Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Norman Raymond Jacobson
- Born
- Wednesday, 31st October, 1917
- Died
- Thursday, 13th January, 1994 (Aged 76 years and 74 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Parramatta, 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
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1948, 1944, 1945
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1943
- City Cup
- 1942
Biography
Newtown centre in the club's 1943 grand final win later played on the wing for NSW in 1945. Jacobsen was the season's leading try-scorer in 1948 with 27 tries but missed selection with the Kangaroos that year. He later captain-coached in Condoblin where he discovered a young hooker named Ian Walsh in 1950.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western Division | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 89 | 69 | - | - | 207 | 53 | 32 | 4 | 59.55% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 97 | 76 | 2 | - | 232 | 61 | 40 | 4 | 62.89% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1943-44 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1944-45, 1948 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Fighting Services I | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1945, 1948 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1948 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1950 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1943-1951 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1942 | 11 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1944 | 11 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1945 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1947 | 18 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1948 | 19 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 68.42% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1942-45, 1947-48 | 89 | 69 | - | - | 207 | 53 | 32 | 4 | 59.55% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio

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