Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Francis Joseph Curran
- Born
- Friday, 6th March, 1908
- Died
- Monday, 7th October, 1985 (Aged 77 years and 215 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Australia 1935, 1938/39 France vs. Australia
- Interstate Series
- 1933, 1935, 1936
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1931, 1932
Biography
Tough, competitive prop - a star schoolboy footballer at De La Salle College Armidale - played in Souths’ premiership winning teams in 1931-32. A regular member of the NSW team, and a dual Kangaroo Tourist (1933-34 and 1937-38), he also toured NZ in 1935. Curran had to wait until 1936 to make his Test debut when he appeared in all three Tests against England. On the 1937-38 Kangaroo Tour in Cullen played in two Tests in England and was a member of the historic team that defeated France 35-6 in the international played between the two countries.
- 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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| The Ashes | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Far North Coast | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 36 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 61.11% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 3 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 71 | 16 | 1 | - | 50 | 46 | 23 | 2 | 64.79% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1935-38 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1935-1937 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Far North Coast | 1928 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1932 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1932-36 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW City Possibles | 1932-33 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1933-37 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Police | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1928-1937 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 55.56% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1931 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1932 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1933 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1934 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1935 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1936 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1937 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1931-37 | 71 | 16 | 1 | - | 50 | 46 | 23 | 2 | 64.79% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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