Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Henry Thompson
- Nickname(s)
- Ferret
- Born
- Friday, 22nd September, 1922
- Died
- Wednesday, 29th April, 1992 (Aged 69 years and 219 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Biography
Souths junior was graded in 1942 and represented City in 1944. With interstate matches postponed because of the Second World War Billy Thompson was selected for NSW against a Services team that year. In 1946 he went to Moree as captain-coach and played for Northern NSW against Great Britain in a tour match at Tamworth. Joining the Valleys club in Toowoomba in 1947 Thompson gained selection for Queensland and proved to be the No.1 halfback in the state. Selected as the third halfback on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour he made his Test debut in Australia’s 16-7 First Test loss to Great Britain at Swinton. Although he later toured NZ with the Australian squad in 1949 this was to be Thompson’s only Test appearance.
- 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 | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14.29% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 8 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 32 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 53.13% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 65 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 52.31% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1948-1949 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1943 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1944 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1947-48, 1950 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.50% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1947-50 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1950 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1943-1950 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 26.09% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1942 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1943 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1944 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1945 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1942-46 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 53.13% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Your Say
23 Nov 2018 1:36pm
i would like to find out more about Billy Thompson and as u say he still lives ..somehow i would like to have some contact with him or his family he is my great uncle on my mums side and find out more of stories that i am sure he has ..
hope u can help me
and long live The Bunnies
Wazza
4 Oct 2020 4:56am
My Pa passed away on the 25th of April 1992. Can you please update this.
6 Oct 2023 10:19am
my father also toured France on his 48-49 tour i see there are no statics on this .The team were bombarded with wine bottles in one game and had spectators tackle players during the game
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