Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Andrew McLaren Norval
- Born
- Friday, 26th April, 1912
- Died
- Sunday, 16th May, 1999 (Aged 87 years and 19 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Brilliant Easts lock during the club's ‘golden era’ in the 1930s started his career in Newcastle after playing Australian Rules football in South Australia. Norval played in Easts’ final victories in 1935-36 before showing his versatility on the 1937-38 Kangaroo Tour. Incredibly, he made his Test debut on the wing in the Third Test against England before playing in the first two Tests staged in France. Norval took his place in Easts’ ‘international’ pack (Stehr, Pearce and Pierce) and played in one more premiership success in 1940. He represented NSW between 1938-41 but did not play in another Test because of the advent of World War II.
- 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 | 106 | 42 | 1 | - | 128 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 69.81% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 9 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 15 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1937-38 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1934-37, 1939 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Possibles | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1936-37 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1937-38, 1940-41 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1938, 1940-41 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1938, 1940-41 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1934-1941 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 52.17% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 14 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.86% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 84.62% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1938 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1939 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1934-41 | 106 | 42 | 1 | - | 128 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 69.81% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
Andy Norval says: Andy Norval was a humble and gifted player of the 1930s who enjoyed the game and was a Eastern Suburbs club player always. Andy had great admiration for his team mates.
He played the game at all levels and retired without ever playing in lower grades.
He was a wonderful husband and father and passed away in 1999. (04/05/2009)
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