Alby Burge

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Albert Bentley Burge
Nickname(s)
Son
Born
Tuesday, 4th June, 1889
Died
Monday, 4th January, 1943 (Aged 53 years and 213 days)
Place Of Birth
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Frank Burge
Peter Burge
Laidley Burge

Biography

19-year-old Souths RU forward made his Test debut against NZ in 1907. A late call-up to the 1908 Wallaby Tour of Britain, he found it difficult to get back into the Test team after being sent off for kicking in the match against Wales. This was to be his second, and final, appearance with the Wallabies and he transferred to rugby league in 1910 to play with Souths. When Burge was left out of the Souths side that drew the final against Newtown in 1910, he quit the club to form a League dynasty with his brothers at Glebe. Burge was a forward in the Glebe side that lost both finals to Easts in the 1911 premiership and captained the club for much of the next decade.
- 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 %  
NRL 75 13 90   - 219 46 26 3 61.33% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Great Britain/Australasia 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 2 - 1   - 2 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 - 3   - 6 0 1 0 0.00% List
City Cup 4 1 7   - 17 2 2 0 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wallabies 1909 2 1 2   - 7 1 1 0 50.00% List
Metropolis 1910, 1914 2 - 2   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% List
Whites (AU) 1910 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1911, 1914 2 - 3   - 6 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1909-1914 7 1 7   0 17 4 3 0 57.14% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
South Sydney NSWRFL 1910 10 2 1   - 8 8 2 0 80.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1911 11 2 4   - 14 6 5 0 54.55% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1912 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1913 6 1 1   - 5 1 3 2 16.67% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1914 12 4 20   - 52 6 5 1 50.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1915 6 1 9   - 21 5 1 0 83.33% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1917 6 2 11   - 28 5 1 0 83.33% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1918 12 - 29   - 58 7 5 0 58.33% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1919 11 1 15   - 33 7 4 0 63.64% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
South Sydney 1910 10 2 1   - 8 8 2 0 80.00% List
Glebe 1911-12, 1914-15, 1917-19 59 10 88   - 206 37 21 1 62.71% List
North Sydney 1913 6 1 1   - 5 1 3 2 16.67% List
Overall1910-1919 75 13 90   0 219 46 26 3 61.33% List

Your Say

  • Stephen Kane
    25/05/2023

    Albert Bentley "Alby" Burge died January 4 1943

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann