Playing Career
Known Family Links
- Son
- Ern Latta
Biography
Long-serving Balmain official had the honour as a player of scoring the club's first try and kicking the first goal in a premiership match, in the 24-0 win over Wests in 1908. Latta later became an Australian Test selector.
- 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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| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 41 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 46.34% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSWRFL Finals | 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 % | |||
| Metropolis | 1908 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1908 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1909 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Whites (AU) | 1910 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1908-1910 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1908 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1909 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1910 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1911 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1912 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | 1908-12 | 41 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 46.34% | List | |||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
24/01/2017
Alf "Deucas" Latta was representing Balmain in Rugby League and first grade Soccer in 1910. His brothers Charlie played first grade soccer for Bamain, whilst Arthur represented Balmain and NSW at Soccer. Deucas, Whip (aka "Snowy") and their youngest brother Henry were all competitive swimmers in the Balmain swimming league.
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