Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Horace Press Kessey
- Born
- Monday, 17th March, 1902
- Died
- Sunday, 27th January, 1974 (Aged 71 years and 316 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Rockley, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- Horrie Kessey
Biography
Newtown junior who, when he transferred to the country because of his job in the railways, played for Lithgow and Bathurst. Kessey became Newtown treasurer on his retirement and was later NSW team manager in 1956 and co-manager of the Australian touring team to NZ in 1961.
- 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 | 70 | 26 | - | - | 78 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 41.43% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Possibles (AU) | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1929-30 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Combined City | 1929 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1930 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1928-1930 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1926 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1927 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1928 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.11% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1929 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1930 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1931 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1932 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | 1926-32 | 70 | 26 | - | - | 78 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 41.43% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Max Turner
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