Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Eric Kitchener Bennett
- Born
- Saturday, 21st August, 1915
- Died
- Wednesday, 9th December, 1998 (Aged 83 years and 110 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Currabubula, 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
- 1945
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1948
Biography
Bennett had a season with Souths' lower grades in 1939 before returning to Dubbo. He later joined Wests as a five-eighth/centre and after a long career which included NSW representation, he played in the club's 1948 grand final win over Balmain.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Served in WWII
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 101 | 38 | - | 1 | 116 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 52.48% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1941 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1942-43 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Fighting Services I | 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1945-46 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1945 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1941-1946 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1941 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1942 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1943 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1944 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1945 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1946 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1947 | 20 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1948 | 20 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1949 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1941-49 | 101 | 38 | - | 1 | 116 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 52.48% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin
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