Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Edward Hampstead
- Born
- Monday, 10th May, 1920
- Died
- Sunday, 4th October, 1992 (Aged 72 years and 147 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Petersham, 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
- 1945, 1946
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1943, 1945, 1946
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1944, 1946
Known Family Links
- Grandson
- Sean Hampstead
Biography
Aggressive cover-defending centre/lock in Balmain's premiership-winning teams during the 1940s, Hampstead won premierships in 1944 and 1946. He represented NSW in 1945-46, including the state match against Great Britain in 1946. He later coached C’bury in 1953-54 and was a long-standing member of the Balmain Club Board until his death in 1992. The grand father of leading referee Sean Hampstead.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 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 | 112 | 30 | 1 | - | 92 | 74 | 29 | 9 | 66.07% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 120 | 34 | 1 | - | 104 | 92 | 34 | 9 | 76.67% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1943, 1945-46 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1944 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis Seconds | 1944 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1944 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1945-46 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1943-1946 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1940 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1941 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1942 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1944 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1945 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1946 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1948 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1950 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1940-46, 1948, 1950 | 112 | 30 | 1 | - | 92 | 74 | 29 | 9 | 66.07% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter

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21/03/2021
Hampstead coach Young in 1947
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