Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Henry Benson
- Nickname(s)
- Binghi
- Born
- Wednesday, 4th January, 1893
- Died
- Saturday, 25th May, 1968 (Aged 75 years and 142 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1921
Biography
Glebe halfback toured NZ with NSW in 1922. Benson captained 'Rest of Australia' against the Kangaroos in 1924 and was a NSW rep against England but could not crack a spot in Australia's Test side. He later played for St George's in the club's maiden premiership final, the 20-11 loss to Souths in 1927. Sadly, Benson passed away after watching the Australia v Great Britain match during the 1968 World Cup, age 75.
- 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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| Tour Matches | New South Wales Seconds | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 109 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 69 | 39 | 1 | 63.30% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 32 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 59.38% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1921-24 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| Australasia II | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Seconds | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1924 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1921-1924 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1916 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1917 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1918 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1919 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1920 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1922 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1923 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1924 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1927 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Glebe | 1916-24 | 94 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 59 | 35 | 0 | 62.77% | List | ||||
| St George | 1927 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1916-1927 | 109 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 69 | 39 | 1 | 63.30% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner
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