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Fred Woolley

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Frederick Woolley
Born
Friday, 5th March, 1880
Died
Monday, 17th January, 1955 (Aged 74 years and 318 days)
Place Of Birth
England

Known Family Links

Nephew
Wally Prigg

Competitions Won

Test Series
1909 Australia vs New Zealand

Biography

Pioneer fullback, a Newcastle junior, represented Northern Districts Rugby Union in the 1903 ‘Country Week’ carnival before playing against the Great Britain Lions the following year. Shifting to Glebe Rugby Union club in 1905-06, he joined neighbours Balmain in 1907-08 before switching codes to play for the newly formed Balmain Rugby League Club in the NSWRL’s debut season. In 1909 Woolley made his Test debut against NZ in the 19-11 loss in Sydney and was not surprisingly dropped for the second match of the series in Brisbane, which was dominated by Queensland players. Woolley was reinstated for the Third Test of the series, which Australia won 25-5. This was to be his only season in representative football and he left Balmain the following year to play in the Newcastle competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Additional Notes

Born Tipton, West Midlands, UK.

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Tour Matches MetropolisMTR - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 25 - 25 - - - - - - - 17 8 - 68.00% List
NRL Finals - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  31 - 31 - - - - - - - 20 11 - 64.52% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1909   2 - 2 - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Metropolis 1909   1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1909   4 - 4 - - - - - - - 1 3 - 25.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
BalmainBalmain 19081908 NSWRFL   2 - 2- - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
BalmainBalmain 19091909 NSWRFL   11 - 11- - - - - - - 9 2 - 81.82% List
BalmainBalmain 19101910 NSWRFL   12 - 12- - - - - - - 7 5 - 58.33% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP T G FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Balmain 1908-10   25 - 25 - - - - - - - 17 8 - 68.00% List

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