Keith Barnes
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Full name | William Keith Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom | 30 October 1934||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 April 2024 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 11 st 10 lb (74 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Keith Barnes
Background
Barnes was born in Port Talbot, Wales on 30 October 1934.
Early years
Barnes was 15 when his family emigrated to Australia in 1950 to
Club career
In 1955 he was signed by
Barnes quickly became known for his deadly accurate goal-kicking and would often kick penalties from the further side of the 50-yard line. He once kicked eleven goals in a club match.
In 1966 he overtook
In his final playing year with Balmain in 1967, Barnes was captain-coach. He returned briefly for some match appearances in 1968 when the club's playing roster was depleted by injury.
Representative career
Barnes made his debut for
Barnes made his test debut against
In 1960, Barnes led Australia in all three tests of a domestic series against France. He enjoys the record of six career test appearances against France, all as captain, for four wins, 1 draw and a loss. In the Brisbane second test 55–6 victory Barnes kicked a test record of 10 goals. He was then selected as captain-coach of the 1960 World Cup squad played in England. He appeared in Australia's second and third matches of the tournament with his representative rival Brian Carlson doing the goal-kicking.
Barnes returned to national honours in the second test of the 1962 domestic series against Great Britain, his final test as captain. Thereafter Australian selectors enjoyed a surfeit of talented young fullbacks to choose from and Ken Thornett and Les Johns were regularly selected until Graeme Langlands later became the incumbent. In 1966 however Barnes made two final representative appearances in the first and second tests of the domestic Ashes series. He scored all of Australia's points in the second test victory. Injury saw Les Johns take Barnes' spot for the third and he would not regain it.
Post playing
Barnes retired from competitive rugby league in 1968 having made seventeen appearances for his adopted country and 234 appearances for the Tigers in which he averaged four goals per game. After three unsuccessful Grand Final outings during his time, the Tigers ironically won their first premiership in twenty-one years in Barnes' first year after retirement –
Barnes continued an active role in rugby league and in 1976 became Secretary-Manager of the Balmain Leagues Club and in 1984 took up the role of Chief Executive of the football club. Barnes was the first ex-Kangaroo captain to manage the Australian side on the 1990
In 2007 he was inducted into the
In the
In 2009 Barnes was honoured with the naming of the Keith Barnes Stand at Leichhardt Oval, the Balmain Tigers' home ground.[12] He died on 8 April 2024, at the age of 89.[13][14]
Representative matches played
Team | Matches | Years | Points |
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New South Wales | 12 | 1959–1963 | 114 |
Australia (tests) | 14 | 1957–1966 | 108 |
Australia (World Cup) | 3 | 1957&1960 | 10 |
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
References
- ^ a b "1960 World Cup Match". i.ebayimg.com. ebay. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ RLP
- ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
- ^ Century's Top 100 Players Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pollard, Jack (1965). Gregory's Guide to Rugby League. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p152.
- ARL (2007). "Australian Rugby Football League Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Australian Rugby League Limited. p. 49. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ Wayne Cousins. "ELLIS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR". weststigers.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame Archived 18 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ARL. 23 February 2008. Archived from the originalon 26 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ^ "Keith Barnes AM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Keith Barnes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Massoud, Josh (11 June 2009). "Tigers stand plan takes hit". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Vale | Keith Barnes". NSW Rugby League. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Keith Barnes Dead: Rugby League's Golden Boots". BioGeek. 9 April 2024.
External links
- ^ Heads, Ian and Middleton, David (2008) A Centenary of Rugby League, MacMillan Sydney