Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Frederick Lapham
- Nickname(s)
- Curly
- Born
- Tuesday, 2nd July, 1901
- Died
- Tuesday, 19th September, 2000 (Aged 99 years and 79 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Rated the fastest forward in the game during the 1920s after finishing third behind Benny Wearing in the '100 yards Championship of the League' in 1923 (he easily won the forwards race!) 'Curly' Lapham started his career with St George. He joined Souths in an era when the club won four premierships (1925-28).
- 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 | 89 | 47 | 1 | - | 143 | 49 | 38 | 2 | 55.06% | List | ||||
City Cup | 30 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Interstate Matches | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Metropolis | 1922-23, 1927 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1922, 1926-28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | - | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | |||
Possibles (AU) | 1925 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1928 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1922-1928 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1922 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13.33% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1923 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1924 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37.50% | List | |||
Souths | NSWRFL 1925 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Souths | NSWRFL 1926 | 12 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
Souths | NSWRFL 1927 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | |||
Souths | NSWRFL 1928 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1929 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St George | 1921-24, 1929 | 53 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 32.08% | List | |||
Souths | 1925-28 | 36 | 36 | 1 | - | 110 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 88.89% | List | |||
Overall | 1921-1929 | 89 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 49 | 38 | 2 | 55.06% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter
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