William Gillespie

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Nickname(s)
Tiger
Born
Thursday, 22nd November, 1894
Died
Tuesday, 11th September, 1945 (Aged 50 years and 292 days)
Place Of Birth
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former Newtown centre 'Tiger' Gillespie played for NSW in 1921 before touring NZ with the state side in 1922.
- 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 90 18 -   - 54 41 42 7 45.56% List
City Cup 33 12 -   - 36 24 9 0 72.73% List
Interstate Matches 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 2 -   - 6 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australasia II 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NRL Finals 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Seconds 1919 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1921-22 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
Metropolis 1922 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Australasia II 1922 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Orange 1924 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1919-1924 6 1 0   0 3 5 1 0 83.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown NSWRFL 1916 12 1 -   - 3 3 8 1 25.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1917 11 2 -   - 6 5 5 1 45.45% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1918 12 2 -   - 6 1 8 3 8.33% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1919 10 5 -   - 15 5 4 1 50.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1920 9 1 -   - 3 5 4 0 55.56% List
Souths NSWRFL 1921 8 2 -   - 6 4 4 0 50.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1922 15 4 -   - 12 9 5 1 60.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1923 13 1 -   - 3 9 4 0 69.23% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newtown 1916-19 45 10 -   - 30 14 25 6 31.11% List
Souths 1920-23 45 8 -   - 24 27 17 1 60.00% List
Overall1916-1923 90 18 0   0 54 41 42 7 45.56% List

Your Say

  • Lee Godfrey
    23/05/2012

    William (Tiger) Gillespie was my maternal Grandfather. He died at age 49 before I was born. Two of his children are alive in 2012 :- Melva and Bette, my mother and aunt. His Grandchildren live in NSW and SE QLD causing mixed emotions over "State-of-Origin" games.
    Rabbitoh's, eh? Thanks Russell.

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