Rex Norman
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| Full name | Hercules Rex Clive Norman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1891 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 1961 (aged 70) Guildford, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rex Norman (1891–1961) was an Australian rugby league footballer and cricketer, who represented Australasia in rugby league and New South Wales in both sports.
Rugby league career
Norman played 13 seasons in first grade in the
NSW Rugby Football League first-grade competition. Rex and Ray became only the second set of brothers to represent Australia, behind Viv and Bill Farnsworth. Rex was selected for Australasia for the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He played in 21 tour matches but did not play a test match.[2][3]
Norman was the
1921.[1]
Cricket career
Norman also played first-class cricket for New South Wales, appearing in seven matches from 1918 to 1920. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 31 wickets at 26.83.[4]
Later years
Norman finished his long career in
Canowindra, New South Wales
, captain-coaching both the local rugby league team and cricket team.
In 1953 Norman coached[5] the NSW Country Rugby League Firsts side to a 28-27 victory over City Firsts.[6]
References
- ^ a b rugbyleagueproject.org
- ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
- ^ Rex Norman cricketarchive.com
- ^ "Rugby League News". Trove.
- ^ https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/city-vs-country--firsts--1953/game-1/nsw-city-firsts-vs-nsw-country-firsts.html