Teams
Maroubra-Waverley, Runners up 1990
The Maroubra team has been in the Police competition since 1969, but the combined with the Waverley Police District in 1983 resulting in a more competitive team.In 1990, under the coaching of Bob Frost and containing Damien Beaufils and Brad Kirkwood, stalwarts from 1983, the ‘Wombats’ as they were nick-named, needed to win the last…
City Police 1984
The 1983 Sydney Police representative team played the NSW Country representative team. Details of the game to be located. The team coached by S/Sgt Ferguson, managed by Terry Cameron and captained by Steve Martin, contained, Ron Mason, Mark Moroney, Sean Lamerton, Peter Nellies, Peter Nissen, Steve Hardy, Troy Russell, Mick Gray, Glenn McDonald, Steve Maronease…
NSWPRL Team 1983
Queensland Tour 1983 NSWPRL Under 21’s On Tuesday, 7 June, 1983 the NSW Police Under 21 Rugby league Football Team departed Mascot Airport flying East West Airlines enroute to Brisbane, Sunny Queensland. The purpose of the trip was to play the Queensland Police Academy Under 21 Side as the preliminary game before the State of…
NSWPRL State representative team 1980
Being selected in the NSWPRL State team in 1980, was bitter/sweet for a number of players. Bitter, becasue the NSW/Queensland game never went ahead. Sweet, because the team were a great bunch of blokes and they had a fantastic time as mates. Gary Bourke a member of the teams said, “We got off the plane…
REDFERN POLICE 1978
The Redfern Police team of 1978. Thanks to Gary Bourke for providing the photographs. The picture below shows a game against Waverley Wombats, Gary being tackled by two defenders, whilst Jeff Wheeler looms up in support. The photograph below shows Max McKinnon (his brother Don was also a police officer and well known, Norths, Manly,…
1930 NSW POLICE RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM
The photo was taken in July 1930. It was taken prior to the police V fire brigade match. My father is in the front row—2nd from left—and the same Wal Maisey is in the back row, 2nd from left. Dad told me that Ron Waldron who later became Commissioner, is in the photo. I am…
1929 NSW POLICE RUGBY LEAGUE
INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY RON WEBER My father told me, when I was a young boy, that the police played rugby union in a mid-week competition with other public service branches. My father, Ben Weber, played rugby league on the weekends with Balmain. The small photo was taken at Bombala in 1929, which is the year…