Mick Frawley

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Mick Frawley (1885–1919) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.

A second-row forward, Frawley was a member of Eastern Suburbs' first premiership decider in rugby league's foundation season of 1908. In his final season, 1911, Frawley was a member of Easts first premiership winning side.

His sole national representative appearance was in the 1909 first Test loss against New Zealand. Frawley was overlooked for the second Test of the series.

Frawley served with the 1st Australian Imperial Force in on the Western Front during World War I. He embarked from Sydney in 1916 on HMAT A15 Star of England as a Sergeant with the 15th reinforcement for the 4th Battalion. He survived his service but died of influenza in 1919 on his return to Sydney aged 33.^[1]

Sources

Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
Haddan, Steve (2007) The Finals - 100 Years of National Rugby League Finals, Steve Haddan Publishing, Brisbane
Australian Light Horse Studies Centre His Majesty's Australian Transports HMAT Ships, Transporting the 1st AIF.

Footnotes

↑ M Frawley war record

Online

Mick Frawley at the AIF Project

v t e Eastern Suburbs squad - 1911 NSWRFL Premiers (1st title)

1. Fred Kinghorn 2. Barney Dalton 3. John Campbell 4. Dally Messenger (Ca./Co.) 5. Eddie White 6. Herbie Collins 7. Leslie Cody 8. Larry O'Malley 9. Sandy Pearce 10. Mick Frawley 11. Eddie Griffiths 12. Charlie Lees 13. W Dalton

Persondata
Name	Frawley, Mick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth
Date of death	1919
Place of death

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