Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Walter Messenger
- Born
- Thursday, 9th July, 1891
- Died
- Sunday, 1st January, 1961 (Aged 69 years and 176 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1913
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1912, 1913
- City Cup
- 1914, 1915, 1916
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Dally Messenger
Biography
Younger brother of the immortal Dally Messenger was a member of the Easts' teams that won premierships in 1912-13 (with his brother as captain). At rep level, Wally Messenger appeared in only one match for NSW against Queensland (1913) before playing for the Blues against the visiting England team the following year. He then represented Australia in the final two Tests of the 1914 Ashes series against England. A fine goal-kicker, he landed three goals in Australia’s 12-7 win in the Second Test and scored one of Australia's two tries against a team reduced to ten men in the Lions’ famous ‘Rorke’s Drift’ 14-6 victory in the deciding Test of the series.
- 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 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 98 | 50 | 237 | - | 624 | 62 | 32 | 4 | 63.27% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 3 | 12 | 5 | 36 | - | 87 | 9 | 3 | 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 | 1914 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Metropolis | 1913-15 | 3 | 1 | 15 | - | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1913-14 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1913-1915 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1912 | 7 | 4 | 10 | - | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | 10 | 15 | - | 60 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1914 | 12 | 7 | 29 | - | 79 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1915 | 13 | 5 | 29 | - | 73 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1916 | 11 | 3 | 36 | - | 81 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1917 | 11 | 4 | 23 | - | 58 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1918 | 10 | 7 | 23 | - | 67 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1919 | 13 | 2 | 41 | - | 88 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 61.54% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1920 | 9 | 8 | 31 | - | 86 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1912-20 | 98 | 50 | 237 | - | 624 | 62 | 32 | 4 | 63.27% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron
Sources:
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