Gerald Scully | |
Fullname: | Gerald Patrick Scully |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1920 |
Birth Place: | Cammeray, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Griffith, New South Wales |
Club1: | North Sydney |
Year1start: | 1939 |
Year1end: | 46 |
Appearances1: | 81 |
Tries1: | 31 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 93 |
Club2: | Newtown |
Year2start: | 1947 |
Appearances2: | 10 |
Tries2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 18 |
Teama: | Sydney Firsts |
Yearastart: | 1942 |
Yearaend: | 43 |
Appearancesa: | 2 |
Triesa: | 0 |
Goalsa: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 0 |
Source: | [1] |
Gerald Scully (1920-1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. Scully played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney and Newtown as a lock.
Scully began his first grade career in 1939 aged 18 with Norths and played in the 1943 NSWRL grand final defeat against Newtown in front of a crowd of 60,922 which was a record attendance for a grand final at the time.
In 1947, Scully played one season with Newtown and his final game in first grade was the semi-final defeat against Canterbury.[2]
Gerald Scully was an Australian serviceman during World War Two, serving as a Gunner in the 54 Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment. [3]