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Coach Bishop though knew that the Cronulla side's only real hope of beating the defending Premiers Manly was for his team of youthful players to niggle and unsettle the glamour Sea Eagles. Utilising the skills of Cliff Watson to lead the way, the 1973 Grand Final was the most brutal ever seen as the Sharks threw everything at Manly. In the end, it was a champion performance by [[Bob Fulton|Bobby Fulton]] that saw the Sea Eagles home 10-7, the result was disappointing for Bishop but his name had been etched into Cronulla Sharks history from the day.
Coach Bishop though knew that the Cronulla side's only real hope of beating the defending Premiers Manly was for his team of youthful players to niggle and unsettle the glamour Sea Eagles. Utilising the skills of Cliff Watson to lead the way, the 1973 Grand Final was the most brutal ever seen as the Sharks threw everything at Manly. In the end, it was a champion performance by [[Bob Fulton|Bobby Fulton]] that saw the Sea Eagles home 10-7, the result was disappointing for Bishop but his name had been etched into Cronulla Sharks history from the day.


In 2005 Bishop was made an immortal of the [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]].<ref>[http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=stats Statistics / Club Records] at sharks.com.au</ref>
In 2005 Bishop was made an immortal of the [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]].<ref>[http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=stats Statistics / Club Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422040010/http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=stats |date=22 April 2012 }} at sharks.com.au</ref>


==Career playing statistics==
==Career playing statistics==

Revision as of 09:26, 13 January 2018

Tommy Bishop
Personal information
Born (1940-10-15) 15 October 1940 (age 83)
UK
Playing information
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–66 Blackpool Borough
1966 Barrow
1966–69 St. Helens 135 175
1969–73 Cronulla-Sutherland 60 21 0 2 66
Total 195 21 0 2 241
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966–69 Great Britain 15 15
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1970–73 Cronulla-Sutherland 92 46 46 0 50
1979 North Sydney Bears 22 2 20 0 9
1980 Cronulla-Sutherland 22 9 11 2 41
1980–81 Workington Town
1983–84
Leigh
1985 Barrow
Total 136 57 77 2 42
Source: [1][2]

Tommy Bishop (born (1940-10-15) 15 October 1940 (age 83) in

Championship and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia. He also represented Great Britain on several occasions during his career, captaining them on two occasions, his position of choice was at Scrum-half. Now long retired from competitive rugby league Bishop now resides at Redcliffe, Queensland Australia
.

Biography

Playing career

1966–1969

Tommy Bishop started his professional rugby league playing career at Blackpool Borough where he became club captain, and Player of the Year before being transferred to Barrow, and then onto St. Helens, where he played from the January of the 1965–66 season until the end of the 1968–69 season.

Championship Final appearances

Tommy Bishop played

Championship Final during the 1965–66 season at Station Road, Swinton
on Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tommy Bishop played

1966 Challenge Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Wembley Stadium, London
on Saturday 21 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 98,536.

County Cup Final appearances

Tommy Bishop played

1968 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1968–69 season at Central Park, Wigan
on Friday 25 October 1968.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Tommy Bishop played scrum-half/halfback in St. Helens' 4-7 defeat by Wigan in the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1968-69 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 17 December 1968.[3]

1969

Bishop was brought in by the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
for the next few years (1969–74) which was somewhat the norm for Australian clubs to bring in British internationals.

1970–1974

Upon Cronulla coach Ken Kearney leaving in the 1970 season, Bishop was offered and accepted the role of player/coach for his remaining time (four years) at the Sharks.

Bishop's first match as coach in 1970 provided a 23-13 win over the

Endeavour, but the club lost their next seven consecutive matches. Then out of the blue, came one of the greatest wins in the club's history. The Sharks thrashed the premiership bound South Sydney Rabbitohs
by 25-6 with a style of open football that was soon to become the club's famous trademark.

In 1971 Bishop helped the Cronulla Sharks secure Great Britain power front rower Cliff Watson, and the club had their best season in of their history, winning a total of ten matches. Cronulla finished the season one win from the play-offs and that result most likely would have been even better, had it not been for Bishop succumbing to injury snapping his achilles tendon. This meant Bishop would not return to playing for the Sharks until the first match of the 1973 season. For the remainder of the 1972 Cronulla lapsed to end up well and truly outside of the Top 5 which just shows how much of a key Bishop was to their side.

The year 1973 saw Bishop's Cronulla Sharks make the end of season play-offs for the first time in the clubs history and they did it in style. The Sharks lost only five games in the whole year and finished just one point behind eventual Minor Premiers the

St George Illawarra Dragons
.

Cronulla being drawn against the Dragons defeated them surprisingly comfortably 18-0 in their first ever semi-final with the help of Bishop, Watson and Rogers. Bishop's Sharks lost to Manly leaving them having to achieve a win over the Newtown Jets * Bluebags to achieve the clubs first Grand Final appearance. Cronulla established a crushing 18-4 half time lead over the Jets, before eventually winning by 20-11. The Sharks were into the Grand Final in their first visit to the play-offs.

Coach Bishop though knew that the Cronulla side's only real hope of beating the defending Premiers Manly was for his team of youthful players to niggle and unsettle the glamour Sea Eagles. Utilising the skills of Cliff Watson to lead the way, the 1973 Grand Final was the most brutal ever seen as the Sharks threw everything at Manly. In the end, it was a champion performance by Bobby Fulton that saw the Sea Eagles home 10-7, the result was disappointing for Bishop but his name had been etched into Cronulla Sharks history from the day.

In 2005 Bishop was made an immortal of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[4]

Career playing statistics

Point scoring summary

Games Tries Goals D/G Points
195 68 17 2 241

Matches played

Team Matches Years
St Helens 135 1966–69
Cronulla Sharks 23 1969–71, 1973

References

  1. ^ NRL Stats
  2. ^ RLP
  3. ^ "1968-1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ Statistics / Club Records Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at sharks.com.au

External links

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