Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Neville Bussey Smith
- Born
- Monday, 13th December, 1915
- Died
- Tuesday, 5th August, 1997 (Aged 81 years and 235 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Orange, 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
- 1941
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1940, 1941
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1941
Biography
At age 22 Neville Smith was appointed the youngest captain-coach in the history of the St George club. Two years later, in 1941, the Dragons won their first premiership under his leadership. Smith came to the club after three seasons with Brisbane Valleys from where he represented Queensland in 1938. He went on to play for NSW in six matches during 1940-41 (captain in 1940) but did not play for Australia because of the outbreak of war. In the 1941 grand final against Easts, he was knocked unconscious in a heavy tackle but recovered to score l3pts (1t, 5g) in the 31-14 win. Smith sat out the 1942 season before returning to the club as captain-coach in 1943.
- 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 | Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | St George Dragons | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | - | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | - | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 69 | 18 | 118 | - | 290 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 57.97% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | 3 | 19 | - | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 83 | 31 | 139 | - | 371 | 53 | 37 | 4 | 63.86% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1937-38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1938 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1940-41 | 8 | 9 | 14 | - | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1940-41 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1937-1941 | 19 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 96 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 57.89% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 3 | 44 | - | 97 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 1 | 32 | - | 67 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 10 | 27 | - | 84 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 1 | 15 | - | 33 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1947 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1939-41, 1943 | 59 | 15 | 118 | - | 281 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 59.32% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1947 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1939-1947 | 69 | 18 | 118 | 0 | 290 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 57.97% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Tim Costello
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Newspapers
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