Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Robert Robertson Craig
- Born
- Thursday, 1st September, 1881
- Died
- Tuesday, 5th March, 1935 (Aged 53 years and 186 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1911/1912
- Test Series
- Australasia vs England 1910
- Interstate Series
- 1910, 1911
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919
- City Cup
- 1917
Biography
Robert Robertson Craig is regarded as one of the most gifted sportsmen Australia has produced. A champion swimmer and later coach, Craig represented NSW in soccer before concentrating on a career in Rugby Union with inner city club Balmain. After first playing for NSW in 1907, the back row forward toured Great Britain and America with the 1908-09 Wallabies. Craig's only RU Test appearance was against Wales on that tour and after winning a gold medal at the London Olympics he turned professional in 1910. A 'heady' second row forward with a fine kicking game Craig represented NSW in consecutive years before appearing in all three Tests on the Ashes-winning 'Australasian' Kangaroo tour of 1911-12. Craig retired at the end of 1918 to take on the secretary role with Balmain but returned to the playing field for the last three matches of the 1919 season when many of the club’s stars were touring NZ with the Australian team. Craig was secretary of the Balmain Club until 1922, was the club’s delegate to the NSWRL in 1923-24 and was also a State selector
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Was a member of the Australian Rugby Union team which won Gold at the 1908 London Olympics.
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Overall | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 34 | 9 | 2 | - | 31 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 73.53% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australasia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 4 | 92 | 14 | 2 | - | 46 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 58.70% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 147 | 29 | 5 | - | 97 | 93 | 45 | 9 | 63.27% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1910-12, 1914 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australasia | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wallabies | 1909 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1910-11, 1913-14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
| Kangaroos | 1917 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1909-1917 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.75% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1910 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1911 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1912 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1914 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1915 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1916 | 14 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.57% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1917 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.86% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1918 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1919 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1910-19 | 92 | 14 | 2 | - | 46 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 58.70% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Sources:
Wakefield Trinity Heritage , Warrington Rugby Heritage
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