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Wally Prigg

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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
Wally Joseph Prigg
Born
Saturday, 17th October, 1908
Died
Monday, 8th September, 1980 (Aged 71 years and 326 days)

Known Family Links

Uncle
Fred Woolley

Competitions Won

Test Series
1935 New Zealand vs Australia, 1938/39 France vs Australia
Interstate Series
1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1937, 1930

Honours & Awards

International Hall Of Fame
2003
National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
2003

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 23 - 23 7-7 - - - 21 - - - 11 12 - 47.83% List
Other International Matches - 1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
The Ashes - 12 - 12 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 3 9 - 25.00% List
Tour Matches Newcastle Firsts (AU)NWF - 3 - 3 --- - - - - - - - - 3 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches AustraliaAUS - 87 - 87 34-34 - - - 102 - - - 59 28 - 67.82% List
Tour Matches New South Wales FirstsNFI - 42 - 42 17-17 1 - - 53 - - - 30 9 3 71.43% List
Test Series 2 19 - 19 4-4 - - - 12 - - - 8 11 - 42.11% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 9 34 - 34 13-13 - - - 39 - - - 23 9 2 67.65% List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 2 12 - 12 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 2 10 - 16.67% List
NSW City vs Country 2 12 - 12 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 2 10 - 16.67% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tour Matches Coffs HarbourCOF - 1 - 1 2-2 - - - 6 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Country Carnival - 6 - 6 1-1 1 - - 5 - - - 4 2 - 66.67% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  152 - 152 59-59 1 - - 179 - - - 98 51 3 64.47% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1929-30, 1932-38   23 - 23 7-7 - - - 21 - - - 11 12 - 47.83% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1929-1937   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Newcastle (AU) 1927-30, 1934-37   12 - 12 3-3 1 - - 11 - - - 7 5 - 58.33% List
NSW Firsts 1929-39   49 - 49 20-20 1 - - 62 - - - 37 9 3 75.51% List
NSW Country Firsts 1929-39   12 - 12 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 2 10 - 16.67% List
Kangaroos 1930   2 - 2 3-3 - - - 9 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List
NSW Ctry. Possibles 1931-32   2 - 2 --- - - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Combined Country 1932   1 - 1 --- - - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
NSW Ctry. Probables 1933   1 - 1 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Northern Division 1934   1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Northern NSW 1934   1 - 1 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - 100.00% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    17 Jul 2016 11:39pm

    He should be an immortal, as he was the first Australian forward to make 3 kangaroo tours of England and France. He played all his senior football in Newcastle and was named in the NSW country team of the century. From a proud Novacastrian

  • Megan
    24 Apr 2019 8:33am

    Wall Prigg is my grandfather.
    To add what you’ve written already...
    He was known as ‘a gentleman of rugby league’ .
    He was the very first Australian to score a try on French soil.

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