Doug McRitchie
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Personal information
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| Full name | Douglas Allan McRitchie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 1923 Marrickville, New South Wales |
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| Died | 30 July 1998 Milton, New South Wales |
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Playing information
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Allan McRitchie (1923–1998) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1940s and 1950s. A New South Wales state and Australia national representative centre, he played his club football in Sydney for the St. George club.
McRitchie was a St. George local junior who was graded in 1940. He had a long career with the club playing eight seasons in first grade between 1942 and 1950. McRitchie featured in three Grand finals for the club. He was part of two sides who lost deciders - 1942 and 1946 and saw success with the 1949 premiership team.
His career was disrupted during by WWII, he enlisted in the AIF and he saw service in New Guinea with the 129 Australian Brigade. After demobilisation, he resumed his playing career at St George, and he captain-coached the club in the 1947 NSWRFL season.
McRitchie represented New South Wales on six occasions between 1948-1950. He was named in the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour squad and played two Tests against Great Britain, two Tests against France and a further ten tour matches during that series. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 261 He played a further two tests in 1950 against Great Britain. He was signed to captain-coach Queanbeyan, New South Wales in 1951. During the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand McRitchie played for a Monaro side against the Les Chanticleers.
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