Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Frank Fuller Saunders
- Nickname(s)
- Fatty
- Born
- Tuesday, 11th November, 1902
- Died
- Wednesday, 19th July, 1978 (Aged 75 years and 250 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
St George winger, the father of noted cricketer Warren Saunders, played for NSW against the visiting England side in 1924.
- 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 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Carnival | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 73 | 51 | 20 | - | 193 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 53.42% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 82 | 55 | 21 | - | 207 | 44 | 47 | 2 | 53.66% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Metropolis | 1923 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1924 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1924 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1924-25 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1923-1925 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1923 | 14 | 9 | 12 | - | 51 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1924 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1925 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1926 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1927 | 17 | 18 | 1 | - | 56 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1928 | 14 | 7 | 2 | - | 25 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1929 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1923-29 | 73 | 51 | 20 | - | 193 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 53.42% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner
Your Say
19 Jun 2017 6:14pm
Frank had a good side step but in later years it was found hat he had one leg shorter than the other which it is thought gave him the good side step..it is also said that he ran the length of earls park to score after his shorts had been ripped off
9 May 2021 12:58pm
Frank is my Dad. So very proud of him. Even the Victorian grandchildren barrack for St. GEORGE. PAULINE AMY
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