Noel Hollingdale
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Noel Hollingdale (Sydney
- Australia
) was a rugby league
player in the New South Wales Rugby League
competition.
Hollingdale played for the Eastern Suburbs
club in the years 1938-42. A Hooker
, Hollingdale played in 53 matches for the club. In 1940 he was a member of Easts'
premiership winning team that defeated Canterbury Bankstown
24-14. He also played in two other premiership deciding matches, he was in the side that went down to Canterbury in 1938 - giving that club its first premiership. And in 1941 he was a member of the Easts' side that was defeated by St George in that year's decider, coincidentally it was also that clubs first premiership.
Hollingdale died in January 2000.
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...
- Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) was a rugby league
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...
player in the New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
competition.
Hollingdale played for 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 the years 1938-42. A Hooker
Rugby league positions
A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories: "forwards" and "backs"....
, Hollingdale played in 53 matches for the club. In 1940 he was a member of Easts'
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...
premiership winning team that defeated Canterbury Bankstown
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
24-14. He also played in two other premiership deciding matches, he was in the side that went down to Canterbury in 1938 - giving that club its first premiership. And in 1941 he was a member of the Easts' side that was defeated by St George in that year's decider, coincidentally it was also that clubs first premiership.
Hollingdale died in January 2000.