Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Noel Douglas Pidding
- Born
- Wednesday, 13th July, 1927
- Died
- Saturday, 17th August, 2013 (Aged 86 years and 35 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1950, 1954
- Interstate Series
- 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1949
Biography
Maitland fullback set a host of impressive point-scoring records at club and Test level after re-establishing his reputation as a great winger. After joining St George in 1947 Pidding made his Test debut as fullback against NZ in 1948 but, after a poor game, he was replaced by the great Clive Churchill and missed the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour. His representative career was rescued when he was moved to the wing and he played in that position in St George's 1949 grand final victory against Souths. In 1950 he was given the goal-kicking duties in the City-Country match and scored an individual record 27pts (1t, 12g). In 1951 Pidding became the first St George player to top 200pts (14t, 79g) in a season and played against Great Britain (1950), France (1951) and NZ (1952) before touring with the 1952-53 Kangaroos. Playing in five Tests on tour, as well as in 17 other matches, he scored 228pts (18t, 87g) - second only to Dave Brown's record with the 1933-34 Kangaroos. His career as an incisive, deceptive winger and exceptional goal-kicker continued in Tests against NZ (1953) and Great Britain (1954) with his last appearance for Australia being the 1954 World Cup. That year Pidding scored the then individual points record for an Australian player in Anglo-Australian Tests with 19pts (1t, 8g) in the First Test at the SCG. He left St George to return to Maitland after the club’s loss to Souths in the 1953 grand final but later played a season and a half with Easts in 1955-56.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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The Ashes | 2 | 6 | 3 | 26 | - | 122 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | - | 3 | - | 8 | - | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 9 | 4 | 34 | - | 80 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | - | 39 | 31 | 142 | - | 377 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 69.23% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 2 | 4 | 16 | - | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 2 | 16 | 6 | 53 | - | 63 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
Interstate Series | 5 | 20 | 17 | 59 | - | 169 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 70.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | - | 6 | 6 | 23 | - | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Country Carnival | - | 4 | 3 | 15 | - | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 126 | 43 | 313 | - | 755 | 67 | 52 | 7 | 53.17% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | 6 | 19 | - | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1948, 1950-54 | 19 | 6 | 61 | - | 140 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 42.11% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1948-1954 | 2 | 1 | 9 | - | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1948-1954 | 3 | - | 8 | - | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
NSW Country Seconds | 1946, 1954 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSW Firsts | 1947-48, 1950-54 | 30 | 21 | 93 | - | 249 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSW City Firsts | 1947-48, 1950, 1952-53, 1955 | 6 | 6 | 23 | - | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
NSW City Seconds | 1949, 1951 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Sydney Firsts | 1953, 1955 | 3 | 4 | 24 | - | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Kangaroos | 1953 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Newcastle (AU) | 1954 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1946-1955 | 45 | 33 | 160 | 0 | 419 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 71.11% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1947 | 17 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1948 | 16 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1949 | 17 | 5 | 20 | - | 55 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 64.71% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1950 | 15 | 6 | 49 | - | 116 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 46.67% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1951 | 16 | 14 | 79 | - | 200 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1952 | 8 | 5 | 41 | - | 97 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1953 | 14 | 3 | 53 | - | 115 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1955 | 16 | 7 | 48 | - | 117 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 43.75% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1956 | 7 | 2 | 17 | - | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
St George | 1947-53 | 103 | 34 | 248 | - | 598 | 59 | 38 | 6 | 57.28% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | 1955-56 | 23 | 9 | 65 | - | 157 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34.78% | List | ||||
Overall | 1947-1956 | 126 | 43 | 313 | 0 | 755 | 67 | 52 | 7 | 53.17% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Gary Neale, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Michael Borg, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
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