Ron Rowles
 Ron Rowles with wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ronald George Rowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1928 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 2017 (aged 89) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Peter Rowles (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ron Rowles (12 February 1928 in Wollongong, New South Wales–3 June 2017) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a goal-kicking wing whose club career was played with the Manly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club. He played in Manly's maiden grand final in 1951 and played five first grade seasons with the club between 1950–1954.
Point scoring records
[edit]He was the first Manly player to top 100 points in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years; 1951 (11t, 83g - 199 pts), 1952 (8t, 77g - 178 pts), 1953 (8t, 64g - 152 pts) and 1954 (13t, 92g - 223 pts).[2]
He scored a club record 30 points (4t, 9g) in a match against Canterbury in 1954. He starred in a Possibles vs. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.[3]
He was the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.
Ron Rowles was the father of the former rugby union and rugby league footballer Peter Rowles.
References
[edit]- ^ "Vale Ron Rowles". Men of League. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Sea Eagles: On This Day - March 29". Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
- ^ "Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.