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Ray Morris (racing Driver)
Ray Morris (1908-1933) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. A New South Wales representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs (with whom he won the 1930 NSWRFL Premiership), then for Sydney University until his death on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Playing career Morris played first grade for the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Western Suburbs club from 1927 to 1932. During this time he helped Wests to victory the 1930 competition's premiership final, scoring a try, and also played in the 1932 season's final. Morris moved to the Sydney University team for the 1933 NSWRFL season, and following strong performances for New South Wales against Queensland, became the club's first player to be selected for the Australia national team squad when he embarked on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Whilst en route by ship to London, Morris developed an ear infection and meningitis af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. Ashfield's population is highly multicultural. Its urban density is relatively high for Australia, with the majority of the area's dwellings being a mixture of mainly post-war low-rise flats (apartment blocks) and Federation-era detached houses. Amongst these are a number of grand Victorian buildings that offer a hint of Ashfield's rich cultural heritage. History Aboriginal people Prior to the arrival of the British, the area now known as Ashfield was inhabited by the Wangal people. Wangal country was believed to be centered on modern-day Concord and stretched east to the swampland of Long Cove Creek (now known as Hawthorne Canal). The land was heavily wooded at the time with tall eucalypts covering the higher ground and a variety of swampy trees along Iron Cove Creek. The people hunted by killing nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 NSWRFL Season
The 1932 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-fifth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. During the season, which lasted from April until September, eight teams from across the city contested the premiership, culminating in South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney’s victory over Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs in the final. Teams * Balmain Tigers, Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall * Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall * Newtown Jets, Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908 * North Sydney Bears, North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908 * South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall * St. George Dragons, St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts * Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908 * Sydney University rugby league team, University, formed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kelly (rugby League)
William Martin Kelly (1892–1975), born in Westport, New Zealand was a rugby league football identity who enjoyed success in New Zealand and Australia as both a player and coach in the first half of the 20th century. He played for Wellington, the Balmain Tigers, New South Wales and for both the New Zealand and Australian national sides. He also had a long coaching career with five different clubs in the NSWRFL in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and with New Zealand in 1932. Early years Born in Westport, Kelly played first class rugby union for Buller when he was 18 and later represented Wellington. Playing career He began playing rugby union for the Westport Rivals club in 1909. In 1910 he was again playing for them and at the end of the season he was selected to play for Buller. His debut representative match for them was against West Coast on September 10. Buller lost 16-0 with Kelly at five eighth. 3 days later he played against Inangahua and scored a try in a 6-3 loss. He t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Cann
Wiliam A. Cann (1882–1958) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s who later wrote for ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. A New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales state and Australia national rugby league team, Australia national representative Rugby league positions#Loose forward / Lock forward, lock forward, he has been named as one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. Cann played his club football for South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney with whom he won the 1914 NSWRFL Premiership. In 1907 he played for New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. Cann was also a long-term administrator at Souths and a football journalist. Playing career Cann, a contemporary of Dally Messenger and Albert Rosenfeld, began his playing career as a Rugby unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
