Johnny Bliss

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 30th August, 1920
Died
1974

Biography

Dashing winger, a professional beach sprint champion with 12 Australian sprint titles to his credit, scored a club record-equalling five tries for Norths in a match against Easts in 1944. Bliss made his debut for NSW while playing for Manly in their inaugural season (1947). He went on to make one Test appearance, against France in 1951, but missed the club's maiden grand final appearance that year because of injury. He remained closely associated with the Manly club right up to his death in 1974.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 126 80 -   - 240 50 74 2 39.68% List
City Cup 1 2 -   - 6 0 1 0 0.00% List
NRL Finals 2 3 -   - 9 1 1 0 50.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 3 3 -   - 9 3 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 6 9 -   - 27 3 2 1 50.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1951 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Metropolis Seconds 1944 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1944, 1946, 1948-49 4 4 -   - 12 4 0 0 100.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1945, 1951 3 1 -   - 3 0 2 1 0.00% List
Probables (AU) 1946, 1950 2 2 -   - 6 1 1 0 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1946-48, 1951 4 5 -   - 15 4 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1947, 1951 8 10 -   - 30 5 2 1 62.50% List
Possibles (AU) 1948 1 2 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1944-1951 23 24 0   0 72 16 5 2 69.57% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1942 11 11 -   - 33 6 5 0 54.55% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1943 4 1 -   - 3 3 1 0 75.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1944 8 7 -   - 21 4 3 1 50.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1945 15 9 -   - 27 8 7 0 53.33% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1946 12 11 -   - 33 4 8 0 33.33% List
Manly NSWRFL 1947 14 10 -   - 30 4 10 0 28.57% List
Manly NSWRFL 1948 15 5 -   - 15 3 11 1 20.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1949 10 2 -   - 6 2 8 0 20.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1950 18 10 -   - 30 6 12 0 33.33% List
Manly NSWRFL 1951 14 12 -   - 36 8 6 0 57.14% List
Manly NSWRFL 1952 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1953 4 2 -   - 6 1 3 0 25.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1942-43 15 12 -   - 36 9 6 0 60.00% List
North Sydney 1944-46 35 27 -   - 81 16 18 1 45.71% List
Manly 1947-53 76 41 -   - 123 25 50 1 32.89% List
Overall1942-1953 126 80 0   0 240 50 74 2 39.68% List

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Contributions: Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello