Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ernest Edward Burns
- Born
- Monday, 6th March, 1916
- Died
- Wednesday, 18th June, 2003 (Aged 87 years and 104 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
- 1948
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1938, 1942
Biography
C’bury stalwart, who with Henry Porter and Roy Kirkaldy, formed arguably the finest front row combination in club football. Burns played in the C’bury club’s debut season whilst still a teenager and earned the dubious distinction of being sent off in his first match. That year, C’bury was thrashed from pillar to post but Burns was on hand to savour the club's first premiership just three seasons later. He went to Newcastle after seven matches of the 1940 competition to play for Waratah Mayfield but returned to Sydney win the premiership with C’bury in 1942. A prolific try-scoring prop, Burns' rep career was undoubtedly hindered by the abandonment of state and Test matches during World War II. He played for NSW in just two matches in 1948. Although judged to be the best player on the field in both matches, he was omitted from the Kangaroo squad selected later that year. When he retired in 1950, he had scored a club record 65 tries (beaten by Chris Anderson in 1978) and was chaired from the field by opposing captain 'Bumper' Farrell in his final match. Burns later coached C’bury (1960-62 & 1965) and NSW in the mid-1960s. He passed away in June 2004, aged 87.
- 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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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 215 | 61 | 8 | - | 199 | 106 | 98 | 11 | 49.30% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
City Cup | - | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Sydney Seconds | 1941 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Rest of NSW Seconds | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Metropolis Seconds | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW City Seconds | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Rest of NSW Firsts | 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Possibles (AU) | 1948 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW Firsts | 1948 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1941-1948 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1935 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15.38% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1936 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 2 | 69.23% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1937 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1938 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1939 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 17 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1943 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1944 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1945 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23.08% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1946 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1947 | 20 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 65.00% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1948 | 15 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 26.67% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1949 | 18 | 7 | 2 | - | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | 6 | 2 | - | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Canterbury | 1935-50 | 215 | 61 | 8 | - | 199 | 106 | 98 | 11 | 49.30% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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30/05/2021
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