Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Francis Michael Farrell
- Nickname(s)
- Bumper
- Born
- Saturday, 16th September, 1916
- Died
- Tuesday, 23rd April, 1985 (Aged 68 years and 219 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Surry Hills, 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
- 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1948, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1943
- City Cup
- 1942
Known Family Links
- Grandson
- Jack Elsegood
- Brother-in-law
- John Whitfield
Biography
Tough prop during the war years, 'Bumper' Farrell was a stoic clubman for the Blue Bags. While he represented NSW in 13 matches between 1939-50, he had to wait until after the war to represent Australia in three Tests against Great Britain in 1946. Farrell captained Newtown to a grand final victory in 1943 (and a controversial defeat by Balmain the following year) and was implicated in a celebrated biting incident involving St George's Bill McRitchie in 1945. (Farrell was exonerated after stating that he had left his teeth in jar in the dressing room!) Captain-coach of Newtown from 1946-51, his final Test appearance was against NZ in 1948. When the popular policeman retired in 1951, he had become the first to play over 250 grade games for a Sydney club and remains the only Newtown player to top the 200 first grade mark.
- 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) | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 58.82% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 204 | 24 | - | - | 72 | 111 | 83 | 10 | 54.41% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 240 | 32 | - | - | 96 | 140 | 112 | 16 | 58.33% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1946, 1948 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1939, 1941, 1950 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1939-41, 1945-48, 1950 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 65.22% | List | ||||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1940, 1942-46, 1948 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1942, 1944 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Police | 1942 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1944 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1950 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1939-1950 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 72.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1938 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1939 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15.38% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1940 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1941 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1942 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1943 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1944 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1945 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1946 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1947 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1948 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 68.42% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1949 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1950 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1951 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1938-51 | 204 | 24 | - | - | 72 | 111 | 83 | 10 | 54.41% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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