Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Henry Benson
- Nickname(s)
- Binghi
- Born
- Sunday, 19th March, 1893
- Died
- Saturday, 25th May, 1968 (Aged 75 years and 67 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1921
Biography
Glebe halfback toured NZ with NSW in 1922. Benson captained 'Rest of Australia' against the Kangaroos in 1924 and was a NSW rep against England but could not crack a spot in Australia's Test side. He later played for St George's in the club's maiden premiership final, the 20-11 loss to Souths in 1927. Sadly, Benson passed away after watching the Australia v Great Britain match during the 1968 World Cup, age 75.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Born in Woolloomooloo, NSW.
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 | New South Wales Seconds | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 109 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 69 | 39 | 1 | 63.30% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 32 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 59.38% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 140 | 23 | 1 | - | 71 | 94 | 61 | 2 | 67.14% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1921-24 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Australasia II | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Seconds | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1924 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1921-1924 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1916 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1917 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1918 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1919 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1920 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1922 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1923 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1924 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1927 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Glebe | 1916-24 | 94 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 59 | 35 | 0 | 62.77% | List | ||||
| St George | 1927 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1916-1927 | 109 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 69 | 39 | 1 | 63.30% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner
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