Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Alfred Hammerton
- Born
- Sunday, 12th June, 1927
- Died
- Thursday, 4th July, 1991 (Aged 64 years and 22 days)
Biography
Souths' hooker played in seven consecutive premiership deciders (1949-55), winning premierships in 1950-51 and 1953-55. After making his debut for NSW in 1951 Hammerton made his only Test appearance against France in Brisbane. In 1956 he forced his way back into the NSW side and toured with the Kangaroos (11 matches, no Tests). On retirement he pursued a career as a selector, starting out on the Metropolitan and State panels in 1965. Hammerton served for 18 years as an Australian selector (1970-88) before standing down several years before his death in 1991.
- 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 | 157 | 10 | 1 | - | 32 | 106 | 48 | 3 | 67.52% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 72.22% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australian XIII | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Country Carnival | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 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 | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia XIII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1951, 1953, 1956 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1952-53, 1956 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1952, 1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Riverina | 1953 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1953 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1954, 1956 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1955-57 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1951-1957 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 68.18% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1949 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1950 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1951 | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 83.33% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1952 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1953 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1954 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 78.95% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1955 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1956 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1957 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1958 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Souths | 1947, 1949-58 | 157 | 10 | 1 | - | 32 | 106 | 48 | 3 | 67.52% | List | |||
Contributions:
Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Michael Borg, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
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