Tom Kirk

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 15th November, 1916
Died
Saturday, 5th March, 1994 (Aged 77 years and 110 days)
Place Of Birth
Adelong, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former Tumut fullback played a winning role in C’bury’s first premiership success in 1938. An exceptional goal-kicker, Kirk landed four goals in the 19-6 win over Easts in the final and made his debut for NSW the following year in the centres. Joining Newtown, he became the first player to kick 100 goals in a season (1943) including five in the 34-7 win over Norths in the grand final. Kirk was the season's leading point-scorer on five occasions, the last in 1946 after joining Norths. (He twice kicked a club record 11 goals during the 1944 season and also scored a club record 25pts in a match against St George that year). The first player to score 1000 career points in the Sydney premiership Kirk made a return to the NSW side in his final year in the Sydney competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) 140 22 486   1 1040 91 41 8 65.00% List
NSWRFL Finals 12 1 43   1 91 4 8 0 33.33% List
Interstate Matches 4 3 4   - 17 2 2 0 50.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 2 - 4   - 8 2 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Southern Division 1935 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tumut 1935 1 - 2   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1939 1 1 2   - 7 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1939, 1946 6 6 4   - 26 4 2 0 66.67% List
Army Firsts 1943-44 2 - 8   - 16 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1944, 1946 2 - 4   - 8 2 0 0 100.00% List
Fighting Services I 1945 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1935-1946 14 7 20   0 61 8 6 0 57.14% List


Club Career

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury NSWRFL 1936 12 1 38   - 79 8 2 2 66.67% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1938 16 2 44   - 94 13 1 2 81.25% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1939 14 5 26   - 67 9 5 0 64.29% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1940 15 9 36   - 99 9 6 0 60.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1941 7 - 19   - 38 4 2 1 57.14% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1942 3 - 10   - 20 0 3 0 0.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1943 17 - 58   - 116 12 4 1 70.59% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1944 16 3 88   - 185 11 5 0 68.75% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1945 11 - 51   1 104 7 3 1 63.64% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1946 14 2 58   - 122 10 4 0 71.43% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1947 15 - 58   - 116 8 6 1 53.33% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury 1936, 1938-39 42 8 108   - 240 30 8 4 71.43% List
Newtown 1940-46 83 14 320   1 684 53 27 3 63.86% List
North Sydney 1947 15 - 58   - 116 8 6 1 53.33% List
Overall1936-1947 140 22 486   1 1,040 91 41 8 65.00% List

Your Say

  • Ian kirk
    01/09/2016

    Dad was also the first non-playing coach to win a premiership for temora in 1957 (group 9) also won the riverina championship defeating wagga magpies - that team won the clayton cup (best team in CRL) and dad won country coach of the year. (all these achievemtns are well documented)

  • Ted Baxter
    27/09/2021

    Date of death 5 March 1994

    Source David Middleton year book 1995 page 142

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann

Sources: 2006 Official Rugby League Annual