Frank Farrell

Tough prop during the war years, 'Bumper' Farrell was a stoic clubman for the Blue Bags. While he represented NSW in 13 matches between 1939-50, he had to wait until after the war to represent Australia in three Tests against Great Britain in 1946. Farrell captained Newtown to a grand final victory in 1943 (and a controversial defeat by Balmain the following year) and was implicated in a celebrated biting incident involving St George's Bill McRitchie in 1945. (Farrell was exonerated after stating that he had left his teeth in jar in the dressing room!) Captain-coach of Newtown from 1946-51, his final Test appearance was against NZ in 1948. When the popular policeman retired in 1951, he had become the first to play over 250 grade games for a Sydney club and remains the only Newtown player to top the 200 first grade mark.

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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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1946, 1948	4	-	-				-	-	0	3	1	0.00%
Overall	1946-1948	4	0	0				0		0	3	1	0.00%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW Firsts	1939-41, 1945-48, 1950	14	1	-				-	3	8	4	2	57.14%
NSW City Firsts	1940, 1942-46, 1948	7	2	-				-	6	6	1	0	85.71%
Overall	1939-1950	21	3	0				0	9	14	5	2	66.67%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Newtown	NSWRFL 1938	?	-	-				-	-
Newtown	NSWRFL 1939	?	2	-				-	6
Newtown	NSWRFL 1940	?	1	-				-	3
Newtown	NSWRFL 1941	?	2	-				-	6
Newtown	NSWRFL 1942	?	3	-				-	9
Newtown	NSWRFL 1943	?	4	-				-	12
Newtown	NSWRFL 1944	?	4	-				-	12
Newtown	NSWRFL 1945	?	1	-				-	3
Newtown	NSWRFL 1946	?	-	-				-	-
Newtown	NSWRFL 1947	?	2	-				-	6
Newtown	NSWRFL 1948	?	1	-				-	3
Newtown	NSWRFL 1949	?	2	-				-	6
Newtown	NSWRFL 1950	?	1	-				-	3
Newtown	NSWRFL 1951	?	1	-				-	3
Overall	1938-1951	?	24	0				0	72	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Newtown	1938-51	?	24	-				-	72	?	?	?	?
Overall	1938-1951	?	24	0				0	72	?	?	?	?

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