Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- David John Barsley
- Born
- Tuesday, 3rd October, 1939
- Died
- Monday, 31st May, 2021 (Aged 81 years and 240 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Endeavour Cup
- 1970
Biography
Wests winger, a fine goal-kicker and a capable try-scorer graded from Strathfield, played in the club's losses to St George in the 1961-63 grand finals.
- 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 | NSW North Coast | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western Suburbs Magpies | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 174 | 51 | 199 | 3 | 557 | 81 | 90 | 3 | 46.55% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 32 | 7 | 41 | - | 103 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 209 | 62 | 244 | 3 | 680 | 101 | 108 | 6 | 48.33% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Coast | 1964 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW North Coast | 1964 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1964 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1966 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1964-1966 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1959 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1960 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1961 | 13 | 10 | 5 | - | 40 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1962 | 16 | 4 | 12 | - | 36 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1963 | 12 | 4 | 14 | - | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1965 | 18 | 5 | 30 | - | 75 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1966 | 13 | 3 | 38 | - | 85 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1967 | 22 | 2 | 11 | - | 28 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1968 | 21 | 3 | 22 | - | 53 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1969 | 19 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 114 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 26.32% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1970 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 40.91% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1971 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1959-63, 1965-68 | 127 | 41 | 132 | - | 387 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 51.97% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1969-71 | 47 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 170 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 31.91% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1971 | 174 | 51 | 199 | 3 | 557 | 81 | 90 | 3 | 46.55% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Wests Archives, Tim Costello
Sources:
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Your Say
2 Jan 2014 1:56pm
Avery good player who could play in several positions& handy Goal kicker.
30 May 2015 4:25pm
A great guy,I remember a try he scored against the touring French side ,albeit too late for the Magpies to win it,out at the famous Lidcombe Oval on a cold winters night.
I saw him one day when I was very young practicing kicks at Croydon Park Park and asked for some tips ,which he was more than happy to help.
He helped me but I was never destined to be a goal kicker.
Thank you Dave.
Regards,
Mark R
27 Jun 2015 9:19pm
Remember Dave as a very good winger.
He worked at Arnotts Biscuits Company as a Sales Representaptive .I had the pleasure to meet him and make him a good cup of tea when he called at G and G supermarket at Summer Hill.As i was an avid Saint George supporter we had some very lively discussions as to which team would win the next time the Magpies and the Dragons met .Trust he is in good health .TonySaliba
26 Feb 2020 3:11pm
Dave.......What a golfer also, can play to his handicap with ease.......
28 May 2020 6:40pm
I think he played as fullback in 1972 for Ryde Eastwood in 2nd Div - they won premiership. It was a tremendous backline with several other ex-First graders. He scored a couple of tries against us at UNSW.
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