Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John William Groves
- Born
- Thursday, 17th September, 1914
- Died
- Sunday, 12th September, 1993 (Aged 78 years and 360 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Additional Notes
Standing 6ft 3in tall and weighing about 16st, Johnny's rugby union career began in 1933 with North Sydney Swimming Club. He later joined Northern Suburbs and represented New South Wales from 1937 to 1939 before switching to rugby league in 1940. He represented the AIF rugby union team during WWII, and applied to be readmitted to rugby union following the war. He was also a noted cricketer and swimmer.
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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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables
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