Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Thomas Barnett
- Nickname(s)
- Towser
- Born
- Monday, 19th January, 1880
- Died
- Wednesday, 2nd October, 1918 (Aged 38 years and 255 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
A powerful hooker/prop with Newtown Rugby Union from 1903-09 (except for a season with Lithgow in 1906) Barnett was a member of the Wallabies’ team that won the gold medal at the 1908 London Olympics. The Newtown RU forward appeared in five Tests before switching codes but joined the mass exodus of Wallaby players who joined rugby league in 1909. Barnett was one of six members of the 1908-09 Wallabies who took Newtown to premiership honours in 1910 (on countback after the premiership final against Souths finished in a draw). He played in the two-Test series against the visiting England side on the Lions' first tour of Australia. Tragically in 1918, Barnett passed away from the effects of meningitis after a three-week battle with pneumonia, aged 31.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Played in 5 Rugby Union tests for the Wallabies between 1907 and 1909.<br />
Won a Gold Medal at the 1908 London Olympics in Rugby Union for Australia.
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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| NRL | 75 | 17 | 1 | - | 53 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 2 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1910 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Wallabies | 1909 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1910-11, 1913 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.31% | List | |||
| Overall | 1909-1913 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1910 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 76.92% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1911 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1912 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1914 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1915 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.33% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1910-15 | 75 | 17 | 1 | - | 53 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 66.67% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables
Sources:
Newspapers
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