Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Bernard Troy
- Born
- Monday, 1st August, 1927
- Died
- Friday, 20th January, 1995 (Aged 67 years and 172 days)
Biography
Professional runner, the son of a hurdles jockey of the same name, was graded by Newtown in 1947. Jack Troy missed out on selection in Australia's athletics team for the London Olympics in 1948 but achieved rep honours in rugby league. He played for NSW in five matches in 1950 (against Queensland and Great Britain) and scored a club record six tries in a match against Easts that year. Troy's two Test appearances came at a pivotal time in the history of the game. The Newtown winger played in the First and Third Tests against Great Britain - the latter match resulting in the 5-2 win that gave Australia the Ashes for the first time in 30 years. After leg injuries forced his retirement in 1953, he entered the administration field and was named Chairman of Selectors at St George in 1976.
- 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 | 38 | 38 | - | - | 114 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1950 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1950 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1950 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1950 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1949 | 10 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1950 | 11 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 81.82% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1951 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1952 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1953 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1949-52 | 34 | 37 | - | - | 111 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 55.88% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1953 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1949-1953 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 57.89% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
12/05/2021
Born October 2, 1928. Not August 1, 1927.
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