Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Robert William Batty
- Nickname(s)
- Roadie
- Born
- Sunday, 1st October, 1939
- Died
- Wednesday, 9th June, 2004 (Aged 64 years and 252 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Allan Batty
Biography
Veteran Manly fullback, a highly consistent player for the club during the 1960s, retired as the club's greatest point-scorer with a record 257 grade games to his credit. Bob Batty came to the club from Murwillumbah and was a member of the Manly's reserve grade side that won the premiership in 1960. Not overly robust, Batty started his career as a winger but developed into a safe, reliable fullback in defence and a fine attacking player who more than held his own in a decade which produced a host of champion fullbacks. A member of Manly's losing grand final teams in 1968 and 1970, Batty retired after a trial match at the beginning of 1972, leaving the way for his young successor, Graham Eadie. This meant that he missed out on the club's maiden grand final win against Easts that year but he was the first clubman to amass over 1000 career points (ironically, a record overtaken by Eadie in the 1970s). Batty was later a lower grade coach of the club during the mid-1970s. Batty passed away in 2004, aged 65.
- 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 | 198 | 40 | 501 | 18 | 1154 | 114 | 79 | 5 | 57.58% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 12 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 43 | 11 | 110 | 4 | 261 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 58.14% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Sydney Colts | 1964 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1959 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 12 | 7 | 8 | - | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 12 | 2 | 4 | - | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1964 | 18 | 4 | 21 | - | 54 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1965 | 18 | 2 | 52 | - | 110 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1966 | 18 | 5 | 79 | - | 173 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1967 | 18 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 135 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1968 | 22 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 142 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 63.64% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1969 | 23 | 3 | 86 | 3 | 187 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 65.22% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1970 | 24 | 2 | 74 | 9 | 172 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 70.83% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1971 | 24 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 117 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 79.17% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | 1959-71 | 198 | 40 | 501 | 18 | 1154 | 114 | 79 | 5 | 57.58% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Whiticker
Your Say
26/10/2022
Born January 18, 1939, Not October 1.
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