Keith Froome

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Keith George Froome
Born
Saturday, 20th August, 1921
Died
Wednesday, 25th January, 1978 (Aged 56 years and 158 days)
Place Of Birth
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former NSW halfback with Newcastle Wests captained Newtown's third grade to premiership success in 1943 while serving with the AIF. Froome again played for NSW after the resumption of interstate competition at the end of World War II and made his Test debut against NZ in 1948. A capable goal-kicker with an effective, short-kicking game, Froome played 16 matches on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour, including three Tests against Great Britain and France. In 1949 he was named inaugural ‘Sun Herald’ Player of the Year’ and was selected as Australian captain-coach on the tour of NZ at the end of the year. Froome scored a try and landed a goal in Australia's 13-10 win in the Second Test that tied that series. Injured for much of the 1950 season he did not play a role in Australia's historic Ashes win over Great Britain - his place as Test captain taken by Clive Churchill. After Newtown was knocked out of the 1950 semi-final series Froome accepted a captain-coach position with Gunnedah in north-western NSW. He retired as a player after just a handful of matches but remained on as a coach. Froome passed away suddenly from cancer in 1978, aged 57.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Served in the Second World War as a private in the AIF.

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts 5 - 5   - 10 4 1 0 80.00% List
Interstate Matches 7 2 -   - 6 6 1 0 85.71% List
NRL 72 16 120   - 288 45 22 5 62.50% List
NRL Finals 3 1 6   - 15 0 3 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 - 4   - 8 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 23 5 55   - 125 16 7 0 69.57% List
Test Series 8 2 12   - 27 4 4 0 50.00% List
The Ashes 2 1 -   - 6 0 2 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1948-49 8 2 12   - 30 4 4 0 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Country Seconds 1941 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1941, 1946, 1948-49 9 2 4   - 14 8 1 0 88.89% List
NSW Country Firsts 1941-42 2 - 1   - 2 1 1 0 50.00% List
Police 1942 1 2 5   - 16 1 0 0 100.00% List
Rest of NSW Firsts 1942 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
Probables (AU) 1946 1 - 2   - 4 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1946 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Possibles (AU) 1948 1 - 2   - 4 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1948-50 3 - 4   - 8 3 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1941-1950 20 5 18   0 51 15 5 0 75.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1943 2 - -   - - 1 0 1 50.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1946 15 4 7   - 26 10 5 0 66.67% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1947 16 3 21   - 51 9 6 1 56.25% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1948 8 3 24   - 57 7 1 0 87.50% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1949 14 2 33   - 72 7 6 1 50.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1950 17 4 35   - 82 11 4 2 64.71% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1943, 1946-50 72 16 120   - 288 45 22 5 62.50% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    29/06/2019

    He used to fish with my dad, (Cecil halcrow). Who was a member of the bellringers football club gunnedah.

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