Harry Alfred Finch - South Sydney Player Report

Wing

Two time South Sydney premiership winner in 1926 and 1928. Who was also a member of the 1927 and 1929 South Sydney premiership winning squads. He missed the premiership final in 1929 while on the Kangaroo tour. Before playing rugby league, he was a schoolboy sprinter.

FG Player - 152

Representative Qualification
NSW City

South Sydney First Grade Debut
1926 Rd06  v Western Suburbs (19y 43d)

Date of Birth
Newtown - 16th April 1907 (Died - 1949) 

Previous Clubs                             First Grade
                                       M  T   G FG  Pt
Eastern Suburbs             (1925)     9  1   -  -   3
Cessnock                    (1931-32)                  (Captain-Coach)

Previous Rep Honours                   M  T   G FG  Pt
Probables                   (1925)     1  1   -  -   3

Playing Career at South Sydney (1926-30,33-34)

First Grade
                           Premiership :                            Tour
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1926     7   7   -   2   1      -    8 :   2   2   -   -   -      -    -
1927    14  14   -  14   -      -   42 :   2   2   -   3   -      -    9
1928    11  11   -   5   -      -   15 :   -   -   -   -   -      -    -
1929     7   7   -   9   -      -   27 :   2   2   -   1   -      -    3  
1930     4   4   -   -   -      -    - :   2   2   -   2   -      -    6
1933    10  10   -   5   -      -   15 :   2   1  (1)  2   -      -    6
1934    14  14   -   4   -      -   12 :   4   4   -   2   -      -    6
 
TOTAL   67  67   -  39   1      -  119 :  14  13  (1) 10   -      -   30

SS FG   81  80  (1) 49   1      -  149 

Short Form
                   Short-Game Knockout :                              9s
         M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :   M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
1928                                   :   1   1   -   1   -      -    3
1933     4   4   -   -   1      -    2

TOTAL    4   4   -   -   1      -    2 :   1   1   -   1   -      -    3

SS SF    5   5   -   1   1      -    5

Captaincy Record at South Sydney

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Suspension Record at South Sydney

Year       Grade v           Wk CHARGE
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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      1926-29  9   9   -   1   -      -    3 :                                :  3   3   -   3   -      -    9
Sydney Metropolis    1927     1   1   -   5   -      -   15 :                                :
Sydney City          1929     1   1   -   -   -      -    - :                                :

TOTAL                        14  14   -   9   -      -   27

International                                Internationals :                          Other
                              M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts :  M   S   R   T   G/A   FG  Pts
Australia            1929-30                                : 10  10   -  16  18      -   84

TOTAL                        10  10   -  16  18      -   84

ALL REPS                     24  24   -  25  18      -  111

Year Pos  Team                 Versus               Match         T  G/A  FG

1926 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     -  -     -
1926 Wing New South Wales      v QLD Colts                        -  -     -
1926 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     -

1927 Wing Sydney Metropolis    v NSW Country        1st Match     5  -     -
1927 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1927 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     -  -     -
1927 Wing New South Wales      v Toowoomba          Qld Tour      -  -     -
1927 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         3rd Match     -  -     -
1927 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     -  -     -

1929 Wing Sydney City          v NSW Country        1st Match     -  -     -
1929 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         1st Match     -  -     -
1929 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         2nd Match     -  -     -
1929 Wing New South Wales      v Queensland         4th Match     1  -     -
1929 Wing New South Wales      v NSW Clarence R     Tour Match    3  -     -
1929      Australia            (Kangaroo Tour Squad) 
1929 Wing Australia            v York               Tour Match    1  3     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Widnes             Tour Match    3  5     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Wakefield Trinity  Tour Match    1  -     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Castleford         Tour Match    3  -     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Leigh              Tour Match    1  1     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Barrow             Tour Match    1  2     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Hull               Tour Match    1  -     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Bradford Northern  Tour Match    2  4     -
1929 Wing Australia            v St Helens          Tour Match    2  2     -
1929 Wing Australia            v Swinton            Tour Match    1  1     -

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