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Dick Townsend

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Dick Townsend
Personal information
Full nameRichard Townsend
Born(1890-02-09)9 February 1890
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Died17 August 1973(1973-08-17) (aged 83)
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1913–23 Newtown 97 25 0 0 75
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
1920–21 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 12 February 2019

Dick Townsend (1890–1973) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s for Newtown in the NSWRL competition.

Playing career

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Townsend began his playing career in 1908, the first season of rugby league in Australia but it was not until 1913 that he made his first grade debut for Newtown. Townsend played in the Newtown sides which finished runners up in 1913 and 1914.

In 1919, Townsend was selected to play for Australia and featured in 2 matches against New Zealand. In 1920 and 1921, Townsend was selected to play for New South Wales in the interstate series against Queensland.

Townsend remained loyal to Newtown and played with the club up until the end of 1923 before retiring.[2]

Dick Townsend was a Life Member of the Newtown Jets. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Dick Townsend - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "The Early Years 1908-1930". Newtown Jets.
  3. ^ Rugby League News (25 Aug 1973) Dick Townsend (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-759685761/view?sectionId=nla.obj-761667790&partId=nla.obj-759703198#page/n8/mode/1up)