Coaching Career
All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Douglas Allan McRitchie
- Born
- Tuesday, 31st July, 1923
- Died
- Thursday, 30th July, 1998 (Aged 75 years and 364 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bill McRitchie
Biography
St George junior was graded after playing in the club’s Presidents Cup winning team in 1940. McRitchie served in Bougainville and New Guinea during the war but played with the club intermittently during the war years. Captain-coach of the club in 1947, the fine centre represented NSW in 1948 before being named on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour. McRitchie played in two Tests against Great Britain and a further two in France. After partnering fellow Test player Matt McCoy in St George's grand final win over Souths in 1949 McRitchie made his final Test appearance in the historic Third Test against Great Britain in 1950. It was McRitchie who made the initial break that resulted in St George team-mate Ron Roberts' winning try that clinched the Ashes for Australia for the first time in 30 years. The following year he joined Queanbeyan as captain-coach on the biggest contract offered to a Sydney-based player.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
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Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
20 Jul 2012 4:00pm
I was a member of the Queanbeyan Blues team of 1964 which Doug coached and his BOOMING voice could be heard all over Queanbeyan. Well I remember him pulling the front fender off a Holden car with his bare hands at his smash repair workshop. A top guy and "The Men of League" is a true testament to a great bloke. Very much appreciated his guidance, wit and energy.
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