Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Tarzan
- Born
- Sunday, 3rd July, 1910
- Died
- Monday, 23rd July, 1990 (Aged 80 years and 20 days)
Biography
Newtown junior played in the club's win over St George in the 1933 final before forming a great front row partnership with Ray Kirkaldy and Eddie Burns at C’bury. Porter came to C’bury after a season with Goulburn in 1935 where he had represented NSW. The front row triumvirate of Porter, Kirkaldy and Burns remained together for much of the next decade, including the club's first two premiership successes in 1938 and 1942. Porter again represented NSW in 1939 and also played for Queensland while playing in the north in 1945. Porter, who was also a handy goal-kicker, was considered unlucky not to have represented Australia in the 1946 Ashes series after returning to C’bury. He captained the club in the narrow loss to Balmain in the 1947 grand final and, after his retirement, became a State and Australian selector. Porter passed away in 1990.
- 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 | 154 | 9 | 18 | - | 63 | 94 | 51 | 9 | 61.04% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 14 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
City Cup | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 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 % | |||
NSW Country Seconds | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Southern Division | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1935, 1938-41 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Probables | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Goulburn | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1936, 1940 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Probables (AU) | 1936-37 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1937-42 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Army Firsts | 1942, 1944 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Fighting Services I | 1942 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Brisbane Firsts | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
QLD Firsts | 1945 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1934-1945 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 52.27% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1933 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1936 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83.33% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 10 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1944 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1946 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1947 | 19 | - | 12 | - | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 63.16% | List | |||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1948 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | 41.67% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | 1933 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | |||
Canterbury | 1936-42, 1944, 1946-48 | 138 | 7 | 18 | - | 57 | 83 | 46 | 9 | 60.14% | List | |||
Overall | 1933-1948 | 154 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 63 | 94 | 51 | 9 | 61.04% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
23/02/2019
Henry Porter is my great uncle he is also ex Rabbitohs player Glen Porters uncle Glen played for the Rabbitohs from 1975-1977
29/03/2020
Porter played at Harden-Murrumburrah in 1932 where he represented in the Maher Cup:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247117202
20/06/2020
Henry Porter is also Former South Sydney Rabbitohs player Glen Porters Uncle
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