Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Herbert Patrick Maher
- Nickname(s)
- Paddy
- Born
- Friday, 4th September, 1903
- Died
- Tuesday, 8th January, 1980 (Aged 76 years and 126 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1929
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1928
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932
Known Family Links
- Brother
- B Maher
- Nephew
- Mick Maher
Biography
Lismore centre played for Souths during the club's five-year reign as premiers (1925-29). After captaining South, Country and NSW in 1928, Maher made his only Test appearance in the less familiar role of winger against England in the Second Test in Sydney. Although dropped for the remainder of the series (incredibly, he suffered a similar fate at club level that year), Maher’s good form at club and State level the following year led to his selection as vice-captain to Queensland’s Tom Gorman on the 1929-30 Kangaroo Tour. He played in 12 matches (no Tests) on tour and later captained Souths in the club's 1931 grand final win over Easts.
- 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 - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Far North Coast | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Seconds | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.33% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 4 | 44 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 73 | 25 | 1 | - | 77 | 61 | 26 | 1 | 83.56% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Far North Coast | 1927-28 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Seconds | 1928 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1928-29, 1932 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1928 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Combined City | 1929 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Northern Division | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1927-1934 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 68.18% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1928 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1929 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1930 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1931 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1932 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1928-32 | 44 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
26 Sep 2015 8:52pm
I taught with him at Berala PS ( 1968?). He was a well mannered polite and courteous gentleman who loved children.
31 Jul 2018 9:44pm
I knew him as a teacher at Berala PS.(1968 /70). He probably came out of retirement because of the teacher shortage.He was a well spoken old gentleman. He told me how the Education Dept. threatened him with the sack because he wrote for one of the papers. In their mind , you could only have one job.
24 Jan 2020 7:52pm
He was deputy Principal and my teacher at Auburn Central PS in the early sixties
21 Dec 2020 9:43pm
Did Paddy Maher ever play for Baradine around 1930?
18 Aug 2021 9:22am
Mr. Maher was my 5th. and 6h.class teacher in 1949 and 1950 at Redfern Central Primary (GeorgeO),he was the best teacher I ever had, he taught us how to grow into men and to meet lifes challenges head on with confidence...
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