Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Clifford George Pearce
- Born
- Thursday, 4th April, 1907
- Died
- Monday, 19th July, 1976 (Aged 69 years and 107 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Uralla, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Wests centre who played in the club's first grand final win in 1930 made 7 Test appearances during his career - all against England. Pearce represented NSW in 1928-29 while playing for Tamworth and later scored a try on debut while playing on the wing for Australia in the Third Test of the 1928 Ashes series. A regular in the state sides during the early 1930s, he played in three Tests against England in 1932 before touring with the 1933-34 Kangaroos. Pearce played in all three Tests on tour (and 24 other matches) but broke his leg playing in a Kangaroos v The Rest promotional match on his return and missed Wests' second premiership title.
- 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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| Country Carnival | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 31 | 5 | 2 | - | 19 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 61.29% | List | |||
| Test Series | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 17 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 5 | 2 | 6 | - | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NRL | 84 | 26 | 12 | - | 102 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| City Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1928, 1932-34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Northern NSW | 1928 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Seconds | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1928-33, 1936 | 28 | 4 | 3 | - | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 53.57% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1928-29 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Combined Country | 1929 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| North West NSW | 1929 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1930, 1932, 1936 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1930-33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | - | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Rest of Australia | 1930 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Probables | 1931-33 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Possibles | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1928-1936 | 50 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 71 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 52.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1929 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1930 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.25% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1931 | 12 | 5 | 3 | - | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 14 | 9 | 5 | - | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1938 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Western Suburbs | 1929-33, 1935-37 | 79 | 26 | 9 | - | 96 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 58.23% | List | |||
| North Sydney | 1938, 1940 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1929-1940 | 84 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 57.14% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
Dianne Libby pearce says: This was my uncle my Dads brother .Also brother to Desmond Pearce who died 30th February 2014 at the age of 90years .Last of the pearce brothers.Have found memories that I shall have forever .Dianne Libby pearce (10/04/2014)
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