Don Parish

Dubbo fullback first came to the Wests Club in 1957 where he began his career with district club Wentworthville before playing several lower grade games with the Magpies. Returning to Dubbo Parish represented Country and NSW in 1959 before being a non-playing reserve in the Test series against NZ. An excellent goal-kicker Parish toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos and played in 12 matches (no Tests) and scored 55pts (7t, 17g). Returning to Wests he played in the 1961 and 1963 grand final losses to St George but failed to land a goal in either match. Parish made his Test debut on the 1961 NZ tour and was the leading point-scorer with 58pts (4t, 23g). In the 12-10 First Test loss in Auckland he had the distinction of becoming the first Australian fullback to score a try in a Test match. In 1962 he played in Australia's First Test loss to Great Britain, which was his last international match. After a long career Parish left the Magpies and captain-coached Wollongong Wests during 1968-70 (premiers in 1969) before returning to the Magpies as coach from 1972-76. His time with Wests can be viewed as a success (finalists in 1974 with Parish named 'Coach of the Year') but his two years with Penrith (1977-78) were unfulfilling.

Career Statistics

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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1961-62	3	1	7				-	17	1	2	0	33.33%
Overall	1961-1962	3	1	7				0	17	1	2	0	33.33%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW Country Firsts	1958-60	3	-	6				-	12	0	3	0	0.00%
NSW Firsts	1959, 1961	5	3	8				-	25	1	4	0	20.00%
NSW City Firsts	1962	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Overall	1958-1962	9	3	14				0	37	1	8	0	11.11%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1961	?	4	35				-	82
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1962	?	9	48				-	123
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1963	?	2	41				-	88
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1964	?	-	2				-	4
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1965	?	-	4				-	8
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1966	?	-	5				-	10
Western Suburbs	NSWRFL 1967	?	2	44				5	104
Overall	1961-1967	?	17	179				5	419	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Western Suburbs	1961-67	?	17	179				5	419	?	?	?	?
Overall	1961-1967	?	17	179				5	419	?	?	?	?

Last modified: Fri, 09 May 2014 18:54:29 +1000 (Sydney time)