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Dave Parkinson

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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
David Parkinson
Born
Wednesday, 21st March, 1923
Died
Monday, 23rd October, 1978 (Aged 55 years and 216 days)
Place Of Birth
Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1946
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1944, 1946

Biography

Newcastle junior was playing fullback with Balmain in 1946 when a great game for Sydney in a minor rep match against South Coast gave him the inside running for Test selection against Great Britain. Parkinson played in all three Ashes Tests in the first series contested after World War II. In a courageous performance in the Third Test he played the majority of the match with a broken leg rather than leave Australia further depleted (Arthur Clues had been sent off and there were no replacements allowed). Parkinson was a member of the Balmain teams that won the premiership in 1944 and lost to Easts in the 1945 final but the injury suffered in the deciding Test of the Ashes series kept him out of the club's grand final win over St George in 1946. He went to Babinda Queensland the following season but returned to the club in 1948.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - - 2 1 0.00% List
The Ashes - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - - 2 1 0.00% List
Tour Matches Newcastle Firsts (AU)NWF - 1 - 1 --- 4 - - 8 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Tour Matches CoalfieldsCOA - 1 - 1 --- 5 - - 10 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Test Series - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - - 2 1 0.00% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 2 - 2 1-1 - 1 1 5 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
Interstate Series 1 1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country - 1 - 1 --- 1 - - 2 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Country Carnival - 3 - 3 --- 10 1 1 22 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 2 53 - 53 7-7 1 - - 23 - - - 35 13 5 66.04% List
NRL Finals - 8 - 8 --- - - - - - - - 6 2 - 75.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  61 - 61 8-8 11 1 1 48 - - - 39 16 6 63.93% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1946   3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - - 2 1 0.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Rest of NSW Firsts 1944   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1945   1 - 1 --- 1 - - 2 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1946   2 - 2 1-1 - 1 1 5 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1946   1 - 1 --- 1 - - 2 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1949   1 - 1 --- 1 - - 2 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Coalfields 1952-54   3 - 3 --- 15 - - 30 - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Newcastle (AU) 1954   2 - 2 --- 4 1 1 10 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BalmainBalmain 19441944 NSWRFL   17 - 174-4 - - - 12 - - - 13 3 1 76.47% List
BalmainBalmain 19451945 NSWRFL   8 - 8--- - - - - - - - 4 2 2 50.00% List
BalmainBalmain 19461946 NSWRFL   7 - 71-1 - - - 3 - - - 4 3 - 57.14% List
BalmainBalmain 19481948 NSWRFL   21 - 212-2 1 - - 8 - - - 14 5 2 66.67% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Balmain 1944-46, 1948   53 - 53 7-7 1 - - 23 - - - 35 13 5 66.04% List

Your Say

  • Mark Bennis
    20 Dec 2019 2:14pm

    Dave "Dasher" Parkinson came from the Cessnock club to Balmain in 1944. A full-back, he played for the Tigers in seasons 1944-46 and 1948. He did not play for Balmain in 1947, accepting a captain-coach position at Babinda in Queesnsland that year.

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