Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Sydney Henry Albert Christensen
- Nickname(s)
- Sarty
- Born
- Tuesday, 31st May, 1910
- Died
- Monday, 9th February, 1942 (Aged 31 years and 254 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Nephew
- Ted Brennan
Biography
A first grade player with Glebe as a 17-year-old, five-eighth 'Sarty' Christensen went to Balmain when Glebe disbanded in 1929. One of four Sydney players invited to play for Queensland against West Dubbo in 1930 he spent the next two seasons with Griffith. In 1933, he returned to captain Balmain and was the first clubman to reach 100pts in a season (Christensen was awarded a miniature Labour Day Trophy for achieving this feat in three consecutive seasons). A fine tactician in open play and a capable goal-kicker, Christensen led Balmain in the 1936 final loss to the champion Easts club but later lost his life in World War II.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Served as a Private in the Australian Army during World War II, where he was later KIA.
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 | 71 | 45 | 193 | - | 521 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 43.66% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 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 % | |||
QLD Firsts | 1930 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1930-1934 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 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 % | |||
Glebe | NSWRFL 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Glebe | NSWRFL 1929 | 7 | 3 | 8 | - | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1930 | 6 | 9 | 2 | - | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1933 | 10 | 6 | 34 | - | 86 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1934 | 14 | 6 | 41 | - | 100 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1935 | 16 | 12 | 59 | - | 154 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1936 | 15 | 9 | 48 | - | 123 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Balmain | NSWRFL 1937 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Glebe | 1928-29 | 8 | 3 | 8 | - | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
Balmain | 1930, 1933-37 | 63 | 42 | 185 | - | 496 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 46.03% | List | |||
Overall | 1928-1937 | 71 | 45 | 193 | 0 | 521 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 43.66% | List |
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
13/02/2012
Syd was my grandmothers brother
joy
12/09/2018
Joy, Sid (Sardie) was also my Grandmothers brother. Sadie was my grandmother.
12/03/2019
Sarty was also my grandmothers brother. Doing the family tree and looking for more information about him.
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