Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- David Parkinson
- Born
- Wednesday, 21st March, 1923
- Died
- Monday, 23rd October, 1978 (Aged 55 years and 216 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1946
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1944, 1946
Biography
Newcastle junior was playing fullback with Balmain in 1946 when a great game for Sydney in a minor rep match against South Coast gave him the inside running for Test selection against Great Britain. Parkinson played in all three Ashes Tests in the first series contested after World War II. In a courageous performance in the Third Test he played the majority of the match with a broken leg rather than leave Australia further depleted (Arthur Clues had been sent off and there were no replacements allowed). Parkinson was a member of the Balmain teams that won the premiership in 1944 and lost to Easts in the 1945 final but the injury suffered in the deciding Test of the Ashes series kept him out of the club's grand final win over St George in 1946. He went to Babinda Queensland the following season but returned to the club in 1948.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Coalfields | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 3 | - | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 53 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 66.04% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 60 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 76.67% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1946 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Rest of NSW Firsts | 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1945 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1946 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1946 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1949 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Coalfields | 1952-54 | 3 | - | 15 | - | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1954 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1944-1954 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1944 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1945 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1946 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1948 | 21 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Balmain | 1944-46, 1948 | 53 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 66.04% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Tim Costello
Your Say
20/12/2019
Dave "Dasher" Parkinson came from the Cessnock club to Balmain in 1944. A full-back, he played for the Tigers in seasons 1944-46 and 1948. He did not play for Balmain in 1947, accepting a captain-coach position at Babinda in Queesnsland that year.
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