Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Thomas Petley
- Nickname(s)
- Petals
- Born
- Saturday, 16th March, 1935
- Current Age
- 89 years and 35 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, 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 % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL | 93 | 7 | 82 | - | 185 | 39 | 49 | 5 | 41.94% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 8 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | NSW North Coast | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Gold Coast Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Coast | 1964 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW North Coast | 1964 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Gold Coast Firsts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1964 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1956 | 6 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1958 | 13 | - | 43 | - | 86 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23.08% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1959 | 16 | 1 | 7 | - | 17 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31.25% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1960 | 19 | - | 13 | - | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1961 | 13 | 2 | 13 | - | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1962 | 17 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 41.18% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1963 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1956, 1958-63 | 93 | 7 | 82 | - | 185 | 39 | 49 | 5 | 41.94% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
20/09/2017
Bill lived opposite me in Young Street Annandale when I was a kid. He used to play footy with us kids kicking a plastic football across for us to catch. Good bloke and very good footballer. Replaced by Les Johns who became the Test fullback.
08/04/2023
William Petley is my Uncle Bill
He now lives in Mt Gravatt in Queensland
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