Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Burdett (born Dawson)
- Nickname(s)
- Ponk
- Born
- 1887
- Died
- Thursday, 5th July, 1951
- Place Of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1911
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1910
Additional Notes
Was born Ernest Burdett Dawson in Melbourne in 1887. His father was in the process of divorcing his first wife and he was born with the surname Dawson, he played as Burdett and officially changed his surname to Burdett in 1924.
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 - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 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) | 1 | 101 | 13 | 6 | - | 51 | 39 | 54 | 8 | 38.61% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Reserve Grade | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 108 | 13 | 6 | - | 51 | 43 | 57 | 8 | 39.81% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Reds | 1910 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1911 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1911 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1910-1911 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1908 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1909 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1910 | 14 | 6 | 5 | - | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 78.57% | List | ||||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1911 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.71% | List | ||||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1913 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | ||||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1914 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1915 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1916 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1917 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1919 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1908-10, 1915-17 | 63 | 9 | 6 | - | 39 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 49.21% | List | ||||
| Annandale | 1911, 1913-14, 1919 | 38 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 21.05% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1908-1919 | 101 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 39 | 54 | 8 | 38.61% | List | ||||
NSW/QLD Cup - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown (R) | NSWRFL Reserve Grade 1908 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW/QLD Cup - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown (R) | 1908 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner
Sources:
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