On November the 8th 1920, a meeting is held at the School of Arts in Bowns Road, Kogarah.
A large group of people will be attending to form a new Rugby League team.
BUT no-one who attended the meeting that night at the School of Arts could have imagined, in their wildest dreams, that the club they would form that night – the St.George District Rugby League Football Club – would go on to become, one of the greatest clubs in the history of Rugby League.
St.George Honour Roll
OVERALL RECORD: Played: 1,545 games – Won: 910 Drew: 56 Loss: 579
1st Grade Premierships: 15 – 1941,1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979.
Runners up: 13 – 1927, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996.
Club Championship: 18 – 1940, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1984, 1985.
City Cup: 1959
Craven Mild Cup: (pre-season) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971.
National Panasonic Cup: (mid-week) 1988.
Club Internationals: 49
Test Captains: 7
Most games: Norm Provan (1951 – 1965) – 256 games.
Most points: Graeme Langlands ( 1963-1976) – 1,554 points ( 648 goals / 86 tries).
Most tries: Johnny King (1960 – 1971) 143.
Most points in a season: Harry Bath – 225 in 1958 ( 108 goals / 3 tries).
Most tries in a season : Tommy Ryan – 26 in 1957.
Acknowledgements:
- Lachlan McLean is the founder of R2K (Return to Kogarah). He is a former Independent Councillor on Kogarah Council and a lifelong supporter of the St.George DRLFC.
- The History of Rugby League Clubs – Whiticker/Collis (New Holland 2004)
- Never Before, Never Again – Writer (Pan Macmillan 1995)
- Saints: The Legend Lives On – Heads (Playright Publishing 2001)
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Rugby League News
- Rugby League Project
* Apologies as there were telecommunications issues during the interview. St.George-Illawarra RLFC reportedly received $11 million for the Joint-Venture. (Daily Telegraph – September 24, 1998).