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Benny Wearing

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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
Benjamin Wearing
Born
Monday, 11th June, 1900
Died
Tuesday, 9th April, 1968 (Aged 67 years and 302 days)
Place Of Birth
Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1927
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932
City Cup
1921, 1924, 1925

Honours & Awards

National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
2008

Biography

The tragedy of great winger Benny Wearing's career was that while he was a record-maker at Souths, and the ‘people's champion’ in the Sydney premiership, he only made the one Test appearance. A great goal-kicker with a good short kicking game, Wearing played for NSW between 1924-28 and won seven premiership titles with Souths (1925-29 & 1931-32) but was constantly overlooked for Test duty. After the Australian Board of Control did not go ahead with the 1926-27 Kangaroo Tour Wearing was expected to be one of the first players selected in the Test series against England in 1928. He was not chosen for the first two Tests but he was just too good to leave out of the Third Test. Wearing scored the then individual points record (12pts - 2t, 3g) in Australia's only win of the series but was again omitted when the Kangaroos squad was selected the following year. He retired in 1933 with a club record 144 tries to his credit – a record that still stands.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 1 - 1 2-2 3     - - 12 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
The Ashes - 1 - 1 2-2 3     - - 12 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales SecondsNS2 - 1 - 1 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 21 - 21 17-17 37     - - 125 - - - 10 11 - 47.62% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 1 13 - 13 10-10 23     - - 76 - - - 6 7 - 46.15% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts - 2 - 2 2-2 7     - - 20 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
NSW City vs Country - 3 - 3 3-3 9     - - 27 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Country Carnival - 4 - 4 3-3 6     - - 21 - - - 3 1 - 75.00% List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 7 172 - 172 144-144 202     - - 836 - - - 133 37 2 77.33% List
NRL Finals - 15 - 15 9-9 16     - - 59 - - - 11 4 - 73.33% List
City Cup 3 37 - 37 26-26 6     - - 90 - - - 29 6 2 78.38% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  222 - 222 184-184 256     - - 1,064 - - - 162 56 4 72.97% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1928   1 - 1 2-2 3     - - 12 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australasia II 1922   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW Seconds 1922   1 - 1 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1923-28, 1932   23 - 23 17-17 37     - - 125 - - - 10 13 - 43.48% List
Metropolis 1927   1 - 1 2-2 -     - - 6 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1928, 1930   2 - 2 2-2 7     - - 20 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1929   1 - 1 1-1 2     - - 7 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Combined City 1929   1 - 1 1-1 2     - - 7 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
SouthsSouth Sydney 19211921 NSWRFL   7 - 79-9 -     - - 27 - - - 4 3 - 57.14% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19221922 NSWRFL   15 - 1511-11 9     - - 51 - - - 9 5 1 60.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19231923 NSWRFL   15 - 1515-15 3     - - 51 - - - 12 3 - 80.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19241924 NSWRFL   6 - 66-6 -     - - 18 - - - 5 1 - 83.33% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19251925 NSWRFL   11 - 1112-12 22     - - 80 - - - 11 - - 100.00% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19261926 NSWRFL   16 - 1614-14 10     - - 62 - - - 14 2 - 87.50% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19271927 NSWRFL   17 - 1719-19 9     - - 75 - - - 15 2 - 88.24% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19281928 NSWRFL   14 - 148-8 35     - - 94 - - - 10 4 - 71.43% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19291929 NSWRFL   18 - 189-9 17     - - 61 - - - 15 2 1 83.33% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19301930 NSWRFL   13 - 1312-12 14     - - 64 - - - 9 4 - 69.23% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19311931 NSWRFL   17 - 1713-13 34     - - 107 - - - 12 5 - 70.59% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19321932 NSWRFL   12 - 1211-11 32     - - 97 - - - 10 2 - 83.33% List
SouthsSouth Sydney 19331933 NSWRFL   11 - 115-5 17     - - 49 - - - 7 4 - 63.64% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
South Sydney 1921-33   172 - 172 144-144 202     - - 836 - - - 133 37 2 77.33% List

Your Say

  • russell griffiths
    26 May 2018 10:43am

    a true legend rip benny

  • Alison
    27 Aug 2025 8:32pm

    My great uncle

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