Dave Watson

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 25th March, 1900
Died
Tuesday, 21st December, 1982 (Aged 82 years and 270 days)
Place Of Birth
Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Veteran Souths forward was graded by the club in 1921 and was unlucky not have toured with the 1929-30 Kangaroos. Watson, who played in six premiership-winning seasons with the Rabbitohs (1925-29 & 1931), was a try-scorer in the 11-5 win over University in the 1926 final. Despite captaining the club during the 1931 season he did not play in the grand final that year. Watson represented NSW in two matches in 1929 and later coached Souths in 1935-36 and 1947-49. During a long administrative career, Watson was an Australian selector (1958-60), a vice-president of the NSWRL (1958-60 & 1963) and a member of the NSW Judiciary during the late 1960 and early 1970s.
- 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 %  
NRL 81 9 1   - 29 65 15 1 80.25% List
City Cup 16 1 -   - 3 11 3 2 68.75% List
NRL Finals 10 3 1   - 11 8 2 0 80.00% List
Country Carnival 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Interstate Matches 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Metropolis 1923 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Possibles (AU) 1924 2 1 -   - 3 1 1 0 50.00% List
Probables (AU) 1928 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1929-30 2 2 -   - 6 2 0 0 100.00% List
Combined City 1929 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1929 4 1 -   - 3 4 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1923-1930 11 4 0   0 12 10 1 0 90.91% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths NSWRFL 1923 10 1 -   - 3 8 2 0 80.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1924 8 - -   - - 6 2 0 75.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1925 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1926 7 3 1   - 11 7 0 0 100.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1927 12 2 -   - 6 10 2 0 83.33% List
Souths NSWRFL 1928 12 2 -   - 6 9 3 0 75.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1929 16 1 -   - 3 14 1 1 87.50% List
Souths NSWRFL 1930 10 - -   - - 7 3 0 70.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1931 4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths 1923-31 81 9 1   - 29 65 15 1 80.25% List

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner