Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Herbert Michael Gilbert Jnr
- Born
- Sunday, 13th May, 1917
- Died
- Monday, 31st October, 1983 (Aged 66 years and 170 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- Mick Frawley
- Father
- Herb Gilbert
- Brother
- Jack Gilbert
- Bob Gilbert
Biography
St George hooker, the son of Australian Test captain Herb Gilbert, represented NSW in 1939-41. In 1941 Gilbert was a member of the St George team that captured the club’s first premiership title but the advent of World War II affected his rep career. In 1946 he returned to the State team and played against England in the first post-war Lions tour.
- 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 | 134 | 12 | 4 | - | 44 | 80 | 49 | 5 | 59.70% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 15 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 1939, 1941, 1946 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1939-41, 1946 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Army Firsts | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Fighting Services I | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1942-43 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1939-1946 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1938 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21.43% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1942 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1946 | 17 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1947 | 21 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1948 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1938-43 | 89 | 12 | 2 | - | 40 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 53.93% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1946-48 | 45 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 71.11% | List | |||
| Overall | 1938-1948 | 134 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 80 | 49 | 5 | 59.70% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Newspapers
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