A product of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. Lennox was a fiery red head. who played his early football in Mudgee, and representing Group 14 and Western Division, before making his way to South Sydney via St George.
Representative Qualification
NSW Country
Date of Birth
Mudgee - 21st March 1906 (Died - 1943)
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Mudgee (1927-28)
Kandos (1929)
St George (1930-32) 41 4 - - 12
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
Group 14 (1927)
NSW Western Division (1929) 1 - - - -
Playing Career at South Sydney (1933-34)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1933 Rd01 v Newtown (27y 35d)
First Grade
Premiership : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1933 6 6 - - - - - : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1934 6 6 - 1 - - 3 : 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 12 12 - 1 - - 3 : 3 3 - 1 - - 3
SS FG 15 15 - 2 - - 6
Lower Grades
Reserve Grade : Third Grade
Year M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1933 10 10 - 5 - - 15 : - - - - - - -
1934 10 10 - 2 - - 6 : - - - - - - -
TOTAL 20 20 - 7 - - 21 : - - - - - - -
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 32 32 - 8 - - 24 : 35 35 - 9 - - 27
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout
M S R T G/A FG Pts
1933 2 2 - - - - -
TOTAL 2 2 - - - - -
SS SF 2 2 - - - - -
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
never
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1947 - Lennox Cup (NSWRL Junior Interdistrict Trophy) named in his memory
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG none
After Leaving South Sydney
Subsequent Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Cessnock (1935-38) Captain-Coach
Military Service (1941-43) Army - 2/15th Field Artillery - Gunner
Lennox enlisted in 1941 joining the Army 2/15th field atillery regiment and was sent to Malaya in 1941. He was captured by the Japanese, with the rest of the 8th Division during the fall of Singapore. As a POW he was sent to the Burma to work on the infamous Burma Thailand railway. He died in the Thanbuyazat POW hospital in 1943. George Treweek after WWII donated a trophy in his honour known as the Jack Lennox Memorial Cup.
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