Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Edwin Albert William Anderson
- Nickname(s)
- Bear
- Born
- Sunday, 11th March, 1917
- Died
- Wednesday, 8th January, 1992 (Aged 74 years and 303 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maitland, 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
- 1938
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1937, 1938
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1938, 1942
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 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 77 | 15 | 14 | - | 73 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 82 | 16 | 14 | - | 76 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 63.41% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1936-37 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1937 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1938 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1939 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1936-1939 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 13 | 3 | 5 | - | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1943 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1945 | 10 | 1 | 7 | - | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1938-43, 1945-46 | 77 | 15 | 14 | - | 73 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual

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