Name Ron Rowles | ||
Ron Rowles (born 12 February 1928 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league player and goal-kicking winger whose club career was played with the Manly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.
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Playing career
Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club . He played in the Manly's maiden grand final in 1951 and played five first grade seasons with the club between 1950-1954.
Point scoring records
He was the first Manly player to top 100 points in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years; 1951 (11t, 83g - 199 pts), 1952 (8t, 77g - 178 pts), 1953 (8t, 64g - 152 pts) and 1954 (13t, 92g - 223 pts).
He scored a club record 30 points (4t, 9g) in a match against Canterbury in 1954. He starred in a Possibles v. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.
He is the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.
Ron Rowles is the father of former rugby union and rugby league player Peter Rowles.