John Graves

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John (Johnny) Graves (born c.1930) was an Australian rugby league player, a star Winger of the late 1940s and early 1950s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and for the Australian national representative side.

Known as "Wacka", he commenced his footballing in Newcastle, New South Wales and came to the attention of Sydney talent scouts when he scored two tries in his international debut representing Newcastle against a touring British side in 1946.

1 Club career
2 Representative career
3 Records
4 References

[edit] Club career

He joined South Sydney in 1947 and after only four first grade games was selected in the New South Wales side. He formed a strong backline pairing with Clive Churchill and was victorious in Grand Finals with Souths in 1950 (scoring two tries) and in 1951 (scoring 4 tries).

[edit] Representative career

He debuted for Australia against New Zealand in the 1st Test of 1948, played in the rest of that series and then toured Great Britain with the 1948 Kangaroos. He played in 2 Tests and 20 Tour games returning as the side's top scorer with 16 tries and 35 goals for 188 points.

He represented for Australia in seven Test matches (3 Great Britain, 3 New Zealand and 1 France) between 1948 and 1951.

[edit] Records

His achievement of 28 tries in 17 games in the 1951 season stands at 4th place in the overall Australian record of Most Tries by an Individual in One Season.

He holds positions 1, 2, 4 and 5 in the table of Most Points in a Match for the Rabbitohs with respectively 29 points (Round 8, 1952 v Easts); 27 points (Round 14, 1949 v Easts); 23 points(Round 18, 1952 v Newtown) and 23 points (Round 10, 1948 v Parramatta).

Along with five other Rabbitohs he has achieved the feat of scoring five tries in a single match (Round 14, 1949 v Easts.)

[edit] References

Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
NRL Official 2007 Season Guide, News Magazines Surry Hills Sydney, for the National Rugby League

v • d • e South Sydney Rabbitohs squad - 1950 NSWRFL Premiers (12th Title)

1 Clive Churchill • 2 John Graves • 3 Kevin Woolfe • 4 Milton Atkinson • 5 Cec Smailes • 6 Greg Hawick • 7 Bill Stewart • 8 Denis Donoghue • 9 Ernie Hammerton • 10 Ken Macreadie • 11 Bernie Purcell • 12 Jack Rayner (c)/(co) • 13 Les Cowie

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National Rugby League top try scorers

1908 Horrie Miller • 1909 Tommy Anderson • 1910 Arthur McCabe • 1911 Dave Garlick • 1912 Roy Algie • 1913 Harold Horder • 1914 Harold Horder • 1915 Frank Burge • 1916 Frank Burge • 1917 Harold Horder • 1918 Frank Burge • 1919 Gordon Wright • 1920 Gordon Wright • 1921 Gordon Wright • 1922 Cecil Blinkhorn • 1923 Herman Peters • 1924 Tommy Kennedy • 1925 Benny Wearing • 1926 Benny Wearing • 1927 Benny Wearing • 1928 Tony Redmond • 1929 Alan Brady • 1930 Morrie Boyle • 1931 Jack Lynch • 1932 Alan Ridley • 1933 Jack Gray-Spence • 1934 Dave Brown, Fred Gardner & Vic Hey • 1935 Dave Brown • 1936 Fred Tottey • 1937 Fred Tottey • 1938 Don Manson • 1939 Sid Goodwin • 1940 Jack Lindwall • 1941 Percy Dermond & Sel Lisle • 1942 Jack Lindwall • 1943 C "Kelly" McMahon • 1944 Sid Goodwin • 1945 Chicka Cahill & Jack Snare • 1946 Jack Lindwall • 1947 Bob Lulham • 1948 Norm Jacobson • 1949 Ron Roberts • 1950 Jack Troy • 1951 John Graves • 1952 Peter O'Brien • 1953 Ian Moir • 1954 Ray Preston • 1955 Brian Allsop & Ian Moir • 1956 Tommy Ryan • 1957 Tommy Ryan • 1958 Eddie Lumsden • 1959 Ken Irvine • 1960 Reg Gasnier • 1961 Johnny King • 1962 Eddie Lumsden • 1963 Reg Gasnier • 1964 Reg Gasnier • 1965 Johnny King • 1966 Ken Irvine • 1967 Les Hanigan • 1968 Stan Gorton • 1969 Ken Irvine • 1970 Ken Irvine • 1971 Paul Cross • 1972 Bob Fulton • 1973 Bob Fulton • 1974 Kevin Junee & Bill Mullins • 1975 Johnny Mayes • 1976 Bob Fulton • 1977 Russel Gartner • 1978 Larry Corowa • 1979 Mitch Brennan & Tom Mooney • 1980 John Ribot & Wayne Wigham • 1981 Terry Fahey • 1982 Steve Ella • 1983 Phil Blake • 1984 Terry Lamb & Steve Morris • 1985 Steve Linnane • 1986 Phil Blake & Garry Schofield • 1987 Terry Lamb • 1988 John Ferguson • 1989 Gary Belcher • 1990 Mal Meninga • 1991 Alan McIndoe • 1992 Mark Bell & Tim Brasher • 1993 Noa Nadruku • 1994 Steve Renouf • 1995 Steven Menzies • 1996 Noa Nadruku • 1997 Terry Hill & Mathew Ryan • 1998 Darren Smith • 1999 Nathan Blacklock • 2000 Nathan Blacklock • 2001 Nathan Blacklock • 2002 Nigel Vagana • 2003 Rhys Wesser • 2004 Amos Roberts • 2005 Matt Bowen • 2006 Nathan Merritt • 2007 Matt Bowen

v • d • e South Sydney Rabbitohs squad - 1951 NSWRFL Premiers (13th Title)

1 Clive Churchill • 2 John Graves • 3 Kevin Woolfe • 4 Milton Atkinson • 5 Harry Wells • 6 Norm Spillane • 7 Ray Mason • 8 Denis Donoghue • 9 Ernie Hammerton • 10 Bryan Orrock • 11 Bernie Purcell • 12 Jack Rayner (c) • 13 Les Cowie • Coach: Jack Rayner

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