Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Joseph Hickey
- Nickname(s)
- Darb
- Born
- Tuesday, 4th January, 1887
- Died
- Monday, 15th May, 1950 (Aged 63 years and 130 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Wallabies’ centre, rated the best club centre in RU following the departure of ‘Dally’ Messenger for the newly formed professional game, played in 2 RU Tests as well as in the gold medal final at the 1908 London Olympics. Hickey signed with Glebe at the end of 1909 and in his first season in the professional code partnered Messenger in the two Tests against England. Hickey's playing career was interrupted during his years of service during the First World War but he later coached Glebe in 1924.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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 | 65 | 14 | 42 | - | 126 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 56.92% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1910 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 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 | 3 | 8 | - | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1910 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1910 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Overall | 1909-1910 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1910 | 10 | 4 | 21 | - | 54 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1911 | 10 | - | 13 | - | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1912 | 8 | 1 | 8 | - | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1913 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1914 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 46.15% | List | |||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1915 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Glebe | 1910, 1912-15 | 55 | 14 | 29 | - | 100 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 63.64% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1911 | 10 | - | 13 | - | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1910-1915 | 65 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 126 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 56.92% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables
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29/03/2012
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