Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Neville Bussey Smith
- Born
- Monday, 13th December, 1915
- Died
- Tuesday, 5th August, 1997 (Aged 81 years and 236 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
At age 22 Neville Smith was appointed the youngest captain-coach in the history of the St George club. Two years later, in 1941, the Dragons won their first premiership under his leadership. Smith came to the club after three seasons with Brisbane Valleys from where he represented Queensland in 1938. He went on to play for NSW in six matches during 1940-41 (captain in 1940) but did not play for Australia because of the outbreak of war. In the 1941 grand final against Easts, he was knocked unconscious in a heavy tackle but recovered to score l3pts (1t, 5g) in the 31-14 win. Smith sat out the 1942 season before returning to the club as captain-coach in 1943.
- 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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| Interstate Matches | 7 | 6 | 9 | - | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| NRL | 69 | 18 | 118 | - | 290 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 57.97% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 6 | 3 | 19 | - | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| QLD Firsts | 1938 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1940-41 | 8 | 9 | 14 | - | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1940-41 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1938-1941 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 89 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 3 | 44 | - | 97 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 1 | 32 | - | 67 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 10 | 27 | - | 84 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 1 | 15 | - | 33 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1947 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1939-41, 1943 | 59 | 15 | 118 | - | 281 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 59.32% | List | |||
| Souths | 1947 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1939-1947 | 69 | 18 | 118 | 0 | 290 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 57.97% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Newspapers
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