Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Lawrence Robert Ward
- Born
- Monday, 27th March, 1911
- Died
- Wednesday, 19th December, 1973 (Aged 62 years and 267 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Australia 1935, France vs Australia 1938/39
- Interstate Series
- 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937
Biography
Goulburn product played fullback with Harden-Murrumburrah before coming to Easts in 1933. Fast and elusive, Ward also played centre and five-eighth during his career. Ward represented NSW in two matches in 1933 before going to Maitland. He made his Test debut on the tour of NZ in 1935 and signed on as captain-coach of Norths in 1937 after moving to Crow's Nest in his occupation as a teacher. Ward toured with the 1937-38 Kangaroos that year and played in a total of 7 Tests against NZ, Great Britain and France.
- 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) | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Southern Division | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | NSW Group 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 32 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 23 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 47.83% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Maher Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 78 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 60 | 43 | 1 | 76.92% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1935, 1937-38 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Southern Division | 1930 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Group 9 | 1931-32 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Combined Country | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1932, 1934-35 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1933-35, 1937 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| NSW City Probables | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Northern Division | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Northern NSW | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1930-1937 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 17 | 13 | 1 | 54.84% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1933 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | 1937 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1933-1937 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 47.83% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates, Neil Pollock
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
25 Dec 2022 7:47pm
My mother Patsy Dutfield is 89 and has dementia,speaks very highly of this man,was a teacher of primary school in a little village in nsw,Stuart Town aka Iron bark.mum mentions Mr Ward daily to anyone who will listen,obviously made a huge impression. They say we have two deaths,one the day you die and again when nobody speaks your name.Mr Ward the teacher and all round good sport lives on.
20 Jun 2024 9:46pm
Mr Ward was our headmaster at Bexley primary school in the 1960s. He would often come to our school matches and as a very small fullback got a couple of best player awards from him. He collected all of the autographs from the 1969 Kangaroos reunion for me which I treasure. A lovely man and was loved by students at the school.
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