Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Andrew McLaren Norval
- Born
- Friday, 26th April, 1912
- Died
- Sunday, 16th May, 1999 (Aged 87 years and 20 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- France vs Australia 1938/39
- Interstate Series
- 1938, 1941
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1938, 1940, 1941
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bob Norval
Biography
Brilliant Easts lock during the club's ‘golden era’ in the 1930s started his career in Newcastle after playing Australian Rules football in South Australia. Norval played in Easts’ final victories in 1935-36 before showing his versatility on the 1937-38 Kangaroo Tour. Incredibly, he made his Test debut on the wing in the Third Test against England before playing in the first two Tests staged in France. Norval took his place in Easts’ ‘international’ pack (Stehr, Pearce and Pierce) and played in one more premiership success in 1940. He represented NSW between 1938-41 but did not play in another Test because of the advent of World War II.
- 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) | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Roosters | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 16 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 68.75% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 4 | 106 | 42 | 1 | - | 128 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 69.81% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 144 | 65 | 1 | - | 197 | 114 | 35 | 10 | 79.17% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1937-38 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1934-37, 1939 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Possibles | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1936-37 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1937-38, 1940-41 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1938, 1940-41 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1938, 1940-41 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1934-1941 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 52.17% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 14 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.86% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 84.62% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1938 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1939 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1934-41 | 106 | 42 | 1 | - | 128 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 69.81% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
4 May 2009 1:40pm
Andy Norval was a humble and gifted player of the 1930s who enjoyed the game and was a Eastern Suburbs club player always. Andy had great admiration for his team mates.
He played the game at all levels and retired without ever playing in lower grades.
He was a wonderful husband and father and passed away in 1999.
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