Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 20th September, 1909
- Died
- Friday, 17th April, 1959 (Aged 49 years and 209 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Another product of Christian Brothers Waverley, Lewis played in Griffith in 1931 before venturing back to Souths. The talented forward first played for NSW in 1935 and represented Australia in two Tests on the tour of NZ. A 1937-38 Kangaroo, Lewis played in seven Tests on tour; two against NZ, three against England and two on the ground-breaking tour of France. Souths coach in 1945, Lewis is credited with precipitating Souths' 'golden era' in the 1950s when he discovered a raw-boned prop playing for the Armed Services in Papua New Guinea at the end of the war. He talked the young player, Jack Rayner, into trialling with Souths after his demobilisation and the rest is history.
- 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 | 76 | 22 | 1 | - | 68 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 60.53% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 22 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
| Test Series | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| City Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1935, 1937-38 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1933-37 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
| NSW City Probables | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1934-37 | 11 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.91% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1933-1938 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 69.57% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1932 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.67% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1933 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1934 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1935 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1936 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | |||
| Souths | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Souths | 1932-37 | 76 | 22 | 1 | - | 68 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 60.53% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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