Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Henry Flegg
- Nickname(s)
- Jersey
- Born
- Saturday, 6th April, 1878
- Died
- Tuesday, 23rd August, 1960 (Aged 82 years and 138 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Known Family Links
- Brother-in-law
- Horrie Miller
- Brother
- Billy Flegg
Biography
Easts’ captain and prop in the inaugural premiership final in 1908 retired the following year and became the most powerful (and single-minded) administrator in the code. Lancashire-born, in 1878, Flegg migrated to Australia and played RU for Easts and NSW before being a prime mover in the formation of the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League Club. Flegg, who received his nickname after a chance meeting with NSW Governor Lord Jersey, was elected Easts' first captain, delegate to the NSWRL and club secretary. In 1909 he became a NSW and Australian selector and was later elected the fifth President of the NSWRL (1929-60) and Chairman of the Australian Board of Control (1941-60). He still held those positions upon his death at age 82 in 1960 - half a century after joining the band of rebels who formed the professional football code. In 1955 he was made a life member of both the English and French RL.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.91% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Finals | 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 % | |||
Metropolis | 1908 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Possibles (AU) | 1908 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1908 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1908 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1909 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Sydney | 1908-09 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.91% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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