Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Mervyn John Denton
- Born
- Saturday, 14th February, 1920
- Died
- Monday, 23rd June, 1980 (Aged 60 years and 130 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Talented winger played in 12 matches for NSW during 1939-41 but the advent of World War II curtailed his Test hopes. Denton went to Young in 1941-42 and also represented Country during those years. His length of the field try in the City-Country match in 1942 is rated one of the best ever at the SCG. Denton returned to Sydney to play for Balmain in 1943.
- 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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| Tour Matches | NSW Group 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | 6 | 8 | 6 | - | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 38 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 33 | 15 | 8 | - | 61 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 51.52% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Group 4 | 1938 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1939-41 | 16 | 25 | 1 | - | 77 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1939, 1941-42, 1944 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Felsh's Team | 1940 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1940 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1940, 1943 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1938-1944 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 133 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 12 | 5 | 8 | - | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1945 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37.50% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1940, 1945 | 21 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 52.38% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1943 | 12 | 5 | 8 | - | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1940-1945 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 61 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 51.52% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter
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