George Fairbairn

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Place Of Birth
Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Awards & Accolades

Man Of Steel Award
1980

Playing 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   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Tour Matches England 10 3 35   - 79 5 4 2 50.00% List
World Cup 11 2 43   - 92 6 3 2 54.55% List
European Championship 7 1 16   1 36 4 3 0 57.14% List
Tour Matches Great Britain 19 3 56   1 122 9 10 1 47.37% List
Test Series 12 1 26   - 35 3 8 1 25.00% List
The Ashes 7 - 10   - 40 1 6 0 14.29% List
Lancashire Cup 4 1 14   - 31 3 1 0 75.00% List
UK Second Division 33 8 64   - 154 27 4 2 81.82% List
Regal Trophy 22 6 42   2 106 16 6 0 72.73% List
Challenge Cup 25 2 42   3 95 15 9 1 60.00% List
Yorkshire Cup 19 2 42   - 92 12 6 1 63.16% List
English Championship 179 37 399   11 939 114 59 6 63.69% List
Premiership Trophy 12 2 27   3 64 7 5 0 58.33% List
Tour Matches Hull Kingston Rovers 3 - 4   - 8 1 2 0 33.33% List
Charity Shield - UK 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
England 1975, 1977-78, 1980-81 15 3 43   1 96 9 4 2 60.00% List
Great Britain 1977-82 17 1 44   - 91 6 10 1 35.29% List
Overall1975-1982 32 4 87   1 187 15 14 3 46.88% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
England 1975 1 2 8   - 22 1 0 0 100.00% List
Great Britain 1977-1982 1 - 2   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1975-1982 2 2 10   0 26 1 1 0 50.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
England 1975 7 2 26   - 58 4 1 2 57.14% List
Great Britain 1977 4 - 17   - 34 2 2 0 50.00% List
Overall1975-1977 11 2 43   0 92 6 3 2 54.55% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 1980/81 29 7 81   - 183 21 6 2 72.41% List
Hull KR 1981/82 41 13 159   6 363 29 11 1 70.73% List
Hull KR 1982/83 33 10 81   5 197 22 11 0 66.67% List
Hull KR 1983/84 31 - 56   1 113 23 6 2 74.19% List
Hull KR 1984/85 43 10 135   6 316 35 8 0 81.40% List
Hull KR 1985/86 33 4 27   1 71 23 8 2 69.70% List
Hull KR 1986/87 30 7 51   - 130 14 15 1 46.67% List
Hull KR 1987/88 20 3 1   - 14 9 10 1 45.00% List
Hull KR 1988/89 22 2 39   - 86 8 13 1 36.36% List
Hull KR 1989/90 12 2 -   - 8 10 2 0 83.33% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 1980 29 7 81   - 183 21 6 2 72.41% List
Hull KR 1981-89 265 51 549   19 1298 173 84 8 65.28% List
Overall1980-1990 294 58 630   19 1,481 194 90 10 65.99% List

Your Say

  • keith lanes
    04/02/2012

    keith lanes age 56 my favorite ever hkr player was george fairbairn

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Tim Costello

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1984-85, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91