Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Richards
- Born
- Tuesday, 4th August, 1896
- Died
- Sunday, 14th July, 1968 (Aged 71 years and 344 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1920
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1923
- QRL
- 1916, 1920, 1920, 1922
Additional Notes
Travelled to Sydney in June 1922 for the Australasia II game v Kangaroos and decided to stay and signed with Newtown.
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 - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QRL/QRL First Round/QRL Second Round/NSWRFL/BRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.25% | List | ||||
| QRL/QRL First Round/QRL Second Round/NSWRFL/BRL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QRL | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | - | 69 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 73.08% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 71 | 24 | 10 | - | 92 | 64 | 25 | 1 | 90.14% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1920-22 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1919-22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Combined NZ/QLD | 1921 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Australasia II | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1919-1922 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
QRL/QRL First Round/QRL Second Round/NSWRFL/BRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wests | QRL 1916 | 8 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Wests | QRL 1917 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Wests | QRL 1919 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Wests | QRL First Round 1920 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Wests | QRL Second Round 1920 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Wests | QRL 1921 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Wests | BRL 1922 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1922 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1923 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
QRL/QRL First Round/QRL Second Round/NSWRFL/BRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wests | 1916-17, 1919-22 | 26 | 17 | 9 | - | 69 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 73.08% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1922 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1923 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1916-1923 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 76.19% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, RedcapsBRL.org, Paul Carter
Sources:
Redcap's BRL
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