Wally Prigg

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Wally Joseph Prigg
Born
Saturday, 17th October, 1908
Died
Monday, 8th September, 1980 (Aged 71 years and 326 days)

Awards & Accolades

International Hall Of Fame
2003
National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
2003

Known Family Links

Uncle
Fred Woolley

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Country Carnival 6 1 1   - 5 4 2 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Newcastle Firsts (AU) 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 12 3 -   - 9 2 10 0 16.67% List
Interstate Matches 34 13 -   - 39 23 9 2 67.65% List
Tour Matches Australia 85 34 -   - 102 57 28 0 67.06% List
Test Series 19 4 -   - 6 8 11 0 42.11% List
The Ashes 12 2 -   - 12 3 9 0 25.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1929-30, 1932-38 23 7 -   - 21 11 12 0 47.83% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1929-1937 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newcastle (AU) 1927-30, 1934-37 12 3 1   - 11 7 5 0 58.33% List
NSW Firsts 1929-39 49 20 1   - 62 37 9 3 75.51% List
NSW Country Firsts 1929-39 12 3 -   - 9 2 10 0 16.67% List
Kangaroos 1930 2 3 -   - 9 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Ctry. Possibles 1931-32 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Combined Country 1932 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Ctry. Probables 1933 1 2 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
Northern Division 1934 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
Northern NSW 1934 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1927-1939 81 33 2   0 103 51 27 3 62.96% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    17/07/2016

    He should be an immortal, as he was the first Australian forward to make 3 kangaroo tours of England and France. He played all his senior football in Newcastle and was named in the NSW country team of the century. From a proud Novacastrian

  • Megan
    24/04/2019

    Wall Prigg is my grandfather.
    To add what you’ve written already...
    He was known as ‘a gentleman of rugby league’ .
    He was the very first Australian to score a try on French soil.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates