Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Frederick Lapham
- Nickname(s)
- Curly
- Born
- Tuesday, 2nd July, 1901
- Died
- Tuesday, 19th September, 2000 (Aged 99 years and 79 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, 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
- 1927
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928
- City Cup
- 1925
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Edward Fulham
- Harry Lapham
Biography
Rated the fastest forward in the game during the 1920s after finishing third behind Benny Wearing in the '100 yards Championship of the League' in 1923 (he easily won the forwards race!) 'Curly' Lapham started his career with St George. He joined Souths in an era when the club won four premierships (1925-28).
- 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 | New South Wales Firsts | - | 14 | 5 | 4 | - | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 4 | 89 | 47 | 1 | - | 143 | 49 | 38 | 2 | 55.06% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 30 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 121 | 57 | 5 | - | 181 | 68 | 73 | 2 | 56.20% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Metropolis | 1922-23, 1927 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1922, 1926-28 | 14 | 5 | 4 | - | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1925 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1928 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1922-1928 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1922 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1923 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1924 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1925 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1926 | 12 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1927 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1928 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1929 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1921-24, 1929 | 53 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 32.08% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1925-28 | 36 | 36 | 1 | - | 110 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1921-1929 | 89 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 49 | 38 | 2 | 55.06% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Tim Costello
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