Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Alfred Hammerton
- Born
- Sunday, 12th June, 1927
- Died
- Thursday, 4th July, 1991 (Aged 64 years and 22 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1953, 1956
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1951, 1953
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
Biography
Souths' hooker played in seven consecutive premiership deciders (1949-55), winning premierships in 1950-51 and 1953-55. After making his debut for NSW in 1951 Hammerton made his only Test appearance against France in Brisbane. In 1956 he forced his way back into the NSW side and toured with the Kangaroos (11 matches, no Tests). On retirement he pursued a career as a selector, starting out on the Metropolitan and State panels in 1965. Hammerton served for 18 years as an Australian selector (1970-88) before standing down several years before his death in 1991.
- 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 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australian XIII | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 5 | 157 | 10 | 1 | - | 32 | 106 | 48 | 3 | 67.52% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 72.22% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 179 | 11 | 1 | - | 35 | 135 | 60 | 4 | 75.42% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia XIII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1951, 1953, 1956 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1952-53, 1956 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1952, 1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Riverina | 1953 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1953 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1954, 1956 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1955-57 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1951-1957 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 68.18% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1949 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1950 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1951 | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1952 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1953 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1954 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 78.95% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1955 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1956 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1957 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1958 | 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 % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1947, 1949-58 | 157 | 10 | 1 | - | 32 | 106 | 48 | 3 | 67.52% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Michael Borg, Max Turner, Wests Archives, Tony McCarron, Tim Costello
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