Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Gladstone Neill
- Nickname(s)
- Webby
- Born
- Saturday, 21st June, 1884
- Died
- Thursday, 19th March, 1964 (Aged 79 years and 271 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
'Webby' Neill had a grounding in RU but stood down from the game in 1906-07 before switching codes to link with the newly formed Souths club in 1908. The talented fullback played in the first ever premiership final in 1908 and backed up the following year when Souths won the premiership on forfeit. His first 'rep’ honour was as a guest player in the Kangaroos team that took on the Wallabies in a promotional match in 1909. The following year he switched to Newtown, with the move well-timed. When Newtown won the premiership on countback after drawing the final with Souths, 4-all, Neill had played a part in the first three premierships decided. He represented NSW in 1910-11 and toured with the ‘Australasian’ Kangaroos in 1911, playing in 7 minor matches. After his retirement he became an accomplished finals and Test referee and officiated in the 1932 Ashes series.
- 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 | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 44 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 5 | 4 | 79.55% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Tour Matches | Australia | 10 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Interstate Matches | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1911 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1911 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Combined 1st | 1909 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Kangaroos | 1909 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1909-11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | |||
Australasia II | 1912 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1909-1912 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 4 | 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 % | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1908 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1909 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.91% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1910 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 76.92% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1911 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 44.44% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1912 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1913 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Glebe | NSWRFL 1914 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
South Sydney | 1908-09 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.44% | List | |||
Newtown | 1910-13 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | 4 | 66.67% | List | |||
Glebe | 1914 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1908-1914 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 35 | 5 | 4 | 79.55% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates
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