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Eric Lewis

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
Eric William Lewis
Born
Monday, 20th September, 1909
Died
Friday, 17th April, 1959 (Aged 49 years and 210 days)
Place Of Birth
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Test Series
1935 New Zealand vs Australia, 1938/39 France vs Australia
Interstate Series
1935, 1936, 1937
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1932

Biography

Another product of Christian Brothers Waverley, Lewis played in Griffith in 1931 before venturing back to Souths. The talented forward first played for NSW in 1935 and represented Australia in two Tests on the tour of NZ. A 1937-38 Kangaroo, Lewis played in seven Tests on tour; two against NZ, three against England and two on the ground-breaking tour of France. Souths coach in 1945, Lewis is credited with precipitating Souths' 'golden era' in the 1950s when he discovered a raw-boned prop playing for the Armed Services in Papua New Guinea at the end of the war. He talked the young player, Jack Rayner, into trialling with Souths after his demobilisation and the rest is history.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -9-9----------63-66.67%List
The Ashes -3-3----------12-33.33%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-23-233-3---9---176-73.91%List
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Test Series 29-9----------63-66.67%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-9-9314---12---81-88.89%List
Interstate Series 36-61-1---3---51-83.33%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 48-8----------43150.00%List
NSW City vs Country 49-9----------53155.56%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 176-7622-221--68---4626460.53%List
NRL Finals -7-73-3---9---34-42.86%List
City Cup -3-3----------12-33.33%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 123-123291301--92---7939564.23%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1935, 1937-38 9-9----------63-66.67%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
NSW City Seconds1933 1-1----------1--100.00%List
NSW City Firsts1933-37 7-7----------42157.14%List
NSW City Probables1933 1-1----------1--100.00%List
NSW Firsts1934-37 11-11415---15---101-90.91%List
Sydney Firsts1936 112-----------2-0.00%List
NSW Country Firsts1938 1-1-----------1-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
SouthsSouth Sydney19321932 NSWRFL 12-127-7---21---111-91.67%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19331933 NSWRFL 15-153-3---9---86153.33%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19341934 NSWRFL 13-132-2---6---65246.15%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19351935 NSWRFL 17-176-6---18---116-64.71%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19361936 NSWRFL 11-112-21--8---56-45.45%List
SouthsSouth Sydney19371937 NSWRFL 8-82-2---6---52162.50%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
South Sydney1932-37 76-7622-221--68---4626460.53%List

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

Sources:News Reports, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual