Tom McCabe

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 21st August, 1881
Died
Tuesday, 27th September, 1960 (Aged 79 years and 36 days)
Place Of Birth
Widnes, Cheshire, England

Biography

English-born Tom McCabe immigrated to Australia at the turn of the century but returned to play League in England prior to the formation of the professional code in this country. Returning to Australia in 1908, he lectured and coached players in the rules of 'Northern Union' before joining Glebe. McCabe represented NSW in that pioneer year before playing in the First Test against NZ and is credited with scoring the first Test try for Australia. At the end of the year he toured with the 1908-09 Kangaroos, appearing in the Second Test as well as 19 other matches, but remained in England to play for Oldham after the 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 %  
NRL 9 3 -   - 9 7 2 0 77.78% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 3 3 -   - 9 3 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 21 4 -   - 12 9 11 1 42.86% List
Test Series 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 2 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
The Ashes 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1908-09 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1908, 1910 5 6 -   - 18 5 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe NSWRFL 1908 9 3 -   - 9 7 2 0 77.78% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Glebe 1908 9 3 -   - 9 7 2 0 77.78% List

Your Say

  • Clive Poole
    04/05/2021

    Thomas McCabe was my great grandfather though I know very little about him.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables