Jack Gray-Spence Explained

Jack Gray-Spence
Fullname:John Alfred Gray-Spence
Birth Date:10 January 1910
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Retired:yes
Club1:University
Year1start:1933
Year1end:34
Appearances1:24
Tries1:15
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:45
Club2:St. George Dragons
Year2start:1935
Appearances2:1
Tries2:0
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:0
Source:Whiticker/Hudspn

John Alfred Gray-Spence (1910-1992) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player from the 1930s and 1940s.

Jack Grey-Spence was a brilliant winger for the Sydney University rugby league team. He played two seasons with them in 1933–1934, and Gray-Spence was the NSWRFL top try scorer in 1933. He moved to St George Dragons in 1935 before retiring from rugby league. Jack switched to rugby and played for St. George and Randwick rugby union clubs into the 1940s. He also represented New South Wales in Rugby.[1]

Jack Grey-Spence died on 5 May 1992, aged 82.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (
  2. Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice, 06/05/1992