A one time South Sydney premiership winning squad member in 1971. Who also made a cameo in the 1970 premiership winning season. One time South Sydney third grade premiership winner in 1969. He also won the U21 President Cup as captain with South Sydney in 1969. Bampton is also a two time Pre-Season(Wills) Cup competition winner in 1972 and 1978.
Bampton is a South Sydney junior from Alexandria Rovers, Waterloo and Zetland. He played two season in the South Sydney junior reps in 1965 and 1969. He made his South Sydney senior grade debut in the 1969 Round 18 Third Grade clash against Penrith at Penrith Park. He played his first grade game in the 1970 Pre-Season(Wills) Cup semi-final against Canterbury-Bankstown at the Sports Ground. He made his first grade premiership debut in the 1970 Round 9 clash against Cronulla-Sutherland at Endeavour Field.
Bampton was a second rower or lock, who would was a uncomprmising worker in the South Sydney pack. After three seasons in Wollongong, Jack Gibson loured him back to South Sydney.
In Round 7 1978 Bampton made his frsit grade premiership debut as captain against Balmain at Redfern Oval. Bampton led South Sydney first grade for two seasons in 1978 and 1979. At the end of the 1978 Bampton led South Sydney on a tour of the Darwin, as part of the post cyclone Tracey rebuild of the Rugby League community.
Bampton played 6 seasons at South Sydney. He played 74 first grade club games for South Sydney, which included 51 first grade premiership games and 20 first grade cup games. He played 159 senior grade games at South Sydney, which included 136 senior grade premiership games.
Bampton played his final first grade premiership game in the postponed 1979 Round 14 clash against Manly-Warringah at Redfern Oval.
Bampton was awarded the best & fairest South Sydney player across all grades in 1970. In 1994 Bampton was awarded Life Membership of South Sydney. In 2006 he was also awarded life membership of the NSWRL. In 2008 he was named in the greatest ever Alexandria Rovers team at lock. Then in 2009 he was awarded a OAM(Order of Autralia Medal) for services to rugby league.
Player Relatives Nephew - Bampton, Matthew Represetative Qualification NSW City Date of Birth Sydney - 20th June 1949 (Died - 2024) South Sydney Junior Club Alexandria Rovers Waterloo Zetland Previous Clubs Wollongong-Wests (1974-77) Illawarra (1975) (c)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1969-73,78-79)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1970 PreSF SSG v Canterbury-Bankstown (20y 271d)
1970 Rd09 Ende v Cronulla-Sutherland (Premiership - 20y 337d)
First Grade
Premiership : Channel 10 Challenge Cup : Midweek Cup : Pre-Season Comp : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1970 1 1 - - - - - : : : 1 - (1) - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
1971 6 4 (2) - - - - : : : 4 4 - 2 - - 6
1972 10 10 - 1 - - 3 : : : 1 - (1) - - - -
1973 2 - (2) - - - - : : : 1 1 - - - - -
1978 22 22 - - - - - : 3 3 - 1 - - 3 : 3 3 - - - - - : 4 4 - - - - - : 2 2 - - - - -
1979 10 8 (2) - - - - : : 2 - (2) - - - - : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 51 45 (6) 1 - - 3 : 3 3 - 1 - - 3 : 5 3 (2) - - - - : 12 10 (2) 2 - - 6 : 3 3 - - - - -
SS Cup 20 16 (4) 3 - - 9
SS FG 74 64 (10) 4 - - 12
South Sydney Senior Grade Debut
1969 Rd18 Penr v Penrith (Third Grade)
Lower Grades : Juniors
Reserve Grade : Third Grade : Presidents Cup : Jersey Flegg Cup
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1965 : : : 3 3 - - - - -
1969 - - - - - - - : 7 7 - - - - - : 6 6 - 1 - - 3
1970 20 20 - 3 - - 9 : - - - - - - -
1971 17 17 - 4 - - 12 : - - - - - - -
1972 13 13 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
1973 13 13 - 3 - - 9 :
1978 - - - - - - - :
1979 15 15 - - - - - :
TOTAL 78 78 - 12 - - 36 : 7 7 - - - - - : 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : 3 3 - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
CAREER 136 130 (6) 13 - - 39 : 20 16 (4) 3 - - 9 : 159 149 (10) 16 - - 48
Captaincy Record
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1978 Rd07 Redf v Balmain (27y)
First Grade : Lower Grades : Juniors
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %) : Reserve Grade( W- D-L %) : Third Grade( W- D-L %) : Presidents Cup( W- D-L %)
1969 : : : : 6( 6- 0-0 100%)
1973 : : 3( 1- 0-2 33%) :
1978 14( 7- 0-7 50%) : 7( 5- 0-2 71%) :
1979 7( 3- 0-4 43%) : :
TOTAL 21( 10- 0-11 47%) : 7( 5- 0-2 71%) : 3( 1- 0-2 33%) : : 6( 6- 0-0 100%)
SS FG 28( 15- 0-13 53%)
SS CAREER 31( 16- 0-15 52%)
Suspensions
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE none
Player Awards
Year Award 1970 - South Sydney Best & Fairest Player - All Grades 1994 - South Sydney DRLFC Life Membership 2006 - NSWRL Life Membership 2008 - Alexandria Rovers Greatest Team (Lock) 2009 - Order of Australia Medal
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG none
After retiring from playing Bampton moved into club administration at South Sydney and became South Sydney CEO between 1997 and 1999 and was appointed Vice-President of the NSWRL in 2002.
Ref - SSFC / DMA-24 p 18 / RLP
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