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Bryan Orrock

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Bryan James Orrock
Born
Friday, 6th September, 1929
Died
Saturday, 26th January, 2019 (Aged 89 years and 142 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Cec Orrock

Competitions Won

Test Series
1956/57 France vs Australia
Interstate Series
1955, 1956
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1953, 1955, 1956
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958

Biography

Souths junior made his first grade debut in 1950 - the year the Rabbitohs won the premiership for the first time in 18 years. The young forward did not play in the final that year but made up for it in 1951. Bryan Orrock played for Sydney Colts against France in 1952 but was sent off in Souths’ loss to Wests in the grand final that year. Signing with St George in 1953 after marrying a local girl and moving into the district, he was later a key member of the Saints team that won the first of eleven consecutive premierships in 1956. Selected on the 1956-57 Kangaroo Tour (Orrock had played alongside both tour hookers Kearney and Hammerton at club level) he made Test appearances against Great Britain and France. The following year, in a courageous display in the 1957 grand final against Manly, Orrock elected to stay on the field with the help of pain-killers after suffering a dislocated shoulder.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -2-2----------11-50.00%List
The Ashes -1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales XIIINSX-1-11-1---3---1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales Country FirstsNTF-1-1----------1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-11-1---3---1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-1-1----------1--100.00%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-5-5----------13120.00%List
Test Series 12-2----------11-50.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 24-4----------22-50.00%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 33-3----------3--100.00%List
NSW City vs Country 33-3----------3--100.00%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Country Carnival -5-51-11--5---5--100.00%List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 5104-10416-16---48--18021376.92%List
NRL Finals -11-11----------83-72.73%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 120-12018-18---54--19026475.00%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1956 2-2----------11-50.00%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSW XII1951 1-11-1---3---1--100.00%List
Probables (AU)1952 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Riverina1953 1-1----------1--100.00%List
NSW Country Firsts1953 2-2----------2--100.00%List
Sydney Firsts1955-56 2-21-1---3---2--100.00%List
Possibles (AU)1955-56 2-21-1---3---2--100.00%List
NSW Firsts1955-56 5-5----------32-60.00%List
NSW City Firsts1955-56 2-2----------2--100.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
SouthsSouth Sydney19501950 NSWRFL 17-173-3---9---143-82.35%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19511951 NSWRFL 16-163-3---9---132181.25%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19521952 NSWRFL 17-171-1---3--1125-70.59%List
St GeorgeSt George19541954 NSWRFL 16-16----------105162.50%List
St GeorgeSt George19551955 NSWRFL 10-104-4---12---91-90.00%List
St GeorgeSt George19561956 NSWRFL 18-184-4---12---134172.22%List
St GeorgeSt George19571957 NSWRFL 5-5----------5--100.00%List
St GeorgeSt George19581958 NSWRFL 5-51-1---3---41-80.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
South Sydney1950-52 50-507-7---21--13910178.00%List
St George1954-58 54-549-9---27---4111275.93%List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    4 Feb 2012 8:06pm

    He was my dad's best friend, they worked together at Shell. My dad passed away when I was 13.Brian held the wake of my dad at his place. I'm now 40. I would like to know if he is still alive. My mum passed away 8mnths ago and she was friends with Brian too. He played 1st grade for St George Rugby League. 1956.......

  • liz orrock
    9 Apr 2012 10:19pm

    Dear anonymous - I just found your comment on the net, that's my dad and he's still alive, who was your dad? You can email me - sorry to hear about your loss. Regards, Liz

  • Anonymous
    1 May 2012 3:54pm

    hi, yes i believe bryan is still alive. wonderful player for souths and st george.

  • Melissa
    20 Jun 2012 9:50am

    Bryan is my father. He is still alive - turns 83 this year. I am slowly collating his photos and news articles with my sister. Thanks for your kind comments. He is a wonderful man!

  • Liz Orrock
    28 Aug 2012 9:42pm

    Hi - that's my dad and yes he is still alive, although he has just recently undergone major heart surgery and is still in the recovery phase. Send me an email and let me know who your father was and I can pass on a message from you - very sorry to hear about your parents.

  • Deborah kuhl
    12 Jun 2018 7:23pm

    Bryan is alive and living in the Central Coast
    His wife is also alive
    Bryan is an absolute gentleman and a wonderful man

  • Anonymous
    2 May 2021 1:46am

    Born 1930. Not 1929.

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