Sid Goodwin
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Sid Goodwin born on a Wednesday in November, was Australian rugby league
footballer of the 1930s and 40s. He played on the wing for the Balmain
and Newtown
clubs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership and also represented New South Wales
and Australia
.
In 1935 Goodwin took Balmain's club record for most tries in a match with five against University on 4 April. That year he was also selected to represent Australia. In 1936 he played in his first Grand Final, scoring a try in Balmain's loss to Easts. In 1939 Goodwin was the premiership's top try-scorer and also captained the Balmain side that won that year's Grand Final. By the time he left Balmain he'd set the club's records for most tries in a season and most career tries.
After moving to Newtown, Goodwin enjoyed further premiership success in NSWRFL season 1943, scoring a double in that year's Grand Final. He was again the League's top try-scorer the following season and played in the Grand Final once more, but failed to win against his old club, Balmain.
Sid Goodwin was inducted into the Balmain Tigers Hall of Fame on 20 March 2007.
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 of the 1930s and 40s. He played on the wing for the Balmain
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...
and Newtown
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...
clubs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership and also represented New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and 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...
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In 1935 Goodwin took Balmain's club record for most tries in a match with five against University on 4 April. That year he was also selected to represent Australia. In 1936 he played in his first Grand Final, scoring a try in Balmain's loss to Easts. In 1939 Goodwin was the premiership's top try-scorer and also captained the Balmain side that won that year's Grand Final. By the time he left Balmain he'd set the club's records for most tries in a season and most career tries.
After moving to Newtown, Goodwin enjoyed further premiership success in NSWRFL season 1943, scoring a double in that year's Grand Final. He was again the League's top try-scorer the following season and played in the Grand Final once more, but failed to win against his old club, Balmain.
Sid Goodwin was inducted into the Balmain Tigers Hall of Fame on 20 March 2007.