Sid Deane

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Sidney Phillip Deane
Born
Saturday, 21st March, 1885
Died
Thursday, 19th October, 1967 (Aged 82 years and 210 days)
Place Of Birth
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Nephew
Bob Sullivan
Brother
Os Deane
Brother-in-law
Con Sullivan
Brother
Lal Deane
Nephew
John Sullivan

Biography

Norths five-eighth played in the club's inaugural season in April 1908. Sid Deane was a fine utility back who represented NSW against the NZ ‘All Golds’, which had returned from their ground-breaking trip to England, after only two club games in 1908. Deane also played in the first interstate clash that year before gaining selection on the pioneer 1908-09 Kangaroo Tour. After making his Test debut in the centres in the First Test in England he accepted an offer from Oldham to remain in England after the tour and won successive championship finals in 1910-11. Deane also played for ‘Colonials’ against the 1910 Lions and was the first Australian to represent Lancashire in the English County Championship. After his return to Norths in 1912 he represented NSW again and led the Blues on a short tour of NZ (a squad which also contained his brother Os). In 1914 Deane led Australia in all three Tests of the Ashes series against the visiting Lions. At the end of the season he returned to England and played for Hull. Just two seasons later, Deane announced that he was returning to Australia to enlist in World War I. Although retiring as a player in 1917, he played in one final match during the 1919 season. Deane, who was the uncle of Australian Test half and former Norths' president Bob Sullivan, later operated the family’s sports store in Walker Street, North Sydney.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 37 6 -   - 18 15 19 3 40.54% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 21 13 1   - 41 19 2 0 90.48% List
Interstate Matches 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 29 7 -   - 21 15 12 2 51.72% List
Test Series 5 1 -   - - 1 3 1 20.00% List
The Ashes 5 1 -   - 6 1 3 1 20.00% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
City Cup 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1908-09, 1914 6 1 -   - 3 1 4 1 16.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1908, 1912-14 22 14 1   - 44 20 2 0 90.91% List
Metropolis 1914 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Kangaroos 1917 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1908-1917 24 16 1   0 50 21 3 0 87.50% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney NSWRFL 1908 9 1 -   - 3 6 3 0 66.67% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1910 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1912 3 1 -   - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1913 12 2 -   - 6 3 7 2 25.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1914 6 2 -   - 6 3 2 1 50.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1917 5 - -   - - 0 5 0 0.00% List
North Sydney NSWRFL 1919 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney 1908, 1910, 1912-14, 1917, 1919 37 6 -   - 18 15 19 3 40.54% List

Your Say

  • Col the Bear
    05/02/2011

    Sid Deane is also a member of the North sydney Team of the Century.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Jamie Murdoch