Landow was a South Sydney junior who also excelled at cricket, representing the NSW schoolboys at cricket. Landow made his senior rugby league grade debut in the Round 14 1935 clash against Balmain at the Sports Ground. In 1936 he made his first grade debut in Round 1 of the new Night Competition against Western Suburbs at the Sports Grounds under lights.
Landow was a fine grade batsman and would spend a number of seasons away from rugby league. He scored 323 with 51 boundaries in 1937 to set Randwick grade cricket batting record. He returned to Rugby League through the South Sydney juniors and City Houses competitions. He finally made his first grade premiership debut in the 1942 Round 2 clash against Western Suburbs at St Luke's Oval.
Landow played for 5 seasons with South Sydney. He played 12 first grade games, which included 8 premiership first grade games and 2 cup first grade game. He played 38 senior grade games, which included 34 senior grade premiership games.
Landow played his final first grade game on the 1943 tour against Tamworth in Tamworth.
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 4.75in /
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Sydney - 30th April 1915 (Died - 1998)
Previous Clubs
Moore Park (Cricket) (1932-34)
Randwick (Cricket) (1934-36) Scored a record 323 no
Moore Park (Cricket) (1937-40)
A.C.I. (City Houses) (1941) [Australian Consolidated Industries]
Previous Rep Honours
NSW Schoolboys (Cricket) (1933-34)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1935-36,42-44)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1936 NF-01 v Western Suburbs (21y 326d)
1942 Rd02 v Western Suburbs (Premiership - 27y 9d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : State Championship : Night Football 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
1936 - - - - - - - : : : 1 - (1) - - - - : - - - - - - -
1942 7 7 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - - - - - : : : 1 1 - - - - -
1943 1 1 - - - - - : : - - - - - - -
1944 - - - - - - - : : - - - - - - - : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 8 8 - 1 - - 3 : 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - - : 1 - (1) - - - - : 2 2 - - - - -
SS FG 12 11 (1) 1 - - 3
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade :
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts :
1935 - - - - - - - : 7 7 - - 3 - 6
1936 1 1 - - - - - : 6 6 - - - - -
1942 5 5 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1943 2 2 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1944 5 5 - 1 - - 3 : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 13 13 - 1 - - 3 : 13 13 - 3 - 6 -
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 34 34 - 2 3 - 12 : 2 1 (1) - - - - : 38 37 (1) 2 3 - 12
Short Form
Short-Game Matches
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1936 - - - - - - -
1943 - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - -
SS SF - - - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG none
After Leaving South Sydney
Military Service (1945-47) Army Private 14th Australian Infratry (Served in Japan Peace operations)
Ref - RLP / CI / NAA-206594 / FN-4 / FN-46
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