Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Alfred John Birtles
- Born
- Wednesday, 23rd April, 1913
- Died
- Saturday, 28th August, 1943 (Aged 30 years and 126 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Additional Notes
Served in WWII with the RAAF, where he was killed during an air battle over Germany.
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 | 50 | 31 | 1 | - | 95 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 42.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
City Cup | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1933, 1937 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Possibles | 1933, 1935 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Probables (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1933-1937 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.50% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1933 | 13 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 38.46% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1934 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 27.27% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1935 | 14 | 10 | 1 | - | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1936 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1937 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
North Sydney | 1933-37 | 50 | 31 | 1 | - | 95 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 42.00% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
16/08/2013
MY mother was the sister of Alf. She died 25 years ago. She was very proud of Alf and always supported norths. Alf had another brother Ron, who was also killed in ww2 over France. It was very sad for the family when both boys were killed. There were 2 sisters and 1 brother left. Their mother (my nana) died before I was born. She was in her late 50s. They say from a broken heart. My mother always said Alf was a wonderful player and the family went to all his games
24/10/2023
My Mothers Dad was Alfred Birtles and they had connections on the North Shore. I was born in 1950 but still remember my Grandfather, Alf Birtles and my Gradma Clara Rohoda Birtles, nee Bell. Thank you all.
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