Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Rex Aubrey Harrison
- Born
- Saturday, 27th June, 1914
- Died
- Thursday, 25th July, 1996 (Aged 82 years and 28 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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
- 1939, 1941
Known Family Links
- Son
- Peter Harrison
Biography
Adelaide-born, with a grounding in Australian Rules and Rugby Union, Rex Harrison proved to be a valued clubman as a pivot with Norths. Starting in 1938, he partnered fellow Norths halfback Roy Thompson in six consecutive NSW matches - a club record that still stands. Joining the AIF his career came to a standstill during the war (despite playing in Combined Services matches) but he resumed playing in 1945 until he suffered a broken collarbone in the second last match of the 1946 season. After his retirement Harrison coached Norths to the semi-finals in 1954 while his son Peter Harrison also played first grade for the Bears in the 1960s.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Served in World War II as a Corporal for the AIF.
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 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 126 | 38 | 68 | - | 250 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 40.48% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 147 | 48 | 77 | - | 298 | 65 | 83 | 6 | 44.22% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1934 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Combined 1st | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936, 1941 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1936 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1938-41 | 11 | 6 | 4 | - | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1939, 1941-42 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Felsh's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1942, 1944 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Fighting Services I | 1942 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1934-1944 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1934 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1935 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1936 | 14 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1938 | 12 | 3 | 14 | - | 37 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1939 | 9 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1940 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1941 | 13 | 4 | 14 | - | 40 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23.08% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1942 | 13 | 3 | 27 | - | 63 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1945 | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1946 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1934-42, 1945-46 | 126 | 38 | 68 | - | 250 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 40.48% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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