Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Barry John Harris
- Born
- Monday, 9th May, 1938
- Died
- Wednesday, 1st February, 2006 (Aged 67 years and 268 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1962
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1961, 1962
Biography
Newtown forward played for NSW in 1959 and again in 1962 while playing for Dubbo. Harris later played for Souths and Penrith during the club's debut season. He went on to take over as Panthers’ coach in 1975 when Mick Stephenson stood down. Harris carried on the following season with limited success before retiring.
- 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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| Tour Matches | Western Division | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 73 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 28 | 45 | 0 | 38.36% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 95 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 37 | 59 | 0 | 38.95% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1958-60 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1959 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1959 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1959, 1962 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1961-62 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1962 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1958-1962 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1957 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1958 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1959 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1960 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1963 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1964 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1967 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1957-60 | 50 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 48.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1963-64 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Penrith | 1967 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 0 | 26.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1957-1967 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 45 | 0 | 38.36% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Tim Costello

Your Say
2 Sep 2019 7:45am
He coached Bankstown 2nd division in the early 1970*s !!
18 Dec 2025 11:15pm
Barry was later president of the Canterbury-Bankstown Junior Rugby League. Also coached reserve grade at Balmain in 1977.
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