Pat Devery

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Patrick Charles Devery
Born
Wednesday, 9th August, 1922
Died
Sunday, 17th December, 2017 (Aged 95 years and 130 days)
Place Of Birth
Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Jack Devery

Biography

One of the all-time great five-eighths was spotted by Balmain coach 'Latchem' Robinson playing football in the Domain during the war. Pat Devery already had ‘form’ – some years earlier the Tweed Heads product scored seven tries on debut for Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane competition. World War II intervened and after serving in the navy he signed with the Tigers in 1944. Two years later he represented NSW and Australia in the three Test series against Great Britain. Devery played in Balmain's grand final wins in 1946-47, was the season's top scorer with 144pts in the latter year and also captained NSW before going to England to play for Huddersfield. There, he took the club to championship final success in 1949 and a Challenge Cup victory in 1953. Devery, who was as versatile as he was gifted, scoring over 1000pts during his English career. He returned to Australia to coach Manly in 1955-56 and also coached Lithgow in 1957. Devery later took up a teaching position in Boston before moving to a US Naval base in Puerto Rico with his family where he was the Assistant Principal of the base’s primary school.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Served in World War II as a member of the Navy. He was a radio ,echanic on board the HMAS Watson. He was also a member of the Army.

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 37 18 15 4 48.65% List
Country Carnival 1 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 1 0 1 0 0.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
NSW Country Firsts 1956 1 0 1 0 0.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Manly NSWRFL 1955 19 11 7 1 57.89% List
Manly NSWRFL 1956 18 7 8 3 38.89% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Manly 1955-56 37 18 15 4 48.65% List

Your Say

  • Harry
    27/12/2011

    I have a photo of this player with my Grand Father (Harry Bath) taken on the afternoon before they both caught the sea plane together to England from Rose Bay Sydney.
    In the picture both men are being congratulated by friends, and Harold Mathews. If anyone would like a copy please email me.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio