Ron Rowles
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| Full name | Ronald George Rowles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1928 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ron Rowles (born 12 February 1928 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby League player. He is the father of former Rugby Union and Rugby League player Peter Rowles.
Playing career
Rowles was a prolific point-scorer who played in the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles maiden grand final in 1951. He played 5 first grade seasons with Manly.
Point scoring records
He was the first Manly player to top 100pts in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years; 1951 (11t, 83g - 199pts), 1952 (8t, 77g - 178pts), 1953 (8t, 64g - 152pts) and 1954 (13t, 92g - 223pts). He scored a club record 30pts (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'.[1]
He is the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles History, scoring 852 points during his five year career at Manly.
References
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