Eric Lewis

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 20th September, 1909
Died
Friday, 17th April, 1959 (Aged 49 years and 209 days)
Place Of Birth
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

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

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 %  
NRL 76 22 1   - 68 46 26 4 60.53% List
NRL Finals 7 3 -   - 9 3 4 0 42.86% List
City vs Country Firsts 8 - -   - - 4 3 1 50.00% List
Interstate Matches 6 1 -   - 3 5 1 0 83.33% List
Tour Matches Australia 22 3 -   - 9 18 4 0 81.82% List
Test Series 9 - -   - - 6 3 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City Cup 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
The Ashes 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1935, 1937-38 9 - -   - - 6 3 0 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Seconds 1933 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1933-37 7 - -   - - 4 2 1 57.14% List
NSW City Probables 1933 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1934-37 11 5 -   - 15 10 1 0 90.91% List
Sydney Firsts 1936 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1938 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1933-1938 23 5 0   0 15 16 6 1 69.57% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths NSWRFL 1932 12 7 -   - 21 11 1 0 91.67% List
Souths NSWRFL 1933 15 3 -   - 9 8 6 1 53.33% List
Souths NSWRFL 1934 13 2 -   - 6 6 5 2 46.15% List
Souths NSWRFL 1935 17 6 -   - 18 11 6 0 64.71% List
Souths NSWRFL 1936 11 2 1   - 8 5 6 0 45.45% List
Souths NSWRFL 1937 8 2 -   - 6 5 2 1 62.50% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths 1932-37 76 22 1   - 68 46 26 4 60.53% List

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

Sources: Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual