Playing Career
All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.
Vital Statistics
- Position(s)
- Wing
- Born
- Tuesday, 24th January, 1939
- Died
- 2025
- Place Of Birth
- Zimbabwe
Biography
Champion Rhodesian RU winger joined Wigan in 1962 and was the top try-scorer in English club football tries in 1964-65 with 40. Lake went on to score 123 tries in three seasons before coming to St George in the mid-1960s. Although the move was not a success, he was one of the prime movers behind the formation of the SARL and visited Australia in an official capacity when South Africa was included in the 1992 World Sevens competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Passed away in early 2025.
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | Starts | Int | APP | 3ST | 3PT | T | G | 2FG | FG | Pts | Bin5 | Bin | Off | W | L | D | Win% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tour Matches | Wigan WarriorsWIG | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0.00% | List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | Starts | Int | APP | 3ST | 3PT | T | G | 2FG | FG | Pts | Bin5 | Bin | Off | W | L | D | Win% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) | - | 8 | - | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62.50% | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 60.00% | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Starts | Int | APP | 3ST | 3PT | T | G | 2FG | FG | Pts | Bin5 | Bin | Off | W | L | D | Win% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Class | 14 | - | 14 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14% | List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Starts | Int | APP | 3ST | 3PT | T | G | 2FG | FG | Pts | Bin5 | Bin | Off | W | L | D | Win% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St GeorgeSt George | 19671967 NSWRFL | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St GeorgeSt George | 19681968 NSWRFL | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Starts | Int | APP | 3ST | 3PT | T | G | 2FG | FG | Pts | Bin5 | Bin | Off | W | L | D | Win% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St George | 1967-68 | 8 | - | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62.50% | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
7 May 2012 6:14pm
Fine, long-rank goal kicker. In a game for Wigan, he once place-kicked a goal from 10m inside his own half (60m)!
13 Jun 2014 11:23pm
It is unfortunate for Australian rugby League fans to have not seen more of this player as his time in Australia was fraught with a knee injury and operation that saw him play barely a handful of games over 2 or 3 seasons.
31 Jan 2016 9:24am
He used to be my hero when I used to watch him at Wigan
31 Oct 2018 8:03am
Came with a player John winton to play for Wigan had a car show room in Prescott st Wigan
8 Dec 2020 1:49am
Trevor Lake did not kick goals. I think you are confusing him with Len Killeen, who played for St. Helens around the same time and was an excellent goalkicker.
21 Dec 2020 2:32am
Loved watching him when I was 8 or 9, at Wigan. Him and Billy Boston stood out for me.
14 Dec 2023 1:45am
Saw Trevor Lake, playing winger for St. George, score a try at Kogarah Oval in 1967. He took the ball on the burst and dived many metres from the tryline. It was a tryly great try from such a great winger. Piity his knee gave way but a true player and gentleman.
15 Feb 2025 6:27pm
Sadly Trevor Lake passed away on the 10 th of Feb 2025. I was privileged to have been a golfing friend of Trevor for many years.
An absolute legend and yet a very humble , down to earth person. RIP Trev
15 May 2025 9:10pm
I saw Trevor Lake score a try for St.George at Kogarah Oval. As it happened: Trevor a took the ball, with a slight overlap, and, as the oppposition ( it might have been Balmain) came across in covers; 10 metres out, Trevor dived and scored in the corner. I still have that beautiful memory...tryly (sic,) unforgettble...even in Heaven. After the game, I met Travor Lake, and Sid Williams who was assisting Trevor, whose knee was in bad shape. Gary O'Mara.
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