Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Stephen Noble
- Born
- Sunday, 13th July, 1884
- Died
- Sunday, 28th November, 1937 (Aged 53 years and 137 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
The 'founding father' of the Newtown club was actually born in Goulburn, NSW. Bill Noble was a pacy front row forward with Marrickville and Newtown RU clubs who became the Newtown rugby league first captain in 1908. Noble toured with the pioneer 1908-09 Kangaroos (author Ian Heads states that Noble was the tour secretary-treasurer and kept a tight reign on finances) but played in just three matches before being injured. In 1909 he was selected in the three-Test series against NZ and the following year, played for NSW and Australia against England. Newtown won the premiership under his captaincy in 1910 (although he missed the final through injury) and he made a second Kangaroo Tour the following year. Noble fared better on his second tour of England, playing in two Tests as well as in 19 other matches. He played the final season of his career with Balmain in 1913.
- 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 % | ||||
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| NRL | 61 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 49.18% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 27 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 74.07% | List | |||
| Test Series | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Kangaroos | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australasia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1909-12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australasia | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1908, 1912-13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1908 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1908-13 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 90.48% | List | |||
| Kangaroos | 1909-10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1908-1913 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 79.31% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1908 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14.29% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1909 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1910 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.62% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1911 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 44.44% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1912 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1913 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1908-12 | 47 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 55.32% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1913 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
| Overall | 1908-1913 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 49.18% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
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