Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Cyril Rhodes Blinkhorn
- Born
- Monday, 18th April, 1892
- Died
- Friday, 8th April, 1977 (Aged 84 years and 354 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
Biography
Superlative winger who, with teammate Harold Horder, was part of the most effective wing partnership Australian rugby league has seen. Blinkhorn was born in Abercrombie Street, in the heart of Rabbitohs territory, but became a Norths junior after moving to Chatswood as a child. Graded in 1914, the brilliant speedster was Norths’ leading try-scorer for five seasons before being lured to Souths where he teamed with Horder. In 1920 the pair ventured back to Norths (Blinkhorn’ contract was reportedly £20 and a new suit!). Blinkhorn was a member of great Norths teams that won the City Cup (1920) and consecutive premierships (1921-22). In 1920 he scored a club record five tries in a match against Annandale. Chosen on the 1921-22 Kangaroo Tour Blinkhorn scored a record 39 tries in 29 matches, which included three Test appearances against England. He left Norths to return to Souths with Horder in 1924, signalling the end of Norths' short reign as champion club. Blinkhorn played his final Test match against England in 1924 before announcing his retirement. The champion winger passed away at age 86 in 1978.
- 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 | 107 | 86 | 5 | - | 268 | 46 | 56 | 5 | 42.99% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 29 | 22 | 3 | - | 72 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 44.83% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 30 | 39 | - | - | 117 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 73.33% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 4 | 3 | - | - | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NRL Finals | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1921-22, 1924 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1915, 1922 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1917 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1921-24 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
| Kangaroos | 1922 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1915-1924 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1914 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1915 | 11 | 7 | 3 | - | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1916 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1917 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1918 | 14 | 11 | 1 | - | 35 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 21.43% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1919 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1920 | 9 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1921 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.71% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1922 | 15 | 20 | - | - | 60 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1923 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1924 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | 1914-18, 1920-23 | 91 | 79 | 5 | - | 247 | 38 | 50 | 3 | 41.76% | List | |||
| South Sydney | 1919, 1924 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1914-1924 | 107 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 268 | 46 | 56 | 5 | 42.99% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Your Say
09/04/2012
Hi there i am the god son of blink he lived with us in north st marys and died in blacktown hospital which was a sad day for me personal he was the one that started up the colyton colts in the penrith comp his record for the most trys scored in one game was 9 on the kangroo tour 21/22 was agaisnt blamey played in the only grand final norths every one in 21/22 is miss him badly he was like a father to me if you want more info please feel free to give me a call take care hope to here from you soon
01/11/2017
My uncle saw him play and said he had a triple sidestep
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