Playing Career
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
Biography
Souths fullback was understudy to the legendary Clive Churchill during much of his grade career. Murdoch played in the 1952 grand final loss to Wests and the emotional 12-11 win over Newtown in the 1955 grand final when Churchill was unavailable.
- 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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| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Carnival | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 5 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 65.91% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 77.27% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1948 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1949 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1950 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1951 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1952 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1953 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1954 | 4 | - | 7 | - | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1955 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1956 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1948-56 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 65.91% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Wests Archives, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Tim Costello

Your Say
18 Jun 2020 1:11pm
AS a Souths supporter it was a pleasure to watch him play. Souths lost nothing with the absence of clive Churchilwhom I also admired greatly. "THE GLORY DAYS" Brian
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