Ron Bailey

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**Ron Bailey**
Personal information
Australian national rugby league captain
Full name	Ronald Bailey
Date of birth	3 April, 1914
Place of birth	Mayfield, New South Wales,
Date of death	21 June, 1989
Place of death	Newcastle, New South Wales,
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1935-36 1937 1940 1941-46 1947-48	Waratah Mayfield Newtown Bluebags Waratah Mayfield Canterbury-Bankstown West Maitland	8 (9) 79 (90)
Representative teams
1945-46 1946	New South Wales Australia	5 (6) 2 (3)
Professional clubs coached
1941	Canterbury-Bankstown
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

For the American journalist, see Ronald Bailey.

For the New Zealand politician, see Ron Bailey (New Zealand).

Ron Bailey (born 1914 in Mayfield, New South Wales, died 1989) was a rugby league player for the Newtown Jets and Canterbury Bulldogs. He played for the Australian national side in 2 Tests and captained his country in 1 Test in 1946 and was the first Canterbury player to do so.

He was graded with the Waratah Mayfield club at age 18, then represented for Country in 1935-36. In 1936 he came to the attention of Sydney talent scouts when he represented for Newcastle against a touring English side, downing the visitors 21-6.

Bailey came to Sydney for Newtown in 1937 and playing at centre alongside Frank Hyde helped Newtown to win the City Cup that year.

He accepted an offer to join Huddersfield in England in 1937 and played two seasons there at lock forward.

Ron Bailey returned to Australia at the outbreak of WWII and after another season at Mayfield joined Canterbury as captain-coach in 1941 back at centre. Canterbury won a premiership under Bailey in 1941.

After the war Bailey made his state and national representative debuts. He played 5 games for New South Wales against Queensland and visiting English sides.

He played two games for Australia against Great Britain in 1946, the second of those as captain.

With no international fixtures scheduled in 1947 Bailey had played his last Test in 1946. He played out the 1947-48 seasons as captain-coach with West Maitland before his retirement.