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Alf O'Connor

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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

Full Name
Alfred William O'Connor
Born
Thursday, 5th July, 1900
Died
Friday, 30th January, 1970 (Aged 69 years and 209 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Frank O'Connor

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1929, 1930
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
City Cup
1921, 1925

Biography

Tall Souths forward represented NSW on the 1922 tour of NZ before playing in all three Tests against England two years later. Alf ‘Itchy’ O’Connor, the brother of Souths’ Test forward Frank O’Connor, partnered George Treweek in the second row during the 1924 Ashes series. The following year he played in five interstate matches for NSW and was a member of the ‘fantastic five’ forward pack (the lock would stand out as an extra five-eighth) that champion Souths sides utilised to win premierships in 1925-26. An Australian Test selector in 1946, Alf O’Connor died in 1970, age 69.
- ALAN WHITICKER

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%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
The Ashes - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Tour Matches New South Wales SecondsNS2 - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches MetropolisMTR - 1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 16 1 17 4-4 - - - 12 - - 2 11 6 - 64.71% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 2 9 - 9 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 3 6 - 33.33% List
NSW City vs Country - 1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Country Carnival - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 5 76 - 76 14-14 - - - 42 - - 4 61 12 3 80.26% List
NRL Finals - 5 - 5 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 4 1 - 80.00% List
City Cup 2 18 - 18 6-6 - - - 18 - - 1 15 2 1 83.33% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  111 1 112 26-26 - - - 78 - - 6 84 24 4 75.00% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1924   3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Metropolis 1922   1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Seconds 1922   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1922, 1924-25, 1929-30   18 1 19 5-5 - - - 15 - - 2 11 8 - 57.89% List
Metropolis Seconds 1923   2 - 2 --- - - - - - - - 1 - 1 50.00% List
Probables (AU) 1925   1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1929   1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Combined City 1929   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% 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%  
SouthsSouth Sydney 19221922 NSWRFL   12 - 123-3 - - - 9 - - 1 7 4 1 58.33% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19231923 NSWRFL   11 - 112-2 - - - 6 - - - 8 3 - 72.73% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19241924 NSWRFL   4 - 4--- - - - - - - - 2 1 1 50.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19251925 NSWRFL   12 - 121-1 - - - 3 - - 1 12 - - 100.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19261926 NSWRFL   8 - 82-2 - - - 6 - - - 7 1 - 87.50% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19271927 NSWRFL   8 - 81-1 - - - 3 - - 1 7 1 - 87.50% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19281928 NSWRFL   7 - 72-2 - - - 6 - - - 5 2 - 71.43% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19291929 NSWRFL   14 - 143-3 - - - 9 - - 1 13 - 1 92.86% 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%  
South Sydney 1922-29   76 - 76 14-14 - - - 42 - - 4 61 12 3 80.26% List

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