Tom Kirk

See also: Thomas Kirk

Tommy Kirk
Personal information
Full name	Tom Kirk
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1936–39	Canterbury	42	8	105		234
1940–1946	Newtown	98	14	319		680
1947	North Sydney	15		58		116
	Total
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1939–46	New South Wales	4	3	2		14
Source: Whiticker

Tom Kirk was a rugby league footballer in Australia's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership of the 1930s and 40s.^[1] A fullback and goal-kicker, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown, Newtown and North Sydney clubs and also played representative football for New South Wales. He became the first player to score 1,000 career points in the NSWRFL as well as the first player to be the season's top point scorer five times.

Kirk first tasted premiership success with Canterbury's 1938 Grand Final-winning team, landing four goals in the 19-6 win over Easts in the final. That year he also topped the competition's point-scorers list and the following year made his debut for NSW in the centres.

Joining Newtown, Kirk became the first player to kick 100 goals in a season in 1943, including five in the 34-7 win over Norths in the premiership decider. He was the season's leading point scorer on five occasions, the last in 1946. He twice kicked a club record 11 goals during the 1944 season and set Newtown's club record for most points in a match with 25 (1 try and 11 goals) against St George, on 26 August 1944. Kirk made a return to the New South Wales side in his final year in the Sydney competition.

Kirk died in March 1994.^[2]

References

^ Tom Kirk at nrlstats.com
^ Tommy Kirk at bulldogs.com.au

Newtown stats at rleague.com

National Rugby League season top points scorers

1908 Horrie Miller • 1909 Arthur Conlin • 1910–12 Dally Messenger • 1913–14 Harold Horder • 1915 Wally Messenger • 1916–17 Charles Fraser • 1918 Harold Horder • 1919 A McPherson • 1920 Frank Burge • 1921 Rex Norman • 1922 Harold Horder • 1923 Arthur Oxford • 1924 Jack Courtney • 1925 Benny Wearing • 1926 Jack Courtney • 1927 Alf Blair • 1928 Benny Wearing • 1929–30 Jim Craig • 1931 Jack Lynch • 1932 Les Mead • 1933 Syd Christensen • 1934–1935 Dave Brown • 1936 Syd Christensen • 1937 Jack Beaton • 1938 Tom Kirk • 1939 Neville Smith • 1940 Tom Kirk • 1941 Neville Smith • 1942 Ray Lindwall • 1943–1944 Tom Kirk • 1945 Dick Dunn • 1946 Tom Kirk • 1947 Pat Devery • 1948 Jack Lindwall • 1949–50 Bill Keato • 1951–54 Ron Rowles • 1955–56 Doug Fleming • 1957 Darcy Russell • 1958 Harry Bath • 1959 Darcy Russell • 1960 Brian Graham • 1961 Bob Landers • 1962 Don Parish • 1963–65 Fred Griffiths • 1966 Bob Lanigan • 1967–70 Eric Simms • 1971 Graeme Langlands • 1972 Allan McKean • 1973 Graeme Langlands • 1974–76 Graham Eadie • 1977–79 Michael Cronin • 1980 Steve Gearin • 1981 Steve Rogers • 1982 Michael Cronin • 1983 Michael Eden • 1984 Steve Gearin • 1985 Michael Cronin • 1986 Terry Lamb • 1987 Ross Conlon • 1988 Gary Belcher • 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford • 1990 Mal Meninga • 1991–94 Daryl Halligan • 1995 Matthew Ridge • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL) • 1998 Ivan Cleary • 1999 Matt Geyer • 2000 Joel Caine • 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker • 2002–04 Hazem El Masri • 2005 Brett Hodgson • 2006–07 Hazem El Masri • 2008 Luke Covell • 2009 Hazem El Masri • 2010 Michael Gordon • 2011 Benji Marshall

Canterbury-Bankstown squad - 1938 NSWRFL premiers (1st title)

1. Tom Kirk • 2. Edgar Newham • 3. Alan Brady (Ca./Co.) • 4. Jim Champion • 5. Joe Gartner • 6. Jim Duncombe • 7. Roy McCarter 8. Eddie Burns • 9. Roy Kirkaldy • 10. Henry Porter • 11. Jim McCormack • 12. Roy McCallum • 13. Frank Sponberg • Coach: Jimmy Craig

Newtown Jets squad – 1943 NSWRFL Premiers (3rd title)

1 Tom Kirk 2 Sid Goodwin 3 Len Smith 4 Norm Jacobson 5 Bruce Ryan 6 Tom Nevin 7 Paddy Bugden 8 Gordon McLennan 9 Jimmy Brailey 10 Frank Farrell (c) 11 Keith Phillips 12 Herb Narvo 13 Charles Cahill Coach: Arthur Folwell

Persondata
Name	Kirk, Tom
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	March 1994
Place of death