Six time South Sydney premiership winner in 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, and 1926 premiership squad member, only missing the 1926 premiership final through injury. Wearing also played in the 1923 and 1924 premiership deciders. He is also a three time City Cup winner in 1921, 1924 and 1925. 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. Wearing in 1925, 1926 and 1927 was the NSWRL leading try scorer. While in 1925 and 1928 he was the NSWRL leading point scorer. In 1929 Wearing became South Sydney's greatest point scorer after surpasing Harold Horder, a record he would hold until 1957. Also in 1929 Wearing became South Sydney's greatest try scorer after again surpasing Harold Horder, a record he would hold until 2014. In his honour a testimonial match was arranged after his retirement.
Player Relatives
Son - Benny, Wearing Jnr
Playing - Height / Weight
/ 9st 6lb
Representative Qualification
NSW City
Date of Birth
Redfern - 11th June 1900 (Died - 1968)
South Sydney Junior Club
Redfern Iona
Previous Clubs
none
Playing Career at South Sydney (1920-33)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1921 Rd02 v Eastern Suburbs (20y 323d)
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 Cup 24 24 - 21 9 - 81
SS FG 221 221 - 193 243 - 1065
+ - Top NSWRL Try / Pointscorer
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
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1926 Tour1 v Newcastle
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1926 : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
TOTAL : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
SS FG 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Player Awards
Year Award 1938 - RL News Top 5 Greatest Wingers 1952 - Rugby League News Immortal 1978 - ARL Top 40 Greatest Players 1992 - Rugby League Week Top 100 (#88) 1996 - Randwick Council Hall of Fame 2007 - ARL 100 Greatest Players 2018 - NRL Hall of Fame
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 II 1922 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3 :
New South Wales 1923-32 13 13 - 11 22 - 77 : 9 9 - 6 14 - 46 : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
Probables 1924 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney Metropolis 1927 1 1 - 2 - - 6 : :
Sydney City 1928-30 3 3 - 4 9 - 30 : :
Sydney City II 1929 : : 1 1 - 1 2 - 7
Odd Placed Teams 1932 : : 1 1 - - 6 - 12
TOTAL 31 31 - 26 53 - 184
International Internationals : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Australasia 1922 : 1 1 - - - - -
Australia 1928 1 1 - 2 3 - 12 :
TOTAL 2 2 - 2 3 - 12
ALL REPS 33 33 - 28 56 - 196
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1922 Wing Australasia v Kangaroos - - -
1922 Wing New South Wales II v NZ Maoris 1 - -
1923 Wing Sydney Metropolis v Queensland 1st Match (Withdrew due to injury)
1923 New South Wales (Queensland Tour)
1923 Wing New South Wales v Ipswich Qld Tour 1 - -
1924 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1924 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - - -
1924 Wing New South Wales v England 1st Match 1 - -
1924 Wing New South Wales v England 2nd Match 2 - -
1924 Wing New South Wales v England 3rd Match 1 - -
1924 New South Wales (Queensland Tour Squad) (Withdrew due to injury)
1924 Res Australia v England 1st Test (Selected but DNP)
1924 Wing Probables v Possibles 3rd Match - - -
1925 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 1 3 -
1925 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - 5 -
1925 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match 3 6 -
1925 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 1st Match - 2 -
1925 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 2nd Match 1 2 -
1925 Wing New South Wales v New Zealand 3rd Match - 2 -
1925 Wing Sydney Metropolis v NSW Country 1st Match (Withdrew due to Toowoomba Club Tour)
1925 New South Wales (Queensland Tour Squad)
1925 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 4th Match 2 1 -
1926 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 1 - -
1926 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 1 - -
1926 New South Wales (Queensland Tour Squad) (Withdrew)
1927 Wing Sydney Metropolis v NSW Country 1st Match 2 - -
1927 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match 2 1 -
1927 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match 1 - -
1927 New South Wales (Queensland Tour Squad) (Withdrew)
1928 Wing Sydney City v NSW Country 1st Match 2 3 -
1928 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 1st Match - - -
1928 Wing New South Wales v Queensland 2nd Match - 5 -
1928 Wing New South Wales v England 1st Match - 4 -
1928 Wing New South Wales v England 2nd Match - 3 -
1928 Wing Australia v England 3rd Test 2 3 -
1928 New South Wales (Queensland Tour Squad) (Withdrew)
1929 Wing Sydney City II v NSW Country II 1 2 -
1929 Wing Sydney City v NSW Country 2nd Match 2 2/4 -
1930 Wing Sydney City v NSW Country - 4 -
1932 Wing Sydney City v England (Withdrew due to injury)
1932 Wing New South Wales v England 2nd Match 1 1 -
1932 Wing Odd Placed Teams v Even Placed Teams - 6 -
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