Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Athol William Smith
- Born
- Wednesday, 27th August, 1913
- Died
- Tuesday, 1st December, 1953 (Aged 40 years and 96 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Balmain forward played in the club’s 33-4 thrashing of Souths in the 1939 grand final as well as the win over Newtown that secured the 1944 premiership. Smith later coached the Tigers in 1948-50.
- 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 | 141 | 42 | - | - | 126 | 80 | 55 | 6 | 56.74% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1938-39 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Felsh's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Seconds | 1941 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1938-1941 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1938 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1939 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1940 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1942 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1944 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 76.47% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1945 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | 1935-38 | 45 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 42.22% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1939-45 | 96 | 29 | - | - | 87 | 61 | 30 | 5 | 63.54% | List | |||
| Overall | 1935-1945 | 141 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 80 | 55 | 6 | 56.74% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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