Horrie Miller (rugby league)
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Horrie Miller was an Australian rugby league
footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs
club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code.
Miller was a former champion runner who was rated the fastest runner in the league's inaugural season. He headed the League's try
-scoring list in that first season - he scored a hat trick
of tries in that year's semi-final and followed that up with a further two in the final. He was also the League's top point scorer in season 1908. His only representative match came in that first year when he was selected to represent Sydney
in a match against a touring New Zealand Maori side
.
The wing three-quarter also served as Eastern Suburbs
secretary in the club's first season. In addition, that year Miller was appointed secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Football League on a temporary basis, following the dismissal of J J Giltinan
. The position became permanent in 1914 and Miller served in that role until 1946.
In the 1948 season
the former league secretary unsuccessfully attempted to establish a rebel night competition.
Miller is credited with coining the phrase The Greatest Game of All
.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. A wing-threequarter with the Eastern Suburbs
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
club in 1908 and 1909, the first years of the new code.
Miller was a former champion runner who was rated the fastest runner in the league's inaugural season. He headed the League's try
Try
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
-scoring list in that first season - he scored a hat trick
Hat Trick
Hat trick, hat-trick or hattrick may refer to:* hat-trick — in various sports, achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match* Hattrick — online football management game** Hattrick Limited — producers of this game...
of tries in that year's semi-final and followed that up with a further two in the final. He was also the League's top point scorer in season 1908. His only representative match came in that first year when he was selected to represent Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in a match against a touring New Zealand Maori side
New Zealand Maori rugby league team
-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...
.
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
secretary in the club's first season. In addition, that year Miller was appointed secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Football League on a temporary basis, following the dismissal of J J Giltinan
J J Giltinan
James Joseph Giltinan was an Australian entrepreneur who helped to found the sport of rugby league football in Australia.On 8 August 1907 at Bateman's Crystal Hotel, George Street, Sydney politician Henry Hoyle chaired a meeting of fifty, comprising several leading rugby players and officials...
. The position became permanent in 1914 and Miller served in that role until 1946.
In the 1948 season
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1948
The 1948 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-first season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first...
the former league secretary unsuccessfully attempted to establish a rebel night competition.
Miller is credited with coining the phrase The Greatest Game of All
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
.