Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Leslie Edward Huon Mead
- Born
- Wednesday, 9th June, 1909
- Died
- Monday, 21st October, 1996 (Aged 87 years and 134 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Father
- Ted Mead
Biography
Wests halfback, the son of club pioneer Ted Mead, formed an effective partnership with Vic Hey at the scrumbase during the early 1930s. Mead spent a season as captain-coach of Wauchope on the NSW North Coast in 1931 but returned to Wests the following year. He was the season’s leading point-scorer in 1932 with 104pts (10t, 37g). Mead’s selection for NSW in 1933 proved the catalyst for his inclusion on the Kangaroo Tour at year’s end. Mead made his sole Test appearance against England in the Third Test on that tour, the 19-16 loss at Swinton, but played in 15 matches in England. Mead returned to Australia and played his role in Wests’ 15-12 win over Easts in the 1934 premiership final. The following year he was named captain of his club and as well as making his last appearance for NSW scored an individual club points record (27pts - 1t, 12g) in a premiership match against C’bury that still stands. Mead returned to Wauchope in 1938-40 but ended his career as captain-coach of Wests in 1941.
- 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 | 77 | 30 | 172 | - | 434 | 48 | 27 | 2 | 62.34% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 6 | 1 | 11 | - | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 16 | 3 | 5 | - | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 8 | 1 | 17 | - | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1933 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1933-34, 1936 | 3 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1933-35 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Probables | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Combined 1st | 1935 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Possibles | 1935 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1936 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1937 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Group 3 | 1939 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1932-1939 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 52.94% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1930 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 17 | 10 | 37 | - | 104 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 76.47% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 12 | 5 | 35 | - | 85 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 15 | 4 | 55 | - | 122 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 13 | 2 | 26 | - | 58 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 38.46% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 7 | - | 10 | - | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | 1930, 1932-37, 1941 | 77 | 30 | 172 | - | 434 | 48 | 27 | 2 | 62.34% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
28/07/2011
this player is my great grandfather and he was also vp for parramatta eels when they first came into the competition
30/07/2011
He followed his dreams, and look what he accomplished? He is a role-model fro everyone who has a dream and wants it to come true
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