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Dick Townsend

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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
Richard Townsend
Born
Sunday, 9th February, 1890
Died
Friday, 17th August, 1973 (Aged 83 years and 189 days)
Place Of Birth
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Test Series
1919 New Zealand vs Australia
Interstate Series
1920

Biography

Newtown junior was graded as a 16-year-old in the club's third grade side in the code's pioneer season of 1908. Townsend returned to the Newtown juniors before making a comeback to grade in 1913. An imposing six-foot forward, he played for Australia in two Tests on the tour of NZ in 1919 before representing with the 1921-22 Kangaroos. A NSW rep against Queensland and England in 1920, Townsend played in the back row in Australia's Second Test win over England at Hull and in 12 other matches.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -2-2----------2--100.00%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-17-172-2---6---143-82.35%List
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-1-1---------11--100.00%List
Test Series 12-2----------2--100.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 11-1----------1--100.00%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) -97-9725-25---75--14248743.30%List
City Cup -23-235-5---15---1011243.48%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 132-13231-31---93--26658850.00%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1919 2-2----------2--100.00%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Combined 1st1917 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Rest of NSW Firsts1917 1-1----------1--100.00%List
Sydney Firsts1920 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
NSW Firsts1920-21 3-3---------13--100.00%List
NSW Seconds1921 1-1-----------1-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NewtownNewtown19131913 NSWRFL 1-11-1---3---1--100.00%List
NewtownNewtown19141914 NSWRFL 6-62-2---6---42-66.67%List
NewtownNewtown19151915 NSWRFL 12-125-5---15---74158.33%List
NewtownNewtown19161916 NSWRFL 14-143-3---9---49128.57%List
NewtownNewtown19171917 NSWRFL 9-92-2---6---54-55.56%List
NewtownNewtown19181918 NSWRFL 13-134-4---12---28315.38%List
NewtownNewtown19191919 NSWRFL 6-61-1---3---32150.00%List
NewtownNewtown19201920 NSWRFL 14-144-4---12---86-57.14%List
NewtownNewtown19211921 NSWRFL 7-71-1---3--134-42.86%List
NewtownNewtown19221922 NSWRFL 13-132-2---6---48130.77%List
NewtownNewtown19231923 NSWRFL 2-2----------11-50.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Newtown1913-23 97-9725-25---75--14248743.30%List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    1 Aug 2012 10:24am

    I was a kid growing up in Lord St. Newtown in the 60's, I used to talk to this old man in the street & and outside the SP joint (Dickson Ln) he never told me he was Dick Townsend NRL player, he lived in Darley St. (John)

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