Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 16th May, 1936
- Died
- Thursday, 29th October, 1998 (Aged 62 years and 166 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1963/1964
- Test Series
- Australia vs New Zealand 1963, Australia vs South Africa 1963, France vs Australia 1963/64, Australia vs France 1964
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1965
- Bulimba Cup
- 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Biography
Brisbane Wests forward, originally from Caboolture, made his state debut as a lock in 1961 before touring NZ with the Australian team. Although an ankle injury sidelined him for much of that tour Day finally represented his country against NZ and South Africa in 1963 before touring with the Ashes-winning 1963-64 Kangaroos. He played in 18 games on tour, including the 50-12 ‘Swinton Massacre’ against Great Britain that secured the Ashes, and also one Test in France. Day’s last Test series was against France the following year and, in 1965, he defied a QRL ban blocking their state players from going to NSW to join Manly. He captained the club for several seasons but injury ruled him out of the club's loss to Souths in the 1968 grand final. Day later returned to Brisbane in 1969 to coach Redcliffe and later Souths. He passed away in 1998, aged 62.
- 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) | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 26 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 84.62% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 5 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 70 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 55.71% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 18 | 3 | 0 | - | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 130 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 94 | 52 | 5 | 72.31% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1963-64 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1963 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1959-61, 1963-64 | 16 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1961, 1963-64 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.43% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1967 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1967 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 48.39% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1965 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1966 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1967 | 18 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1968 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 5 | 1 | 70.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1965-68 | 70 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 55.71% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Alan Whiticker, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates
Your Say
26 Jun 2017 6:36pm
Kennie Day was a big side stepping second rower. Played with Barry Muir at Wests in Brisbane before going to Sydney. He could bust a side open with his side step, and I feel he was very much under rated. He certainly was a star while playing in Brisbane.
30 Oct 2021 4:31pm
Ken also went to Townsville in 1962 where he captain coached the Townsville representative team to win the Foley Shield as well as Townsville Souths to win the local competition.
11 Feb 2026 10:03pm
I think it was Ken Day when defending his teams try line against Easts that he tackled Barry (Bunny) Reilly who took offence when tackled by Ken. Bunny got up off the ground and hit Ken flush on the Jaw and Ken Day went down like a bag of potatoes to the ground in a game between Many & Easts at the Sydney Sports Ground. They were tough nuts in those days. ????
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