Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 20th December, 1920
- Died
- Tuesday, 10th February, 1998 (Aged 77 years and 52 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- John Spencer
Biography
Sturdy Balmain prop played in the club's premiership wins in 1944, 1946-47 as well as narrow losses in 1945 (to Easts) and 1948 (to Wests). Spencer played for NSW in 1945-46 and was a fine clubman with the Tigers. The father of 1969 State rep Jack Spencer Jnr, the father-son combination also produced the following interesting statistic: the only premierships Balmain won in the club’s postwar history were with the name 'Spencer' in the forward pack.
- 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 | 149 | 25 | 2 | - | 79 | 91 | 47 | 11 | 61.07% | List | ||||
City Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1945, 1947 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1945-46 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Possibles (AU) | 1946 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1945-1947 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1942 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1944 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1945 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 47.06% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1946 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1947 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1948 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 72.22% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1949 | 20 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 55.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1950 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1951 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Balmain | 1942-51 | 149 | 25 | 2 | - | 79 | 91 | 47 | 11 | 61.07% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
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