Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 26th March, 1910
- Died
- Monday, 13th August, 1973 (Aged 63 years and 140 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1938, 1939, 1941
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1938, 1942
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- Cecil Kirkaldy
Biography
Rated the best Australian hooker since ‘Sandy’ Pearce, Roy Kirkaldy was denied the chance to play for Australia because of the advent of World War II. He played for 14 seasons with Waratah Mayfield in the Newcastle competition before moving to C’bury in 1938. Despite being 28 years of age Kirkaldy spent a decade with the club and, with Henry Porter and Eddie Burns, formed one of the most potent front row partnerships the game has seen. Kirkaldy, 'the prince of hookers', won premierships with the club in 1938 and 1942 and represented NSW in ten matches during 1938-41 (he overcame a serious injury in 1943 to continue his career with C’bury). Kirkaldy passed away in 1973, aged 63.
- 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 | - | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 147 | 11 | 6 | - | 45 | 84 | 57 | 6 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 171 | 17 | 7 | - | 65 | 111 | 72 | 8 | 64.91% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1933, 1937 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Ctry. Possibles | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1938, 1940 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1938-41 | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1938-41 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Felsh's Team | 1940 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1933-1941 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 64.29% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 0 | 2 | 86.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 16 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 16 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1943 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1944 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1945 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1946 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1947 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1948 | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 35.71% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1938-48 | 147 | 11 | 6 | - | 45 | 84 | 57 | 6 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Wests Archives, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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