Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Mick
- Born
- Wednesday, 14th December, 1927
- Died
- Thursday, 11th December, 2014 (Aged 86 years and 362 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Biography
After making a courageous recovery from Berger's Disease as a child, Brisbane Souths second row forward ‘Mick’ Crocker was chosen for Queensland in 1949. He then played for his state against Great Britain in 1950 before taking his place in the final two Tests of the Ashes series. Crocker played in the historic Third Test victory in the mud at the SCG but had to recover from another operation to rectify the loss of feeling in his hands and feet to play in subsequent Test series against France (1951), Great Britain and France (1952-53 Kangaroos) and NZ (1953). After winning a premiership with Brisbane Souths in 1953 he joined wooden spooners P’matta in Sydney. Crocker’s international career continued with Tests against Great Britain in 1954 and he earned his place in Australia’s inaugural World Cup team at the end of the year. After contemplating retirement, Crocker was chosen for the Test series against France in 1955, and scored two tries in the First Test in Brisbane. He left Sydney soon after and took on the captain-coach role at Winton in Queensland.
- 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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| Interstate Matches | 20 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 32 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 65.63% | List | |||
| Test Series | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australian XIII | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | United States of America | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NRL | 25 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| World Cup | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1950-55 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35.29% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1950-1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1950-1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 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 % | |||
| QLD Firsts | 1949-53 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 23.81% | List | |||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1950-51, 1953 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1950, 1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Australia XIII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Kangaroos | 1953 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1954 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1954-55 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1949-1955 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 34.29% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1954 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14.29% | List | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1955 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Parramatta | 1954-55 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
09/06/2011
A great Lock Forward who played in many premiership teams with South Brisbane Team went to Sudney in 1954 and played for New South Wales.
A punishing tackler and great cover defender
31/05/2012
Picked in Souths Magpies Team of the Century, played in winning premierships for Souths Magpies from 1945 to 1953
14/07/2012
hello.. i would like to ask if there is a way i can get in touch with mick crocker.. he played with my dad " des hendry". I would love to hear any stories he may have with my dad... thank you.. tina..
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