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Johnny Bliss

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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
John Charles Bliss
Born
Monday, 30th August, 1920
Died
Friday, 9th August, 1974 (Aged 53 years and 344 days)
Place Of Birth
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1947
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1948, 1947, 1951

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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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) - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney FirstsSDF - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - - 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 - 3 - 3 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 2 - 1 66.67% List
Interstate Series 1 6 - 6 9-9 - - - 27 - - - 3 2 1 50.00% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 3 3 - 3 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 3 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country 3 6 - 6 5-5 - - - 15 - - - 6 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 126 - 126 80-80 - - - 240 - - - 50 74 2 39.68% List
NRL Finals - 2 - 2 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
City Cup - 1 - 1 2-2 - - - 6 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  141 - 141 94-94 - - - 282 - - - 60 77 4 42.55% 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 1951   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 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%  
Metropolis Seconds 1944   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1944, 1946, 1948-49   4 - 4 4-4 - - - 12 - - - 4 - - 100.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1945, 1951   3 - 3 1-1 - - - 3 - - - - 2 1 0.00% List
Probables (AU) 1946, 1950   1 1 2 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1946-48, 1951   4 - 4 5-5 - - - 15 - - - 4 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1947, 1951   8 - 8 10-10 - - - 30 - - - 5 2 1 62.50% List
Possibles (AU) 1948   1 - 1 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 1 - - 100.00% 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 19421942 NSWRFL   11 - 1111-11 - - - 33 - - - 6 5 - 54.55% List
BalmainBalmain 19431943 NSWRFL   4 - 41-1 - - - 3 - - - 3 1 - 75.00% List
North SydneyNorth Sydney 19441944 NSWRFL   8 - 87-7 - - - 21 - - - 4 3 1 50.00% List
North SydneyNorth Sydney 19451945 NSWRFL   15 - 159-9 - - - 27 - - - 8 7 - 53.33% List
North SydneyNorth Sydney 19461946 NSWRFL   12 - 1211-11 - - - 33 - - - 4 8 - 33.33% List
ManlyManly 19471947 NSWRFL   14 - 1410-10 - - - 30 - - - 4 10 - 28.57% List
ManlyManly 19481948 NSWRFL   15 - 155-5 - - - 15 - - - 3 11 1 20.00% List
ManlyManly 19491949 NSWRFL   10 - 102-2 - - - 6 - - - 2 8 - 20.00% List
ManlyManly 19501950 NSWRFL   18 - 1810-10 - - - 30 - - - 6 12 - 33.33% List
ManlyManly 19511951 NSWRFL   14 - 1412-12 - - - 36 - - - 8 6 - 57.14% List
ManlyManly 19521952 NSWRFL   1 - 1--- - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
ManlyManly 19531953 NSWRFL   4 - 42-2 - - - 6 - - - 1 3 - 25.00% 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 1942-43   15 - 15 12-12 - - - 36 - - - 9 6 - 60.00% List
North Sydney 1944-46   35 - 35 27-27 - - - 81 - - - 16 18 1 45.71% List
Manly 1947-53   76 - 76 41-41 - - - 123 - - - 25 50 1 32.89% List

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