Cliff Pearce

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Clifford George Pearce
Born
Thursday, 4th April, 1907
Died
Monday, 19th July, 1976 (Aged 69 years and 107 days)
Place Of Birth
Uralla, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Wests centre who played in the club's first grand final win in 1930 made 7 Test appearances during his career - all against England. Pearce represented NSW in 1928-29 while playing for Tamworth and later scored a try on debut while playing on the wing for Australia in the Third Test of the 1928 Ashes series. A regular in the state sides during the early 1930s, he played in three Tests against England in 1932 before touring with the 1933-34 Kangaroos. Pearce played in all three Tests on tour (and 24 other matches) but broke his leg playing in a Kangaroos v The Rest promotional match on his return and missed Wests' second premiership title.
- 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 %  
Country Carnival 4 2 -   - 6 2 2 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 31 5 2   - 19 19 12 0 61.29% List
Test Series 7 1 1   - - 2 5 0 28.57% List
The Ashes 7 1 1   - 10 2 5 0 28.57% List
Interstate Matches 17 2 3   - 12 8 8 1 47.06% List
City vs Country Firsts 5 2 6   - 18 3 2 0 60.00% List
NRL 84 26 12   - 102 48 34 2 57.14% List
NRL Finals 10 3 -   - 9 5 5 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 2 2 -   - 6 1 1 0 50.00% List
City Cup 4 1 1   - 5 2 2 0 50.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1928, 1932-34 10 1 1   - 5 4 6 0 40.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Northern NSW 1928 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Seconds 1928 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1928 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1928-33, 1936 28 4 3   - 18 15 11 2 53.57% List
NSW Country Firsts 1928-29 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Combined Country 1929 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
North West NSW 1929 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Metropolis 1930, 1932, 1936 3 2 -   - 6 2 1 0 66.67% List
NSW City Firsts 1930-33 4 2 6   - 18 3 1 0 75.00% List
Rest of Australia 1930 2 1 -   - 3 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW City Probables 1931-33 3 4 4   - 20 3 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Possibles 1935 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Possibles (AU) 1936 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1928-1936 50 15 13   0 71 26 21 3 52.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1929 5 1 -   - 3 2 3 0 40.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1930 16 4 -   - 12 13 3 0 81.25% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1931 12 5 3   - 21 7 5 0 58.33% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1932 14 9 5   - 37 10 4 0 71.43% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1933 5 1 -   - 3 3 1 1 60.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1935 8 - -   - - 4 4 0 50.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1936 11 4 1   - 14 4 6 1 36.36% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1937 8 2 -   - 6 3 5 0 37.50% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1938 4 - 3   - 6 2 2 0 50.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1940 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs 1929-33, 1935-37 79 26 9   - 96 46 31 2 58.23% List
North Sydney 1938, 1940 5 - 3   - 6 2 3 0 40.00% List
Overall1929-1940 84 26 12   0 102 48 34 2 57.14% List

Your Say

  • Dianne Libby pearce
    10/04/2014

    This was my uncle my Dads brother .Also brother to Desmond Pearce who died 30th February 2014 at the age of 90years .Last of the pearce brothers.Have found memories that I shall have forever .Dianne Libby pearce

  • Anonymous
    15/07/2020

    This is my grandfather
    He had 3 daughters and 1son
    Great career
    Went to the team of century dinnner
    Have all his mementos from his kangaroo tours

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Bill Bates

Sources: 2006 Official Rugby League Annual