Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Jack Cosgrove Watkins
- Nickname(s)
- Bluey
- Born
- Sunday, 12th February, 1893
- Died
- Saturday, 13th July, 1974 (Aged 81 years and 150 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Champion lock gained a reputation as a brilliant cover defender during a long career with Easts. Watkins made his first grade debut in 1913, the year Easts won their third consecutive premiership, and played for Australia the following year in the First Test against England. He had to wait another five years to again represent Australia - on the historic tour of NZ - following the conclusion of World War I. 'Bluey' Watkins played in all four Tests against the Kiwis, and was later chosen on the 1921-22 Kangaroo tour. He played in two Tests against England and was rated by the English press as one of the finest locks to tour their country. A regular fixture in the NSW side during 1919-24, he also played in Easts' 15-12 final win over Souths in 1923 and captained the club in his final season in 1926.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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 % | ||||
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NRL | 112 | 23 | - | - | 69 | 72 | 33 | 7 | 64.29% | List | ||||
City Cup | 39 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 71.79% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | 20 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1914, 1919, 1921 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Metropolis | 1914-15, 1922-23 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1914-15, 1919, 1921-24 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
AIF | 1919 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Seconds | 1921 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Kangaroos | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1914-1924 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1913 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1914 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1915 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1916 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1919 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1920 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1921 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1922 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 61.54% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1923 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 86.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1924 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1926 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1913-16, 1919-24, 1926 | 112 | 23 | - | - | 69 | 72 | 33 | 7 | 64.29% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
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