Arthur "Ned" Conlin - South Sydney Player Report

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FG Player - 6

Not to be confused with Albert Conlon. Colin is the 1909 South Sydney Premiership winning captain. He won two premierships with South Sydney in 1908 and 1909. He also played in the 1910 premiership final.

Conlin originates from the South Coast of NSW, and made his way to Sydney to play lower grades with South Sydney RU and Redfern RU. He made his first grade premiership debut in the inaugural Round 1 1908 clash against North Sydney at Birchgrove Oval.

Conlin a centre, was considered the best player in the 1908 premiership final. Conlin, in 1909 was the South Sydney and NSWRL leading pointscorer for the season. In 1909 Colin took over as South Sydney's leading first grade premiership career point scorer, a record he would hold until 1912. Colin was also the NSWRL leading career pointscorer between 1910 and 1911.

Colin played 4 seasons with South Sydney. He played 32 first grade games, which included 30 first grade premiership games.

At representative level, Conlin played 13 games between 1908 and 1910 while at South Sydney. He made his representative debut for a Sydney Metropolis team in the 3rd match against the NZ Maori. Colin defied authorities to play in this match, which was arranged to aid the 1908 NZ Maori team to get enough money to head home. He played 7 games for New South Wales, which included games against the Kangaroos, New Zealand and the NZ Maori. He also captained New South Wales on 4 occassions. Colin made his international debut for Australia in the 1909 1st Test against New Zealand at the RAS Showground. He would play 2 internationals for Australia.

He played his final first grade premiership game in the 1911 Round 10 clash against Glebe at the Sports Ground.

Player Relatives
Brother     - Conlin, Charles 

Representative Qualification
NSW City

Date of Birth
Sydney - 11th April 1883 (Died - 1947) 

Previous Clubs                             First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Bombaderry RU               (1904)
South Sydney 2G RU          (1905-06)
Redfern RU                  (1907)

Previous Rep Honours                   M  T   G FG  Pt
NSW South Coast RU          (1904)
Combined Burough RU         (1907)

Playing Career at South Sydney (1908-11)

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1908 Rd01 v North Sydney (25y 9d)

First Grade
                           Premiership :                            Tour
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1908     8   8   -   2   2      -   10 
1909     8   8   -   8  10      1   46+:   1   1   -   -   -      -    -
1910    11  11   -   3  19      -   47
1911     3   3   -   -   2      -    4 :   1   1   -   -   1/2    -    2

TOTAL   30  30   -  13  33      1  107 :   2   2   -   -   1/2    -    2

SS FG   32  32   -  13  34      1  109 

+ - Top NSWRL Try / Pointscorer

Lower Grades
                         Second  Grade :                     Third Grade : 
Year     M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts : 
1908     -   -   -   -   -      -    - :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1909     -   -   -   -   -      -    - :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1910     -   -   -   -   -      -    - :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1911     -   -   -   -   -      -    - :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -

TOTAL    -   -   -   -   -      -    - :   -   -   -   -   -      -    - 

South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
                           Premiership :                     All Matches
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
CAREER  30  30   -  13  33      1  107 :  32  32   -  13  34      1  109

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1909 Rd01  v Balmain

     First Grade
Year Premiership(  W- D-L      %) : Other(  W- D-L      %)
1909           8(  8- 0-0   100%) :     1(  1- 0-0   100%)
1910           7(  5- 1-1    71%) :

TOTAL         15( 13- 1-1    87%) :     1(  1- 0-0   100%)

SS FG         16( 14- 1-1    88%)

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
Sydney Metropolis    1908-09                                :  2   2   -   -   1/3    -    2 :  
New South Wales      1909                                   :  5   5   -   2   4/8    -   14 :  2   2   -   -   1/2    -    2
Kangaroos            1909                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   1/2    -    2
Probables            1910                                   :                                :  1   1   -   -   5/5    -   10 

TOTAL                        11  11   -   2  12/20   -   30

International                                Internationals :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
Australia            1909     2   2   -   1   -      -    3 :

TOTAL                         2   2   -   1   -      -    3

ALL REPS                     13  13   -   3  12/20   -   33

Captaincy                 CvC / Interstate/Tests :            Tourists :               Other 
                              M(  W- D-L      %) :  M(  W- D-L      %) :  M(  W- D-L      %)
New South Wales      1909                        :  2(  0- 0-2     0%) :  2(  0- 0-2     0%)

TOTAL                         2(  0- 0-2     0%)

Year Pos  Team                 Versus               Match         T  G/A  FG

1908 3/4  Sydney Metropolis    v NZ Maori           3rd Match     -  -     -

1909 3/4  New South Wales      v Kangaroos          1st Match     -  -     - (c) L
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v Kangaroos          2nd Match     -  1/2   - (c) L
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v New Zealand        1st Match     1  3/6   -
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v New Zealand        2nd Match     1  -/1   -
1909 3/4  Sydney Metropolis    v New Zealand        1st Match     -  1/3   -
1909 3/4  Australia            v New Zealand        1st Test      -  -     -
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v New Zealand        3rd Match     -  -     -
1909 3/4  Australia            v New Zealand        3rd Test      1  -     -
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v NZ Maori           1st Match     -  1/1   - (c) L
1909 3/4  New South Wales      v NZ Maori           2nd Match     -  -     - (c) L
1909 3/4  Kangaroos            v Wallabies          4th Match     -  1/2   -

1910 3/4  Probables            v Possibles          1st Match     -  5/5   -

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