Neville Smith

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Neville Bussey Smith
Born
Monday, 13th December, 1915
Died
Tuesday, 5th August, 1997 (Aged 81 years and 236 days)
Place Of Birth
Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

At age 22 Neville Smith was appointed the youngest captain-coach in the history of the St George club. Two years later, in 1941, the Dragons won their first premiership under his leadership. Smith came to the club after three seasons with Brisbane Valleys from where he represented Queensland in 1938. He went on to play for NSW in six matches during 1940-41 (captain in 1940) but did not play for Australia because of the outbreak of war. In the 1941 grand final against Easts, he was knocked unconscious in a heavy tackle but recovered to score l3pts (1t, 5g) in the 31-14 win. Smith sat out the 1942 season before returning to the club as captain-coach in 1943.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching 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   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 62 36 22 4 58.06% List
NRL Finals 6 3 3 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1939 15 10 5 0 66.67% List
St George NSWRFL 1940 15 7 6 2 46.67% List
St George NSWRFL 1941 16 10 5 1 62.50% List
St George NSWRFL 1943 16 9 6 1 56.25% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
St George 1939-41, 1943 62 36 22 4 58.06% List

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter

Sources: 2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Newspapers