| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eddie Lumsden | |
| Date of birth | born 1936 | |
| Place of birth | Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia | |
| Nickname(s) | Gumleaves | |
| Occupation(s) | Hotel Broker | |
| Spouse(s) | Sybil | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | |
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1955 1957–1966 |
Manly St. George Dragons |
4 (3) 158 (442) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1957–1963 1959–1963 |
New South Wales Australia |
19 (56) 15 (12) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Eddie Lumsden (born 1936 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league player. Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cessnock LGA. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He was a winger with the St. George Dragons during their eleven-year premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966, playing in nine grand finals. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia
Lumsden moved from Kurri Kurri in 1955 to play with Manly. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney After just four games he was ruled ineligible on the grounds he didn’t reside in the area.
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St George career
Lumsden played 166 games for St George between 1957 to 1966 appearing in nine Grand Final victories in each of those years except 1960. He scored 136 tries and 17 goals for 442 points for the Dragons. He was the competition's leading try scorer in 1958 (18 tries) and 1962 (21 tries). He was the second post-war player after Ian Moir to score a century of tries. For the footballer Ian Moir see here. Ian Moir was an Australian Rugby league player a champion wing three-quarter He reached this milestone in his 100th game during the 1963 season.
Playing style
Big, gangling and fast, Lumsden was an edgy player, hyperactive and intense who seemed to take three stuttering steps instead of one. His scampering style made him difficult to tackle and he combined elusiveness with a good fend and hip-bump.
Representative career
In 1956 Lumsden represented for Country seconds and in his debut Sydney season in 1957 represented for both Sydney firsts and New South Wales in 1957. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland He was a regular selection in the Australia national team from 1959 to 1963 earning 15 Test caps. He played against France in 1961; Great Britain in the 1962 Ashes series; New Zealand New Zealandin 1963; with his last Test appearance against South Africa in 1963. The Ashes is the name given to the trophy awarded to the winner of Rugby league test series between Great Britain and Australia. The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league.
On the 1959-60 Kangaroo tour he played in all six Tests and 21 minor tour matches scoring 25 tries in total, topping both the try-scoring list and tally for most matches played by an Australian on the tour. Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian Rugby league tours of Great Britain and France
Post football
He retired from the game after the Dragons eleventh consecutive premiership in 1966. After working as a wine merchant he enjoyed business success managing, then buying and selling hotels. He became a rugby league selector in 1977 for Country and NSW and was an Australian selector throughout the 1990s. Like his skipper, Ken Kearney, Lumsden is a Freemason. Kenneth Howard Kearney (born 3 May 1924, died 18 August 2006) was an Australian Rugby footballer - a dual-code international player - and later
In February 2008, Lumsden was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. In late 2007 the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League commissioned 130 experts to select the 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia [1]
Footnotes
- ^ Centenary of Rugby League - The Players. NRL & ARL (2008-02-23). The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
References
- Writer, Larry (1995) Never Before, Never Again, Pan MacMillan, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. Wetherill Park is a Suburb of south western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ISBN 9781877082931.
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney