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Maher Cup
The Maher Cup was an Australian rugby league (originally rugby union) challenge cup contested between towns of the South West Slopes and northern Riverina areas of New South Wales between 1920 and 1971. The main teams involved were Cootamundra, Tumut, Gundagai, Temora, West Wyalong, Young, Harden-Murrumburrah, Junee, Barmedman, Cowra, Grenfell and Boorowa. For more than four decades it remained a particular focus of attention and conversation in these small communities, fostering intense local rivalries. Along with the Foley Shield, it is considered to be the most significant of the regional rugby league challenge cups played in Australia, as well as a sporting and social phenomenon. In parts of New South Wales the Maher Cup "...was to Rugby League what the Melbourne Cup was to racing". According to the ''Tumut and Adelong Times'' in 1931:'' A battered, lidless trophy! If you saw it in a second-hand goods shop you wouldn't give 5/- for it. Yet it represents the ambition and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League In Australia
Rugby league in Australia has been one of Australia's most popular sports since it started being played there in 1908. It is the dominant winter football code in the states of New South Wales and Queensland. In 2009, it was the most watched sport on Australian television eclipsing the AFL nationally with an aggregate audience of 128.5 million viewers. The elite club competition is the National Rugby League (NRL), which features ten teams from New South Wales, three teams from Queensland, and one team each from Victoria (Australia), Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. Australia has a rich history of rugby league, first taking up the sport in 1908 alongside people in Rugby league in the British Isles, Britain and Rugby league in New Zealand, New Zealand. The rule changes over the decades have been partly instigated in Australia as well. The country has been dominant over the other rugby league-playing nations for many years, but enjoys a strong rivalry with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group 9 Rugby League
Group 9 is a rugby league competition based in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, and surrounding areas. The competition is played in five grades, with these being Under 17s, Under 19s, Women's League-Tag, Reserve-Grade and First-Grade. Currently a home and away season consisting of sixteen rounds is played. The best four teams then play-off according to the Page-McIntyre system, culminating in the Group 9 Grand final, which is traditionally held at McDonald's Park in Wagga Wagga. History 1920s-1950s: Foundations Group 9 Rugby League was formed at a meeting at the Grand Hotel, Harden, following a four-hour meeting on 26 April 1923, which finished at 12:20 am the following morning. The foundation clubs were Harden, Murrumburrah, Binalong, Young, Wambanumba, Monteagle, Bendick Murrell, Cootamundra, Junee, Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Tumut, Adelong, West Wyalong, Barmedman, Griffith, Temora, Leeton, Ariah Park and Mildil. Competition in the early years of Group 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jorgenson
Joe Jorgenson (12 September 1921 – 7 May 1993) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s. He was a three-quarter for the Australian national team who played in three Tests in 1946, two as captain. Jorgensen also represented New South Wales and played for Sydney's Balmain club, winning the 1944, 1946 and 1947 Premierships with them. Club career Born in Berry, New South Wales on 21 September 1921 of Norwegian descent, Jorgenson started playing rugby league after he left school at 16. In 1939 he played with the Port Kembla club in the Wollongong competition. He missed the 1940 season through illness but returned in 1941 in which he year he debuted in Country NSW and New South Wales representative sides. In 1944 he joined the Balmain club in Sydney and scored over 100 points, assisting the side to a premiership win. They were runners up to Easts in 1945 and triumphant again in 1946 with Jorgenson scoring two tries in the premiership decider against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevyl Hand
Nevyl Hand (1924-2014) was an Australian professional rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ... footballer who played in the 1940s. He played for North Sydney in the NSWRL competition as a prop. Playing career Hand made his debut for North Sydney in the 1946 season. In 1947, Hand was selected to play for both New South Wales and NSW City. In 1948, Hand was selected to play for Australia and featured in tests against New Zealand and Great Britain. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. At the end of 1948, North Sydney finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon. Hand requested a release from Norths and joined Cootamundra who played in the NSW Country competition. In 1949, Hand was selected to play for NSW Country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Graves (rugby League)
John (Johnny) Graves (19 January 1926 – 23 July 1983) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international representative goal-kicking , he played his club football for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won back-to-back premierships in 1950–51. Club career Known as "Whacka", Graves commenced his footballing in Newcastle, New South Wales and came to the attention of Sydney talent scouts when he scored two tries in his international debut representing Newcastle against a touring British side in 1946. Graves joined South Sydney in 1947 and after only four first grade games was selected for New South Wales. He formed a strong backline pairing with Clive Churchill and was victorious in Grand Finals with Souths in 1950 (scoring two tries) and in 1951 (scoring four tries). Graves was appointed captain-coach of Cootamundra in 1954. The team won the Group 9 premiership. Representative career He debuted for Australia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fraser (rugby League)
Charles "Chook" Fraser (1893–1981) was an Australian rugby league footballer and later coach. He was a versatile three-quarter for the Australian national team. He played in 11 Tests between 1911 and 1920 as captain on 3 occasions. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century Balmain Chook Fraser was born in Short Street, Birchgrove in 1893. A Balmain junior, Fraser was graded with the Balmain Tigers at age 17, before an extraordinary seventeen year first grade career for the club at either fullback or centre from 1910 to 1926.Whiticker pp71-73 He was member of Balmain's premiership winning sides of 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1924. His 185 first grade games stood as the Balmain club record for more than four decades. He was the NSW Rugby Football League's top point scorer in 1916 and 1917. He was selected in both the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Balmain Tigers Team of the Century in the position of centre. Repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cec Fifield
Cec "Dicky" Fifield (1903-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative centre, he played in the NSWRFL premiership for Sydney clubs, Western Suburbs, Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown, as well as in England for Hull FC. Following his playing career, Fifield returned to the NSWRFL premiership as coach, first with Canterbury-Bankstown then with Parramatta. Background Cecil Richard Henry Fifield was born to Sara Ann (née Compton) and George Fifield in Adelong, New South Wales, Australia on 23 September 1903. He played for West Wyalong as a teenager in Group 9. Club career Fifield was recruited to play in the NSWRFL premiership with the Western Suburbs club, playing there during the 1923, 1925-26, 1929 and 1936 seasons. He played over 100 first grade games with the Magpies. He was selected to play for the New South Wales ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Diversi
Peter Diversi (5 April 1932 – 22 January 2018) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for North Sydney and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. Career A lock forward, he played two Tests for Australia in 1954-55 and fourteen matches for New South Wales in 1952-56. A feared defender and tireless worker Diversi played 63 games for the Bears before moving to play for Gundagai and later Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ... between 1958 and 1962. Diversi retired from Sydney football and finished his career at Kurri Kurri, in the Newcastle competition.Whiticker/Hudson "The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players (1995 Edition) () Divers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred De Belin
Fred de Belin (15 October 1920 – 11 February 2006) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and an RAAF Flying Officer who saw active service over Germany during WWII. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played club football in Sydney for Balmain, winning the 1946 NSWRFL Premiership with them and later being appointed their captain. Background De Belin's father Ernest Hector Fred de Belin (1896-1971) lived in Glebe, Sydney when he enlisted in 1916 then three months shy of his twentieth birthday, as reserve for the 1st Battalion AIF. He served on the Western Front as a machine gunner and saw action at Bullecourt and Ypres. He was wounded three times but returned to the front line. Ernest de Belin returned to Australia in July 1919 well after hostilities ended. Fred de Belin was born in Sydney on 15 October 1920 and, with his brothers Bill and Jack, and sister Dorothy Lorraine, was raise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brogan
William Henry Joseph Brogan (28 April 1900 – 6 March 1983) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a New South Wales rugby league team, state and Australia national rugby league team, national representative. Background Brogan was born at West Wyalong, New South Wales on 28 April 1900. Playing career He joined Western Suburbs Magpies in 1929, and after a stirling season, he was selected on the 1929/30 Kangaroo Tour and played in all three tests against England. Brogan is listed on the ''Australian Players Register'' as Kangaroo No.151. Brogan spent five years at Wests between 1929-1933 and won a premiership with them in 1930 NSWRFL season, 1930. Brogan also made 11 appearances for New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales. Coaching career He retired from Sydney football in 1933 to captain-coach Warialda and Moree Rugby Leagues clubs. Death Brogan died at Earlwood, New South Wales on 6 March 1983, aged 83.Sydney Morn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Beavan
Ray Beaven (1936−2018) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for the Eastern Suburbs, Canterbury Bulldogs and for the Australian national side. Beaven began his rugby league career with Eastern Suburbs in Australia's leading competition, the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) in 1958. Beaven, a five-eighth or centre, played 10 matches for the Roosters. In 1960 Beaven moved to the rural NSW township of Tumut where he played for the local side. In 1961 Beaven was selected to represent NSW in 2 interstate matches against Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... and later that year gained selection for the Australian national side for its tour of New Zealand. He returned to the NSWRL in 1962, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundagai Independent
''The Gundagai Independent'' is a newspaper published in Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia since 1898. It was previously published as ''The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate''. History ''The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate'' was first published on 7 September 1898 by Patrick and James Sullivan as a competitor to '' The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong, and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser''. The first issue proclaimed that it would "be run on truly liberal and democratic lines". The ''Independent'' has been continuously published by members of the Sullivan family since its beginning. In 1928 the newspaper shortened its name to ''The Gundagai Independent'' and in 1932 it absorbed its competitor. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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