Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Eric Vivian Freestone
- Nickname(s)
- Bluey
- Born
- Tuesday, 9th February, 1904
- Died
- Saturday, 12th October, 1957 (Aged 53 years and 246 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Former Gundagai winger was playing for Tumut in 1928 when he represented NSW and then Australia in the First Test loss against England in Brisbane. Freestone joined St George the following year and, in 1930, played on the wing in the club’s 27-2 loss to Wests in the first grand final ever played.
- 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 | Southern Division | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Country Carnival | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 48 | 16 | 32 | - | 112 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 52.08% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1928 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Southern Division | 1925, 1928 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1928 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1928 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1925-1928 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1929 | 14 | 5 | 7 | - | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.29% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1930 | 15 | 5 | 11 | - | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 46.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1931 | 12 | 5 | 11 | - | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1932 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1929-32 | 48 | 16 | 32 | - | 112 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 52.08% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
23/07/2011
Recently voted Gundagai Tigers "Player of the Decade - 1920's" at there 100years of Rugby League Celebrations. The only player to have represented his country in Rugby League from that town.
26/07/2012
This amazing man was my grandfather on my mothers side , although I never met him my mother told me alot about him and how proud I am of him and his achievments . I would one day like to visit the club he played for and maybe fund a trophy in his name ....love you my dear grandfather xoxoxo
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