Paddy McCue

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Patrick Aloysius McCue
Born
Sunday, 24th June, 1883
Died
Monday, 10th September, 1962 (Aged 79 years and 77 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former Newtown RU second-row forward (4 Tests), known for his great physique, led the second wave of defections from the amateur ranks in 1909. A member of the Wallabies squad that won the gold medal at the 1908 Olympics, McCue negotiated with 14 of his team-mates to take part in promotional matches against the Pioneer Kangaroos on their return from England. Promptly banned for life by the Metropolitan Rugby Union, McCue joined six rugby ‘rebels’ at Newtown rugby league club. Not surprisingly, the Blue Bags led the competition and won the 1910 final on count back after drawing the final against Souths, 4-all. After securing Newtown's first premiership title, McCue represented NSW in 1911 and was named vice-captain of the 'Australasian' Kangaroos. Described as ‘the fastest forward playing the game,’ he played in 22 matches on tour including all three Tests against England. McCue led NSW on tours to NZ in 1912-13 and his last Test appearance was against England in 1914. He was later assistant coach at University during the club’s first season in the NSWRL (1920).
- 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 84 33 10   - 119 50 26 8 59.52% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
NRL Finals 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 2 3 -   - 9 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 24 10 -   - 30 22 2 0 91.67% List
Tour Matches Australia 23 6 -   - 18 18 3 2 78.26% List
Test Series 4 2 -   - - 2 1 1 50.00% List
The Ashes 4 2 -   - 12 2 1 1 50.00% List
Tour Matches Kangaroos 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
City Cup 4 - 0   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1911-12, 1914 6 2 -   - 6 3 2 1 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wallabies 1909 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Metropolis 1910, 1912, 1914 3 2 -   - 6 2 1 0 66.67% List
NSW Firsts 1911-14 26 13 -   - 39 24 2 0 92.31% List
Australasia II 1912 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Kangaroos 1912, 1917 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1909-1917 34 16 0   0 48 29 5 0 85.29% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1910 11 7 1   - 23 8 1 2 72.73% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1911 9 5 -   - 15 4 2 3 44.44% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1912 11 3 -   - 9 6 5 0 54.55% List
Annandale NSWRFL 1913 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1913 11 7 -   - 21 8 2 1 72.73% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1914 13 5 -   - 15 11 2 0 84.62% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1915 14 3 8   - 25 9 4 1 64.29% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1916 13 3 1   - 11 4 8 1 30.77% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1919 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1910-16 82 33 10   - 119 50 24 8 60.98% List
Annandale 1913 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Western Suburbs 1919 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1910-1919 84 33 10   0 119 50 26 8 59.52% List

Your Say

  • Joe Kerrigan
    15/03/2022

    His wife was a distant relative of mine. I have a portrait of him in his Australia jersey (and cap).

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Jamie Murdoch

Sources: Newspapers