Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Charles Bliss
- Born
- Monday, 30th August, 1920
- Died
- Friday, 9th August, 1974 (Aged 53 years and 344 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Balmain, 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
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1948, 1947, 1951
Biography
Dashing winger, a professional beach sprint champion with 12 Australian sprint titles to his credit, scored a club record-equalling five tries for Norths in a match against Easts in 1944. Bliss made his debut for NSW while playing for Manly in their inaugural season (1947). He went on to make one Test appearance, against France in 1951, but missed the club's maiden grand final appearance that year because of injury. He remained closely associated with the Manly club right up to his death in 1974.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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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 | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 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 | 1 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 126 | 80 | - | - | 240 | 50 | 74 | 2 | 39.68% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 138 | 92 | - | - | 276 | 59 | 81 | 5 | 42.75% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Metropolis Seconds | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1944, 1946, 1948-49 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1945, 1951 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1946, 1950 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1946-48, 1951 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1947, 1951 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1948 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1944-1951 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 69.57% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1942 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1944 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1945 | 15 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1946 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1947 | 14 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1948 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1949 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1951 | 14 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1953 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1942-43 | 15 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | 1944-46 | 35 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 45.71% | List | ||||
| Manly | 1947-53 | 76 | 41 | - | - | 123 | 25 | 50 | 1 | 32.89% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1942-1953 | 126 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 50 | 74 | 2 | 39.68% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
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