Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 31st July, 1923
- Died
- Thursday, 30th July, 1998 (Aged 74 years and 364 days)
Biography
St George junior was graded after playing in the club’s Presidents Cup winning team in 1940. McRitchie served in Bougainville and New Guinea during the war but played with the club intermittently during the war years. Captain-coach of the club in 1947, the fine centre represented NSW in 1948 before being named on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour. McRitchie played in two Tests against Great Britain and a further two in France. After partnering fellow Test player Matt McCoy in St George's grand final win over Souths in 1949 McRitchie made his final Test appearance in the historic Third Test against Great Britain in 1950. It was McRitchie who made the initial break that resulted in St George team-mate Ron Roberts' winning try that clinched the Ashes for Australia for the first time in 30 years. The following year he joined Queanbeyan as captain-coach on the biggest contract offered to a Sydney-based player.
- 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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| NRL | 81 | 25 | - | - | 75 | 53 | 23 | 5 | 65.43% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
| Test Series | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Monaro | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Country Carnival | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Monaro/Southern Division XIII | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1948-50 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1946, 1948, 1950 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1948, 1950 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Monaro | 1951-52 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1951-52 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Monaro/S.Division | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1946-1952 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 46.67% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1942 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1944 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1946 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1947 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1948 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1949 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 68.42% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1950 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1942-44, 1946-50 | 81 | 25 | - | - | 75 | 53 | 23 | 5 | 65.43% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
20/07/2012
I was a member of the Queanbeyan Blues team of 1964 which Doug coached and his BOOMING voice could be heard all over Queanbeyan. Well I remember him pulling the front fender off a Holden car with his bare hands at his smash repair workshop. A top guy and "The Men of League" is a true testament to a great bloke. Very much appreciated his guidance, wit and energy.
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