Alfred Lewis "Alf" "Smacker" Blair - South Sydney Player Report

Five-Eighth

FG Player - 96

Five time South Sydney premiership winner 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1929, who also won three City Cups in 1921, 1924 and 1925. He also played in one other premiership decider in 1924. He captained South Sydney in three of these premiership victories. Blair, in 1927 was the NSWRL leading pointscorer.


Playing - Height / Weight
                 / 10st 9lb

Representative Qualification
NSW City

Date of Birth
Sydney - 16th August 1896 (Died - 1944)

South Sydney Junior Club
Waterloo Albions

Previous Clubs                             First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Longreach (Queensland)       (1928)                    (captain-coach)

Previous Rep Honours                   M  T   G FG  Pt
Central Queensland           (1928)    1  -   1  -   2

Playing Career at South Sydney (1916-27,29-30)

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1915 KO-01 v Western Suburbs (18y 315d)
1917 Rd06 v Newtown (Premiership - 20y 297d)

First Grade
                           Premiership :                        City Cup :               Aust Championship :                            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
1917     9   9   -   2   -      -    6 :   3   3   -   2   -      -    6
1918    14  14   -   4   -      -   12 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    - :   1   1   -   1   -      -    3 :   2   2   -   -   -      -    -
1919    14  14   -   6   -      -   18 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1920    12  12   -   5   -      -   15 :   2   2   -   3   -      -    9 :                                 :   2   2   -   -   -      -    -
1921     8   8   -   2   -      -    6 :   7   7   -   -   -      -    - :                                 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1922    12  12   -   2   2      -   10 :   1   1   -   2   -      -    6 :                                 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1923     7   6  (1)  1   4      -   11 :   2   2   -   -   1      -    2 :                                 :   1   1   -   1   1      -    5
1924     8   8   -   -   1      -    2 :   8   8   -   2  11      -   28 :                                 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1925    10  10   -   1   9      -   21 :   3   3   -   -   4      -    8 :   1   1   -   -   1      -    2 :   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1926    18  18   -   3  40      -   89 :                                 :                                 :   2   2   -   1   4      -   11
1927    15  15   -   -  43      -   86+:                                 :                                 :   2   2   -   -   9      -   18
1929    16  16   -   7   6      -   33 :                                 :                                 :   4   4   -   1   2      -    7
1930    15  15   -   2  18      -   42 :                                 :                                 :   4   4   -   2  10      -   26
 
TOTAL  158 157  (1) 35 123      -  351 :  28  28   -   9  16      -   59 :   2   2   -   1   1      -    5 :  20  20   -   5  26      -   67

SS FG  208 207  (1) 50 166      -  484 

Short Form
                   Short-Game Knockout
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1915     1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1923     -   -   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL    1   1   -   -   -      -    -

SS SF    1   1   -   -   -      -    -

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1922 Rd01  v Wests

     First Grade                                           : Juniors
Year Premiership(  W- D-L      %) : Other(  W- D-L      %) : Presidents Cup(  W- D-L      %)
1915                              :                        :              3(  2- 0-1    67%)
1922          12(  7- 1-4    58%) :     2(  0- 1-1     0%)
1923                              :     2(  0- 1-1     0%)
1925          10( 10- 0-0   100%) :     5(  4- 0-1    80%)
1926          18( 16- 0-2    89%) :     2(  1- 0-1    50%)
1927          15( 14- 0-1    93%) :     2(  2- 0-0   100%)
1929          16( 13- 1-2    81%) :     5(  4- 0-1    80%)
1930          15(  8- 0-7    53%) :     4(  4- 0-0   100%)

TOTAL         86( 68- 2-16   79%) :    22( 15- 2-5    68%)

SS FG        108( 83- 4-21   77%)

Suspension Record at South Sydney

Year       Grade v           Wk CHARGE
never

Representative Honours at South Sydney

Domestic                                   CvC / Interstate :                       Tourists :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
New South Wales      1917-27  7   7   -   4   2      -   16 :  6   6   -   2   -      -    6 :  3   3   -   4   -      -    8
Sydney Metropolis    1920     1   1   -   -   -      -    - :                                :
NSW Maroon & Gold    1921                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -
New South Wales II   1922                                   :  1   1   -   -   -      -    - :
Possibles            1924                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL                        20  20   -   6   6      -   30

International                                Internationals :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
Australia            1924     1   1   -   -   -      -    - :

TOTAL                         1   1   -   -   -      -    -

ALL REPS                     21  21   -   6   6      -   30

Captaincy          CvC/Interstate/Internationals :               Other 
                              M(  W- D-L      %) :  M(  W- D-L      %)
New South Wales II   1922                        :  1(  1- 0-0   100%)
Possibles            1924                        :  1(  0- 1-0     0%)
New South Wales      1927     4(  3- 0-1    75%) :  2(  0- 0-2     0%)

TOTAL                         8(  4- 1-3    50%)

Year Pos  Team                 Versus               Match         T  G/A  FG
1917 5/8  New South Wales      v Kangaroos                        -  -     -

1919 5/8  New South Wales      v New Zealand        1st Match     -  -     -
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v New Zealand        2nd Match     -  -     -
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v New Zealand        3rd Match     -  -     -
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v New Zealand        4th Match     1  -     -
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1919 Res  New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match                      (Selected but DNP)
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     3  1/2   -
1919 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     -

1920 5/8  Sydney Metroplitan   v NSW Country                      -  -     -
1920 Res  Australia            v England            1st Test                       (Selected but DNP)
1920 Res  New South Wales      v Queensland                                        (Selected but DNP)

1921 5/8  NSW Maroon & Gold    v NSW Navy & White                 -  -     -
1921 Res  New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match                      (Selected but DNP)

1922 Res  Australasia          v Kangaroos                                         (Selected but DNP)
1922 5/8  New South Wales II   v NZ Maoris                        -  -     - (c) W

1924 5/8  Possibles            v Probables          1st Match     -  -     - (c) D
1924 5/8  New South Wales      v England            1st Match     -  -     -
1924 5/8  New South Wales      v England            2nd Match     1  -     -
1924 5/8  New South Wales      v England            3rd Match                (c)   (Selected but DNP)
1924 5/8  Australia            v England            1st Test      -  -     -

1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     - (c) W
1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     1  1     - (c) W
1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Toowoomba          Qld Tour      -  -     - (c) L
1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     -  -     - (c) L
1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Ipswich            Qld Tour      -  4     - (c) L
1927 5/8  New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     - (c) W

After Leaving South Sydney


Subsequent Clubs                           First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Waratah-Mayfield         (1931)                        (captain-coach)
Cooma                                                  (captain-coach) 

After finishing his playing career he coached Wests in (1943) before coaching South Sydney in (1944).

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