Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Horace Richard Miller
- Born
- Monday, 17th July, 1882
- Died
- Wednesday, 11th January, 1967 (Aged 84 years and 177 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother-in-law
- Harry Flegg
Biography
Former champion runner, rated the fastest man in the code's inaugural season, Horrie Miller served as the NSWRL's secretary for 32 years until his controversial sacking in 1946. Miller scored two tries for Easts in the club's 14-12 loss to Souths in the first premiership final and was both the top try-scorer (15t) and point-scorer (15t, 2g - 47pts) in the 1908 season. Easts' first secretary while still a player, he retired at the end of 1909 to take on the role full-time. In 1914 he succeeded Ted Larkin as secretary of the NSWRL following Larkin's enlistment for war duty (Larkin was subsequently killed at Gallipoli). Miller later coined the phrase 'The Greatest Game of All' in describing the game he loved. In February 1946 he was sacked from his dual role (he was also secretary of the Australian Board of Control) when a modest £80 amount could not be accounted for. It was a sad demise for one of the pioneers of the code. He later died in 1967, aged 85.
- 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 | 16 | 18 | - | 1 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NRL Finals | 2 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 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 % | |||
| Metropolis | 1908 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1908 | 11 | 15 | - | 1 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1909 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Sydney | 1908-09 | 16 | 18 | - | 1 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
Your Say
13/04/2023
Sounds like he was very fast and scored lots of tries in the first year of rugby league in Aus
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