Jack Metcalf (rugby league) explained

Jack Metcalf
Fullname:John Metcalf
Birth Date:16 May 1919
Birth Place:Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Kincumber, New South Wales, Australia
Club1:St. George
Year1start:1943
Year1end:44
Appearances1:22
Tries1:3
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:9
Club2:Balmain
Year2start:1945
Year2end:46
Appearances2:21
Tries2:1
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:3
Source:[1]
Updated:30 August 2019

John Metcalf (1919-2007) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.[2]

Metcalf was a local rugby league footballer from Cessnock, New South Wales. He enlisted into the Australian Army in 1942[3] and was initially sent to Arncliffe in Sydney, and trialled with St. George in 1943.

He played two seasons with the Saints before transferring to Balmain in 1945. He played with both clubs while juggling duties with the AIF. He retired after receiving a badly broken leg in game late in the 1946 season, which ruled him out of the Balmain premiership winning team of 1946.[4]

Melcalf died on 6 November 2007.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jack Metcalf - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project. www.rugbyleagueproject.org. 2019-08-30.
  2. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
  3. WW2 Nominal Roff AIF "John Metcalf" http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=253296
  4. THE SUN (Sydney) 5/8/1946 "Forwards Two Fractures" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231573209?searchTerm=%22jack%20metcalf%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194|||l-year=1946
  5. Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 9/11/2007