Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Edwin Raymond Taplin
- Born
- Sunday, 31st December, 1893
- Died
- Thursday, 25th January, 1968 (Aged 74 years and 25 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Camden, 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
- 1919
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1921, 1922
- City Cup
- 1920
Additional Notes
Played 2 games for Tamworth against the touring New Zealand & English teams in 1919 & 1920 these were played during breaks in the NSWRL competition.
Took a coaching position at Orange(Waratahs) in July 1922 & represented Western Division in 1922, 1923 & 1924, later coached Yeoval in western NSW were he again represented Western NSW against the touring Englishmen in 1928.
His death was reported in the February 1968 edition of Rugby League News. Former teammates Cec Blinkhorn, Frank Rule, Herman Peters and Harry McKinnon acted as pallbearers at his funeral.
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 | Tamworth | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | North Sydney Bears | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Orange | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western New South Wales | - | 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 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 123 | 7 | 3 | - | 27 | 42 | 74 | 7 | 34.15% | List | ||||
| Maher Cup | - | 9 | 2 | 10 | - | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 155 | 14 | 3 | - | 48 | 58 | 89 | 8 | 37.42% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Tamworth | 1919-20 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1919, 1921 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1923-24 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Orange | 1924 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western NSW | 1928 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1919-1928 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1912 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1914 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.71% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1915 | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1916 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1917 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1918 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 21.43% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1919 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7.14% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1920 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1922 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1912-22 | 123 | 7 | 3 | - | 27 | 42 | 74 | 7 | 34.15% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Neil Pollock
Your Say
02/09/2011
ted taplin was my mothers cousin i would love to know more about him ,and possibly a photo.
i've only heard him refeard to as ted,does anyone know if that was short for edward.
15/04/2016
Ted coached Peak hill in 1932 - received 4 pounds a week, free board and lodging for him and his wife. Plus a bonus of not less than 10 pounds at the end of September.
01/02/2023
Died in 1931?
My records: 1893-1968; North Sydney 1913-22; Coached at Orange 1922-24; Camden 1925; Young 1926-27; Yeoval 1928, Cudal 1929, Dunedoo and Hannah's Bridge 1930, Cowra 1931-32, Peak Hill 1932; Camden 1933; Condobolin 1934; Lake Cargelligo 1935-36; later butcher at Camden; played 665 first grade games
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