DIARY UPDATE: Week 2, 2020
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 2 2020 MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Fellow rugby league historian, Greg Mallory tells me former Builders Laborers’ Federation boss, Jack Mundey was a […]
Tag Archives: Vic Hey
FLASHBACK: June, 1950
JUNE 1950 Future ‘Immortal’, Clive Churchill was named captain of Australia for the first time, succeeding Keith Froome in the role, for the Test series against the touring Great Britain […]
DIARY UPDATE: Week 27, 2019
DIARY OF A RETIRED RUGBY LEAGUE WRITER WEEK 27 MONDAY, JULY 8 A Burdekin Roosters’ banner adorns the main street of Ayr, the principal town in the Burdekin Valley. This […]
IT’S A GREAT SPORTING LIFE
Max Ford, an indigenous gentleman who lives at Mt Gravatt in Brisbane, recently gave me a collection of Sporting Life magazines from the late 1940s, early 1950s. They are absolute […]
FLASHBACK: December 1937
Australia’s touring Kangaroos played an extraodinary three matches in four days on their tour of Britain, and not surprisingly finished on the wrong end of the scoreline in two encounters. […]
FLASHBACK: August 1936
Toowoomba, captained by ironman Test forward, Herb Steinohrt, claimed the 1936 Bulimba Cup title with a thrilling 11-10 win over Ipswich at North Ipswich Reserve. The Downsmen were missing international halfback, […]
FLASHBACK: June 1936
Five eighth, Vic Hey and second rower, Les Heidke were the only Queenslanders chosen in the Australian side for the First Test against the touring England side, skippered by Cumbrian fullback, Jim […]
FLASHBACK: April 1954
Queensland pushed hard for Toowoomba’s Duncan Thompson to coach Australia against the touring Great Britain side, but ultimately New South Wales got their way, with Vic Hey getting the job. […]
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