Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Mervyn John Lees
- Nickname(s)
- Smacka
- Born
- Tuesday, 1st November, 1932
- Died
- Friday, 11th May, 2018 (Aged 85 years and 191 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1954, 1955
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1956
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1956, 1958
Biography
St George and NSW representative centre broke his collarbone in the 1956 grand final against Balmain. In the era before replacements, the champion Dragon side battled on with 12 players to win the match 18-12.
- 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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| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Central Queensland | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 56 | 36 | - | - | 108 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 73.21% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 66 | 46 | - | - | 138 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 78.79% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1954-55 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1954 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1954, 1956 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1954-55 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1956 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Parkes | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South West NSW | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Central QLD | 1959 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1954-1959 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 46.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1953 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1954 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1955 | 19 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 68.42% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1956 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 90.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1958 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1953-56, 1958 | 56 | 36 | - | - | 108 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 73.21% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
27/08/2023
Was my uncle and to me was a ledgen so proud of what he achieved
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