Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Sidney Charles Pearce
- Born
- Thursday, 31st May, 1883
- Died
- Friday, 14th November, 1930 (Aged 47 years and 166 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Son
- Joe Pearce
Biography
Pioneer league forward had one of the most durable career in Test football - representing Australia in 1921 at age 38, some thirteen years after making his Test debut. ‘Sandy’ Pearce defected from Easts RU ranks to play against the NZ 'All Golds' in 1907. An immensely strong and resourceful hooker he was a foundation member of the Easts club and went on to be the first player to surpass 150 first grade games during his career. Pearce played in two Tests against NZ in 1908 and was regarded as the 'iron-man' of the pioneer Kangaroos in 1908-09. He played in 32 matches in England including all three Tests. He went on to play in another Test series against NZ, in 1909, but declined to tour with the 'Australasian' Kangaroos in 1911-12. Pearce returned to the Test arena against England in the 1914 and 1920 Ashes series and made his second Kangaroo Tour in 1921-22. He represented NSW in 1921 (and played for his State against every visiting rugby league nation) some became the oldest Australian Test player in the history of the game (38 years 158 days) when he played in the Second Test against England on the 1921-22 Kangaroo Tour. Known as the ‘Prince of Hookers’ Pearce died prematurely in 1930 less than 10 years after his career ended. In 1932 his son 'Joe' Pearce played for Australia, thus becoming the first father-son combination to represent Australia.
- 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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Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 24 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
NRL | 157 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 100 | 51 | 6 | 63.69% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 67 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 47.76% | List | |||
Test Series | 16 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 2 | 43.75% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 11 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Kangaroos | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australasia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Interstate Matches | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City Cup | 18 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 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 | 1908-09, 1914, 1920-21 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 36.84% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1908-09 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Australasia | 1910 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1908-1910 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1907-14, 1920-21 | 32 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 68.75% | List | |||
Kangaroos | 1909-10, 1917 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1911-12, 1914-15 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1920 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1907-1921 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 62.79% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1908 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1909 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1910 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1911 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.57% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1912 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.86% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1913 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1914 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1915 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1916 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 41.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1917 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1918 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1919 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55.56% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1920 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Sydney | 1908-21 | 157 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 100 | 51 | 6 | 63.69% | List |
Contributions:
Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates, Michael Borg
Sources:
Newspapers
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