Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Dawson William Buckley
- Born
- Saturday, 24th March, 1917
- Died
- Sunday, 27th June, 1993 (Aged 76 years and 95 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1939, 1944, 1947
Biography
Balmain forward was a standout performer in the club’s 33-4 win over Souths in the 1939 final. Buckley went on to win another premiership with the Tigers in 1944.
- 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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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 113 | 20 | 3 | - | 66 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 59.29% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 117 | 20 | 3 | - | 66 | 75 | 44 | 8 | 64.10% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Combined City | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1943 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Rest of NSW Seconds | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis Seconds | 1944 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1940-1945 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1938 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1939 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1940 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1942 | 16 | 3 | 3 | - | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1944 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1945 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1947 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1938-45, 1947 | 113 | 20 | 3 | - | 66 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 59.29% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
18 Dec 2016 12:23pm
I new Dawsey when I was a kid he was a gentle giant and a gentleman. I enjoyed many talks with him at the Gladson park hotel. he gave me his boots when I was 16 when I played football for the first time ,I did not do them justes
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