Grade match throughout the season.
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•St
George
Michael Potter 1991
•St George Illawarra
Trent Barrett 2000 |
'Clive
Churchill' Medal Winners
TOTAL = 1
Best
player in the Grand Final. |
•St
George
Brad Mackay 1993 |
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New
South Wales Player of the Year
TOTAL = 7
Defunct
awards, best player in the First Grade
/ NSWRL
|
•St
George
Ken Kearney 1955, Norm Provan 1957, Reg
Gasnier 1959, 1961, 1964, John Raper 1960,
1964, Ian Walsh 1963, Billy Smith 1966,
Graeme Langlands 1970 |
Sun
Herald Best and Fairest Awards
TOTAL = 4
Defunct
awards, best and fairest First Grade / NSWRL
player
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 1954, John Raper 1960, 1963,
1967, Billy Smith 1966, Graeme Langlands
1970 |
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International
Representatives
St George 48
Illawarra 4
St George Illawarra 9
TOTAL = 61
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•St
George
Wayne Bartrim 1995-1996
Barry Beath 1971
Tony Branson 1968, 1971
Bob Bugden 1959-1960
George Carstairs 1921-1922
(first St George junior
international)
Brian Clay 1957, 1959-1960
Mark Coyne 1995-1997
Percy Fairall 1935-1938
Wally Fullerton-Smith
1988
Fred Gardner Snr 1933-1934
Reg Gasnier 1959-1965,
1967-1968 Ted
Goodwin 1972-1973
Scott Gourley 1991
Johnny Hawke 1949, 1951
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Jack Holland 1948-1950
Pat Jarvis 1983
Alec 'Rick' Johnston
1921-1922
Brian Johnston 1987
Arthur Justice 1928-1930
Ken Kearney 1952-1958
Johnny King 1966-1968,
1970
Ross Kite 1955
Graeme Langlands 1963-1975
Eddie Lumsden 1959-1963
Brad Mackay 1990, 1992-1994
Matt McCoy 1949
Doug McRitchie 1948-1950
Noel Mulligan 1951
Kevin O'Brien 1956-1957
Michael O'Connor 1986
Bryan Orrock 1956-1957
Noel Pidding 1948, 1950-53
Norm Provan 1954, 1956-1960
Graeme Quinn 1980
Johnny Raper 1959-1960,
1962-1964, 1966-1968
Elton Rasmussen 1962,
1967-1968
Rod Reddy 1977-1980,
1982
John Riley 1959-1960
Ron Roberts 1949-1950
Steve Rogers 1983
Kevin Ryan 1963-1964
Tommy Ryan 1952-1953
Billy Smith 1964-1968,
1970
Ian Walsh 1962-1966
Billy Wilson 1959-1960
John Wittenberg 1968-1970
Graeme Wynn 1980
Craig Young 1978-1982,
1984 |
•Illawarra
Bob Lindner 1993
Alan McIndoe 1988
Paul McGregor 1994-1995, 1997
Rod Wishart 1991-1992, 1994-1996 |
•St
George Illawarra
Luke Bailey 2003-2004
Trent Barrett 2000-2002, 2004-2005
Nathan Blacklock 2001
Matt Cooper 2004-2005
Ben Creagh 2005
Mark Gasnier 2001, 2005
Jason Ryles 2001-2002, 2004-2005
Craig Smith (NZ) 1999-2001
Shaun Timmins 1999-2000, 2002, 2004 |
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St
George Illawarra Player of the Year
Best
First Grader
Sponsored by Intergral Energy 1999-2003,
St George Bank 2004-2005
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Jamie
Ainscough 1999
Trent Barrett 2000
Jason Ryles 2001
Shaun Timmins 2002
Ben Hornby 2003
Mathew Head 2004
Luke Bailey 2005 |
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St
George Life Memberships
1938-2003
|
Fuesedale,
R.D - 1938
Gilbert, H - 1938
Hall, W.J - 1938
McGraw, J.W - 1938
Yager, A.W - 1938
Burt, J.H - 1939
Moymow, A.V - 1941
Killiby, T - 1942
Brown, R - 1944
Harding, W - 1944
Justice, A.J - 1944
Mogridge, J.R - 1947
Ross, D - 1948
Clarkson, A - 1949
Sadlier, W - 1951
Fahy, C.W - 1952
Kelly, LT - 1953
Wales, B.P - 1954
Tipping, N - 1955
O'Connor, R - 1957
McGrath, J.F - 1958
Proops, J - 1960
Summerell, W - 1961
Mackie, A.I - 1962 ( MBE ) |
Maher,
H.C - 1963
Provan, N - 1963
Brown, A.G - 1964
facer, F.H - 1964
Black, E.H - 1965 ( OBE )
Price, G - 1965
Dellow, L.C - 1966
Floods, R.S - 1966
Clay, B - 1967
Ellwood, J - 1968
Lumsden, E - 1969
Raper, J - 1971 ( MBE )
Gardner, F.H - 1972
Langlands, G - 1973 ( MBE )
Smith, W - 1973
Palmer, I - 1974
Beath, B - 1976
Fleming, J - 1980
Reddy, R - 1981
Summerell, W - 1982
Ryder, D - 1982
Stone, R - 1984
Jansen, J - 1986
Wynn, G - 1988 |
Young,
C - 1988
Gasnier, R - 1989
Grant, J - 1989
Johnston, B - 1990
Beattie, M - 1990
Kearney, K - 1991
Robbins, A - 1991
Doust, L - 1992
King, J - 1992
Starkey, B - 1993
Carroll, P - 1993
Lindwall, J - 1994
Kite, R - 1995
Kenyon, B - 1996
Walford, R - 1996
McRitchie, D - 1997
McLelland, D - 2000
French, J - 2000
Connelly, R - 2001
Saunders, W - 2001
Lockwood, W - 2002
Kinna, D - 2002
Grosvenor, R - 2003
Robinson, D - 2003 |
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| Coach
Appointments Since 1921 |
•St
George
David Waite (1996-98), Brian Smith (1991-95),
Craig Young (1989-90), Ted Glossop (1988),
Roy Masters (1982-87), Harry Bath (1977-81),
Graeme Langlands (1972-76), Jack Gibson
(1970-71), Johnny Raper (1969), Norm Provan
(1962-65, 1968), Ian Walsh (1966-67), Ken
Kearney (1954-55, 1957-61), Norm Tipping
(1953, 1956), John Hawke (1951-52), Jim
Duckworth (1948-50), Doug McRitchie (1947),
Arthur Justice (1936, 1947), Charlie Lynch
(1947), Herb Narvo (1946), Percy Williams
(1945), Bill Kelly (1944), Neville Smith
(1939-41, 1943), Len Kelly (1942), Norm
Pope (1938), Frank Burge (1927-30, 1937),
Peter Burge (1937), Eddie Root (1936), Albert
Johnston (1933-35), Harry Kadwell (1931-32),
Herb Gilbert (1921-24).
•Illawarra
Andrew Farrar (1997-98), Allan McMahon (1996),
Graham Murray (1991-95), Ron Hilditch (1989-90),
Terry Fearnley (1988), Brian Smith (1984-87),
Allan Fitzgibbon (1982-83 and 1995).
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Brown (2003-), Andrew Farrar (2000-02),
David Waite & Andrew Farrar (1999-2000).
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DRAGONS
FIRST GRADE - RECORDS 1921- 2005
