Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Herbert Michael Gilbert Jnr
- Born
- Sunday, 13th May, 1917
- Died
- Monday, 31st October, 1983 (Aged 66 years and 171 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1941, 1946
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1943
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1941, 1946, 1947
Known Family Links
- Uncle
- Mick Frawley
- Father
- Herb Gilbert
- Brother
- Jack Gilbert
- Bob Gilbert
Biography
St George hooker, the son of Australian Test captain Herb Gilbert, represented NSW in 1939-41. In 1941 Gilbert was a member of the St George team that captured the club’s first premiership title but the advent of World War II affected his rep career. In 1946 he returned to the State team and played against England in the first post-war Lions tour.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
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 | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | St George Dragons | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 134 | 12 | 4 | - | 44 | 80 | 49 | 5 | 59.70% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 148 | 16 | 4 | - | 56 | 89 | 54 | 5 | 60.14% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1939, 1941, 1946 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1939-41, 1946 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Fighting Services I | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1942-43 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1939-1946 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1938 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21.43% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1939 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1940 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1941 | 15 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1942 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1946 | 17 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1947 | 21 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1948 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1938-43 | 89 | 12 | 2 | - | 40 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 53.93% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1946-48 | 45 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 71.11% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1938-1948 | 134 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 80 | 49 | 5 | 59.70% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Derek Farrar, Wests Archives, Tim Costello
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual, News Reports
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