Vern Bakalich
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vernon Andrew Neville Bakalich[1] | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Auckland | ||||||
| 1953–1957 | New Zealand | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Vern Bakalich is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1957 World Cup.
Playing career
Bakalich played in the Auckland Rugby League competition and was an Auckland representative. He was first selected for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1953 in a test series against Australia. Bakalich played in the 1954 test series against Great Britain but was not selected for the inaugural World Cup later that year.
In 1955 Bakalich returned to the side, touring Great Britain and France. Bakalich scored a then record twenty six tries while on tour.[2] He toured Australia in 1956 and was part of the squad for the 1957 World Cup. His last appearance for the Kiwis was against France in 1958.
References
- ↑ BAKALICH, Vernon Andrew Neville - 1953 - 57 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.