Robert Craig

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Robert Robertson Craig
Born
Thursday, 1st September, 1881
Died
Tuesday, 5th March, 1935 (Aged 53 years and 184 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Robert Robertson Craig is regarded as one of the most gifted sportsmen Australia has produced. A champion swimmer and later coach, Craig represented NSW in soccer before concentrating on a career in Rugby Union with inner city club Balmain. After first playing for NSW in 1907, the back row forward toured Great Britain and America with the 1908-09 Wallabies. Craig's only RU Test appearance was against Wales on that tour and after winning a gold medal at the London Olympics he turned professional in 1910. A 'heady' second row forward with a fine kicking game Craig represented NSW in consecutive years before appearing in all three Tests on the Ashes-winning 'Australasian' Kangaroo tour of 1911-12. Craig retired at the end of 1918 to take on the secretary role with Balmain but returned to the playing field for the last three matches of the 1919 season when many of the club’s stars were touring NZ with the Australian team. Craig was secretary of the Balmain Club until 1922, was the club’s delegate to the NSWRL in 1923-24 and was also a State selector
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Was a member of the Australian Rugby Union team which won Gold at the 1908 London Olympics.

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 92 14 2   - 46 54 31 7 58.70% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 35 9 2   - 31 25 8 2 71.43% List
Test Series 8 1 -   - - 3 3 2 37.50% List
The Ashes 7 1 -   - 6 3 3 1 42.86% List
Tour Matches Australasia 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
City Cup 9 1 -   - 3 5 4 0 55.56% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 8 5 1   - 17 7 1 0 87.50% List
NRL Finals 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1910-12, 1914 10 4 -   - 12 5 4 1 50.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australasia 1910 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wallabies 1909 4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Metropolis 1910 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Firsts 1910-11, 1913-14 10 5 1   - 17 9 1 0 90.00% List
Kangaroos 1917 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1909-1917 16 6 1   0 20 11 5 0 68.75% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1910 9 2 -   - 6 5 4 0 55.56% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1911 6 2 -   - 6 0 6 0 0.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1912 7 1 -   - 3 4 3 0 57.14% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1913 12 1 1   - 5 4 7 1 33.33% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1914 13 1 -   - 3 5 4 4 38.46% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1915 12 1 -   - 3 10 0 2 83.33% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1916 14 - 1   - 2 11 3 0 78.57% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1917 14 4 -   - 12 13 1 0 92.86% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1918 2 1 -   - 3 0 2 0 0.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1919 3 1 -   - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1910-19 92 14 2   - 46 54 31 7 58.70% List

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