Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Sidney Henry William Pearce Jnr
- Born
- Wednesday, 7th September, 1910
- Died
- Monday, 16th October, 1995 (Aged 85 years and 39 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Father
- Sandy Pearce
Biography
The son of ‘Sandy’ Pearce and, as with his father, an Australian Test player and premiership-winning with Easts Sid ‘Joe’ Pearce started his career as a fullback with Easts in 1929 but quickly found a home in the forwards. A junior Australian Rules player in the district he first represented NSW in 1930 and made his Test debut against England in 1932. Although not a recognised goal-kicker Pearce kicked one goal in Australia’s heroic ‘Battle of Brisbane’ Second Test win in 1932 and later piloted 6 goals in a match for NSW against Queensland. Pearce captained Easts during the 1933 season and toured with the Kangaroos at the end of the year. He played in two Tests on tour (and 22 other matches) and scored 44pts (12t, 4g). A fine ball-player Pearce was a member of the champion Easts teams that won premierships in 1935-37 and played in Test series against NZ (1935) and England (1936) before gaining selection on his second Kangaroo Tour in 1937. Australia had been invited to play a Test series against NZ as the first stage of the tour and, unfortunately, Pearce broke his leg in Australia's Second Test loss. The champion forward was allowed to complete the tour travelling to England and France with his leg in plaster. While he never played for Australia again he was still representing NSW in his final year with Easts. His club career concluded the year after winning another premiership with Easts in 1940 when the club suffered defeat in the 1941 loss to St George. Pearce later coached Easts in 1944.
- 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 | 148 | 33 | 14 | - | 127 | 99 | 42 | 7 | 66.89% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 12 | 5 | 5 | - | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 31 | 8 | 10 | - | 44 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 67.74% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL Finals | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Sydney Roosters | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | 34 | 13 | 4 | - | 47 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 67.65% | List | |||
Test Series | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 8 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
City Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1932-37 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Metropolis | 1930, 1932 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1930-41 | 40 | 9 | 10 | - | 47 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 70.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1930-41 | 12 | 5 | 5 | - | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
Rest of Australia | 1930 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Possibles | 1931, 1933 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Probables | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1936, 1938, 1941 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Felsh's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1930-1941 | 63 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 63.49% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1929 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1930 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1931 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 12 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.44% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1938 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 33.33% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1939 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 5 | 2 | - | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1929-42 | 148 | 33 | 14 | - | 127 | 99 | 42 | 7 | 66.89% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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