Ray Morris
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Personal information
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| Full name | Ray Benjamin Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1908 Ashfield, New South Wales |
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| Died | 10 August 1933 Valletta, Malta |
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Playing information
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| Position | Three-quarter back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Morris was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. A New South Wales representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs (with whom he won the 1930 NSWRFL Premiership), then for Sydney University until his death on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour.
Morris played first grade for the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Western Suburbs club from 1927 to 1932. During this time he helped Wests to victory the 1930 competition's premiership final, scoring a try, and also played in the 1932 season's final.
Morris moved to the Sydney University team for the 1933 NSWRFL season, and following strong performances for New South Wales against Queensland, became the club's first player to be selected for the Australia national team squad when he embarked on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Whilst en route by ship to London, Morris developed an ear infection and meningitis after swimming at Colombo and disembarked in Malta for medical attention. There he died from complications after surgery.
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