Bernie Drew

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 16th October, 1927
Died
Thursday, 12th August, 2010 (Aged 82 years and 300 days)

Biography

Newtown junior and a solid back row forward with the club in the late 1940s moved to Bundaberg (Brothers) in 1951. After representing Queensland in that year Drew was selected in two Tests against France. Drew played for Ipswich the following year and captain-coached the Queensland centre in the Bulimba Cup competition in 1954. He toured NZ with the Australian team in 1953 and made his final Test appearance in Australia's 18-16 Third Test win in Auckland. After leaving Ipswich, Drew played for Lismore, Gosford and Lakes United in the Newcastle competition.
- 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 %  
NRL 43 7 -   - 21 29 12 2 67.44% List
NRL Finals 3 - -   - - 0 3 0 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 18 7 -   - 21 6 12 0 33.33% List
Tour Matches Queensland Firsts 3 1 -   - 3 0 2 1 0.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 7 9 2   - 31 6 1 0 85.71% List
Test Series 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Ipswich Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1951, 1953 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Possibles (AU) 1950 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1950 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
QLD Firsts 1951-55 21 8 -   - 24 6 14 1 28.57% List
Ipswich 1955 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1950-1955 24 9 0   0 27 7 16 1 29.17% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1947 9 3 -   - 9 7 2 0 77.78% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1948 17 3 -   - 9 12 5 0 70.59% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1950 17 1 -   - 3 10 5 2 58.82% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1947-48, 1950 43 7 -   - 21 29 12 2 67.44% List

Your Say

  • graeme robertson
    22/01/2016

    Great man and father. Have known Bernie all my life . He was a man that every had the greatest respect for . A Townie ledgen . PORKY ROBBO .

  • Tony Price
    27/01/2020

    Bernie Drew was captain-coach of Proserpine in North Queensland during the 1949 season.

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