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Ron Rowles

Ron Rowles
Personal information
Full name Ronald George Rowles
Born (1928-02-12) 12 February 1928 (age 89)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1950–54 Manly-Warringah 46 352 0 842
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–49 Country NSW 2 1 2  ? 7
As of 23/12/2013

Ron Rowles (born 12 February 1928 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league player and goal-kicking winger whose club career was played with the Manly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.

Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club . He played in the Manly's maiden grand final in 1951 and played five first grade seasons with the club between 1950-1954.

He was the first Manly player to top 100 points in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years; 1951 (11t, 83g - 199 pts), 1952 (8t, 77g - 178 pts), 1953 (8t, 64g - 152 pts) and 1954 (13t, 92g - 223 pts).

He scored a club record 30 points (4t, 9g) in a match against Canterbury in 1954. He starred in a Possibles v. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.

He is the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.

Ron Rowles is the father of former rugby union and rugby league player Peter Rowles.


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