Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Vivian Arthur Thicknesse
- Born
- Friday, 18th November, 1910
- Died
- Tuesday, 19th August, 1986 (Aged 75 years and 274 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Easts RU halfback (a NSW rep) turned professional in order to tour NZ with Easts rugby league team in 1931. Thicknesse played for the club during the mid-1930s when Easts won three consecutive premierships (1935-37). He represented NSW in four consecutive seasons (1933-36) and toured with the 1933-34 Kangaroos. Thicknesse appeared in two Tests against England, as well as in 16 other matches, and later toured NZ in 1935 where he played in all three Tests. Thicknesse played his final Test series against England in 1936.
- 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 | Sydney Roosters | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| NRL | 75 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 78.67% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 25 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 72.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1933-36 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Possibles | 1932-33 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1933-36 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1933-36 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1932-1936 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 76.47% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 18 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.44% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91.67% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1932-37 | 75 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 78.67% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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