Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Francis Anthony Sponberg
- Born
- Saturday, 18th May, 1912
- Died
- Saturday, 17th June, 2000 (Aged 88 years and 30 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bill Sponberg
Biography
C’bury junior played for Wests in the early 1930s, making his debut for NSW in 1933, before playing lock in Wests' 1934 final win over Easts. Punishing in defence - fast and a great cover defender - Sponberg returned to the newly promoted C’bury club in 1935 and was chosen as a reserve forward in two matches for NSW. Broken ribs suffered during the 1936 season ruled him out of all representative fixtures that year and while he did not play rep football again, Sponberg was an integral part of the C’bury team that captured the club’s first premiership in 1938.
- 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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 148 | 30 | - | - | 90 | 84 | 59 | 5 | 56.76% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| ||||||||||||||
Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1933-34 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1933-35 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Possibles | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1933-1942 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | |||
| ||||||||||||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 86.67% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1935 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13.33% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1936 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 64.29% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1943 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1944 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | 1932-34 | 38 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 68.42% | List | |||
| Canterbury | 1935-39, 1941-44 | 110 | 25 | - | - | 75 | 58 | 48 | 4 | 52.73% | List | |||
| Overall | 1932-1944 | 148 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 84 | 59 | 5 | 56.76% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
Want to have your say about this player? Add a comment.