Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Nevyl Reginald Hand
- Born
- Friday, 2nd March, 1923
- Died
- Friday, 11th April, 2014 (Aged 91 years and 40 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, 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
- 1947, 1948
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1948, 1947
Biography
Norths prop, and captain, played for NSW in 1947-48 and took his place in the Australian side when Eddie Brosnan pulled out on the eve of the Second Test against NZ in 1948. That match earned Hand a place on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour and the vigorous forward played in 13 matches including the Second Test against Great Britain. On his return, Hand successfully negotiated a release from Norths (which had finished last in 1948) to captain-coach Cootamundra. As a result, the ARL inserted a clause into all contracts stating that an international player must play for his club the year after returning from an overseas trip. Hand later played for Gundagai in 1953 and was also a first grade referee in the Riverina and Maher Cup competitions.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Served in WWII at the age of 19, fighting in Borneo.
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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Riverina | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 29 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 44.83% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 54 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 53.70% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1948 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1947-48 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1947-48 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1949 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Riverina | 1950-51, 1954 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1947-1954 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1946 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1947 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1948 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1946-48 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 44.83% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Wests Archives, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates
Your Say
31 Mar 2012 10:12pm
Hi I am Nevyls daughter and would like to advise you that in 1949 dad was captain coach of the Gundagai Tigers not Cootamundra his great mate Fred DeBelin Who Played with him on the 1948 kangaroo tour went to Cootamundra.thankyou for this opportunity to comment. Dad is currently residing in the Cootamundra Nursing Home
20 Feb 2018 1:09pm
Nevyl was a great bloke good fun to be with
both on and off the field
JIM DOYLE
former cootamundra player
19 May 2024 6:48pm
Nevyl was like all rugby league internationals invited to the annual reunion of players. Nevyl was also invited to the annual reunion of North Sydney players. In his older years Nevyl used to come and stay at my place at Chatswood for a week so he could go to both reunions. He would take me along to the North Sydney reunion. Nevyl was my mother's brother which means that I was Nevyl's nephew. Ron McPhail
19 Oct 2024 8:20pm
wHAT A DAY! mY NEPHEW MENTIONED THAT HIS MOTHER WAS A RELATRIVE TO
What a day! My nephew John mentioned that his late mother (nie Hunter)was a distant relative to Nevyl. Its John"s 60th Birthday shortly so i've printed Nevyl's Playing career.
My husband played Group 19 V south coast,Canberra, Goulburn mid 50's-60's & remembered Nevyl, a great footballer.
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