Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 16th October, 1927
- Died
- Thursday, 12th August, 2010 (Aged 82 years and 300 days)
Biography
Newtown junior and a solid back row forward with the club in the late 1940s moved to Bundaberg (Brothers) in 1951. After representing Queensland in that year Drew was selected in two Tests against France. Drew played for Ipswich the following year and captain-coached the Queensland centre in the Bulimba Cup competition in 1954. He toured NZ with the Australian team in 1953 and made his final Test appearance in Australia's 18-16 Third Test win in Auckland. After leaving Ipswich, Drew played for Lismore, Gosford and Lakes United in the Newcastle 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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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NRL | 43 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 67.44% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 18 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | 7 | 9 | 2 | - | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
Test Series | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Ipswich Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1951, 1953 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Possibles (AU) | 1950 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1950 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
QLD Firsts | 1951-55 | 21 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 28.57% | List | |||
Ipswich | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1950-1955 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 29.17% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1947 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1948 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1950 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 58.82% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | 1947-48, 1950 | 43 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 67.44% | List |
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
22/01/2016
Great man and father. Have known Bernie all my life . He was a man that every had the greatest respect for . A Townie ledgen . PORKY ROBBO .
27/01/2020
Bernie Drew was captain-coach of Proserpine in North Queensland during the 1949 season.
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