Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Benjamin Darcy Henry
- Born
- Tuesday, 8th March, 1932
- Died
- Saturday, 27th November, 2004 (Aged 72 years and 264 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Tamworth five-eighth played with Temora in the 1953 season after two seasons as a teenage prodigy with the Easts club. Henry’s good country form with Forbes in 1955 won him a spot in the NSW team and he was selected in Australia's First Test team against France. Australia won the match 20-8 but Henry missed the return clash because of injury. With the series poised at one Test-all following France's Second Test victory in Brisbane, Henry was recalled to play the decider in the centres but found himself as the focus of a startling selection controversy. After passing a last-minute fitness Test, he was dropped from the side as the team prepared to take the field because selectors feared that he was carrying a back injury. (Henry was replaced by Dick Poole but Australia ultimately lost the match, 8-5, and the series.) Henry's only other Test appearance was in the Third Test against NZ after joining Wests in 1956. In 1958 the lightweight backline player took his place in the centres in Wests' grand final loss to St George.
- 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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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 80 | 51 | - | - | 153 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 57.50% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
City Cup | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 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 | 1955-56 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Western Division | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1955-56 | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1951-1956 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1951 | 12 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1952 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1956 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1957 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1958 | 17 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1959 | 16 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 68.75% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1951-52 | 22 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | 1956-59 | 58 | 37 | - | - | 111 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 63.79% | List | |||
Overall | 1951-1959 | 80 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 46 | 32 | 2 | 57.50% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tim Costello
Your Say
31/08/2020
I saw Darcy Henry play for Brothers club in Rockhampton. He was captain/coach. There is no mention of that here.
14/11/2021
Darcy had the Toxteth Hotel in Glebe for many years after his playing days and was a popular member of the community.
20/03/2023
Darcy Henry was the licensee of the then popular Toxteth Hotel in Glebe in the 1960s and ‘70s.
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