Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Albert Samuel Kirk
- Born
- Friday, 15th October, 1915
- Died
- Saturday, 5th March, 1994 (Aged 78 years and 141 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1939, 1946
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1944, 1946
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1938, 1943
Biography
Former Tumut fullback played a winning role in C’bury’s first premiership success in 1938. An exceptional goal-kicker, Kirk landed four goals in the 19-6 win over Easts in the final and made his debut for NSW the following year in the centres. Joining Newtown, he became the first player to kick 100 goals in a season (1943) including five in the 34-7 win over Norths in the grand final. Kirk was the season's leading point-scorer on five occasions, the last in 1946 after joining Norths. (He twice kicked a club record 11 goals during the 1944 season and also scored a club record 25pts in a match against St George that year). The first player to score 1000 career points in the Sydney premiership Kirk made a return to the NSW side in his final year in the Sydney competition.
- 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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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 140 | 22 | 486 | 1 | 1040 | 91 | 41 | 8 | 65.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 12 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 91 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Maher Cup | - | 14 | 8 | 37 | - | 98 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.86% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 148 | 28 | 494 | 1 | 1074 | 103 | 53 | 8 | 69.59% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Southern Division | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1939 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1939, 1946 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1943-44 | 2 | - | 8 | - | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1944, 1946 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Fighting Services I | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1935-1946 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1936 | 12 | 1 | 38 | - | 79 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 16 | 2 | 44 | - | 94 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 81.25% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 14 | 5 | 26 | - | 67 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 9 | 36 | - | 99 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1941 | 7 | - | 19 | - | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1942 | 3 | - | 10 | - | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1943 | 17 | - | 58 | - | 116 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1944 | 16 | 3 | 88 | - | 185 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1945 | 11 | - | 51 | 1 | 104 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1946 | 14 | 2 | 58 | - | 122 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1947 | 15 | - | 58 | - | 116 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1936, 1938-39 | 42 | 8 | 108 | - | 240 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1940-46 | 83 | 14 | 320 | 1 | 684 | 53 | 27 | 3 | 63.86% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | 1947 | 15 | - | 58 | - | 116 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1936-1947 | 140 | 22 | 486 | 1 | 1,040 | 91 | 41 | 8 | 65.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, Neil Pollock
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
01/09/2016
Dad was also the first non-playing coach to win a premiership for temora in 1957 (group 9) also won the riverina championship defeating wagga magpies - that team won the clayton cup (best team in CRL) and dad won country coach of the year. (all these achievemtns are well documented)
27/09/2021
Date of death 5 March 1994
Source David Middleton year book 1995 page 142
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