Alby Why

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Albert Why
Born
Wednesday, 2nd August, 1899
Died
Monday, 29th December, 1969 (Aged 70 years and 148 days)
Place Of Birth
Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Jack Why

Biography

Former Newtown centre who was equally at home in the forwards also played in Souths’ wins against University and St George in the 1926-27 finals. Carr played for Huddersfield in England with team-mate Sid Harris the following year but suffered an injury early in his English career. He refused to have a knee operation and secretly returned to Australia by boat to the relative obscurity of player-coach in country NSW.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Alby Why played under the name Albert Carr for most of his career after agreeing to play under the name in a third grade game with Mascot in 1921.

He made first grade under the name and decided to keep it. He then went to England and played his career there under the assumed name.

It wasn't until he returned home and he wanted to play under his actual name that the whole story came out.

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 71 27 -   - 81 58 12 1 81.69% List
City Cup 11 6 -   - 18 6 3 2 54.55% List
NRL Finals 6 1 -   - 3 4 2 0 66.67% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Country Carnival 3 2 -   - 6 3 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1924-25 5 2 -   - 6 2 3 0 40.00% List
Possibles (AU) 1925 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Metropolis 1926-27 2 2 -   - 6 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW XII 1927 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Metropolis Seconds 1927 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1924-1927 10 4 0   0 12 6 3 1 60.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1922 10 3 -   - 9 4 5 1 40.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1924 5 1 -   - 3 4 1 0 80.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1925 11 3 -   - 9 11 0 0 100.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1926 18 7 -   - 21 16 2 0 88.89% List
Souths NSWRFL 1927 17 8 -   - 24 15 2 0 88.24% List
Souths NSWRFL 1930 10 5 -   - 15 8 2 0 80.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1922 10 3 -   - 9 4 5 1 40.00% List
Souths 1924-27, 1930 61 24 -   - 72 54 7 0 88.52% List
Overall1922-1930 71 27 0   0 81 58 12 1 81.69% List

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner