Bert Gray

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Alfred Bert Gray
Born
Friday, 1st August, 1890
Died
Sunday, 17th December, 1967 (Aged 77 years and 138 days)
Place Of Birth
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Honours & Awards

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The Ashes
1920
Interstate Series
1913, 1915, 1919, 1920
City Cup
1913

Known Family Links

Brother
Arthur Gray
Frank Gray

Biography

Nimble, light-weight forward played first grade soccer before changing ‘football’ codes to play with Glebe rugby league club. Gray went on to represent Australia in the Ashes-winning series against England in 1920 and was also a 1921-22 Kangaroo. He was chosen in the First Test at Leeds but suffered a bad knee injury in the 6-5 loss, which limited him to just five matches on tour. Rated by legendary halfback Duncan Thompson as the greatest forward of ‘all time’ for his weight (10st 6lb to 11st), he was a member of the Glebe team beaten by Norths in the 1922 final. Gray later put his judgement to the test as a graded referee and a NSW and Australian selector.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Served in Europe with the 5th Pioneer Battalion during WWI. By the end of the war, he had been promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his efforts.

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions
Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
The Ashes 1 4 1 -   - 6 2 2 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts - 11 6 -   - 18 10 1 0 90.91% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Australia - 8 2 1   - 8 5 3 0 62.50% List
Tour Matches Metropolis - 2 - 1   - 2 1 1 0 50.00% List
Test Series 1 4 1 -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Interstate Series 4 7 3 -   - 9 7 0 0 100.00% List
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 102 33 1   - 101 65 36 1 63.73% List
NSWRFL Finals - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City Cup 1 25 8 1   1 28 14 10 1 56.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1920-21   5 1 1   - 5 2 3 0 40.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1913, 1915, 1919-22   20 8 -   - 24 19 1 0 95.00% List
Metropolis 1915, 1922-23   4 - 1   - 2 3 1 0 75.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1920   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Kangaroos 1922   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1913-1923   26 8 1   0 26 23 3 0 88.46% List


Club Career

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe NSWRFL 1912   4 1 -   - 3 3 1 0 75.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1913   14 8 -   - 24 8 6 0 57.14% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1914   13 6 -   - 18 7 5 1 53.85% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1915   14 5 -   - 15 12 2 0 85.71% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1919   5 3 -   - 9 4 1 0 80.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1920   11 3 -   - 9 6 5 0 54.55% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1921   8 2 1   - 8 6 2 0 75.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1922   14 3 -   - 9 10 4 0 71.43% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1923   4 1 -   - 3 1 3 0 25.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1924   7 - -   - - 4 3 0 57.14% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1925   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Glebe NSWRFL 1926   7 1 -   - 3 3 4 0 42.86% List

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe 1912-15, 1919-26   102 33 1   - 101 65 36 1 63.73% List

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates