In 1920 Wearing ran the 100 yards in 10.2 seconds. Wearing had a trademark overhead kick on the run that he would gather one handed before racing to score. In 1923 Wearing won the rugby league sprint championship beating Horder and Blinkhorn.
Representative Qualification
NSW City
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1921 Rd02 v Eastern Suburbs (20y 323d)
Previous Clubs
none
Date of Birth
11th June 1900 (Died - 1968)
South Sydney Junior Club
Redfern Iona
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Aust/State 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
1921 7 7 - 9 - - 27 : 10 10 - 11 - - 33 : : 1 1 - 3 - - 9
1922 15 15 - 10 9 - 48 : - - - - - - - : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1923 15 15 - 15 3 - 51 : 2 2 - 1 3 - 9 : : 1 1 - 2 - - 6
1924 6 6 - 6 - - 18 : 7 7 - 5 - - 15 : : 1 1 - 4 3 - 18
1925 11 11 - 12 20 - 76 : 2 2 - 1 2 - 7 : 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - 2 2 - 10
1926 16 16 - 14 8 - 58 : : : 3 3 - 1 1 - 5
1927 17 17 - 20 10 - 80 : : : 2 2 - 2 - - 6
1928 14 14 - 8 35 - 94 : : : 2 2 - 2 2 - 10
1929 18 18 - 8 17 - 58 : : : 5 5 - 1 15 - 33
1930 13 13 - 12 14 - 64 : : : 3 3 - 5 4 - 23
1931 17 17 - 13 34 - 107 : : 1 1 - 1 2 - 7 : 2 2 - 5 - - 15
1932 12 12 - 11 32 - 97 : : 1 1 - 2 2 - 10 : 1 1 - - 2 - 4
1933 11 11 - 5 17 - 49 : : : 2 2 - 1 6 - 15
TOTAL 172 172 - 143 199 - 827 : 21 21 - 18 5 - 64 : 3 3 - 3 4 - 17 : 25 25 - 29 35 - 157
SS FG 221 221 - 193 243 - 1065
Short Form
Short-Game Knockout : 9s
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1923 1 1 - - - - -
1928 : - - - - - - -
1932 - - - - - - -
1933 2 2 - 1 3 - 9
TOTAL 3 3 - 1 3 - 9 : - - - - - - -
SS SF 3 3 - 1 3 - 9
Player Awards
Year Award 1952 - Rugby League News Immortal 1996 - Randwick Council Hall of Fame 2018 - NRL Hall of Fame