Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Vivian Robert Farnsworth
- Born
- Monday, 4th February, 1889
- Died
- Thursday, 16th April, 1953 (Aged 64 years and 71 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1911/1912, 1920
- Test Series
- Australasia vs England 1910
- Interstate Series
- 1910
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1910
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bill Farnsworth
- Roy Farnsworth
Biography
With his brother Bill, Viv Farnsworth formed the first set of brothers to play rugby league for Australia. Viv was an outstanding centre with Newtown after coming from Petersham's RU ranks. He represented NSW in 1910-11 before joining his brother on the 1911-12 ‘Australasian’ Kangaroo tour. Equally brilliant in attack and defence he made his Test debut against England in the First Test against England and scored two tries (he had to wait for the final two Tests to play in the same side as Bill). Due to the advent of World War I Viv Farnsworth did not play in another Test series until almost a decade later in the Ashes-winning series in Australia in 1920. He died in 1953, aged 64.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| The Ashes | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australasia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 31 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 80.65% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Kangaroos | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 45 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1911-12, 1920 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australasia | 1910 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wallabies | 1909 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1910-12, 1920 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.25% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1911-12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Kangaroos | 1912 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| AIF | 1919 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1920 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1909-1920 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 78.26% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1910 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1911 | 10 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1912 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1919 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1920 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1921 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1910-12, 1919 | 34 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 64.71% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1920-21 | 11 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1910-1921 | 45 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates
Your Say
17/07/2019
Viv Farnsworth was a great-uncle of Parramatta Eels player and CEO Denis Fitzgerald AM.
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