Interstate Pre-Origin (Men)

Between 1908 and 1982 (excluding one match
each in 1980 and 1981) eligibility for selection in
Interstate matches was based residency. These
are the players that represented New South Wales
from the Roosters in that Pre-Origin era.

Roosters Interstate Captains - NSW
Matches Played Against Queensland
Captain	Years As Captain
Dally Messenger	1911
Harry Caples	1923
Dave Brown	1934 - 1936
Ron Saddler	1967
John Brass	1970
Ron Coote	1975
Arthur Beetson	1977

Roosters Interstate Players - NSW
Matches Played Against Queensland
No.	Player	Debut Game *	NSW No.
1	Lou Jones	Game 1, 1908	29
2	Dally Messenger	Game 1, 1908	11
3	Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley	Game 1, 1908	26
4	Herb Brackenreg	Game 2, 1908	2
5	Sandy Pearce	Game 2, 1910	13
6	Dan Frawley	Game 1, 1911	43
7	John 'Dinny' Campbell	Game 2, 1911	69
8	Bob 'Botsy' Williams	Game 3, 1911	79
9	Eddie White	Game 2, 1912	87
10	Fred Kinghorn	Game 1, 1913	95
11	Wally Messenger	Game 1, 1913	98
12	Charlie Lees	Game 2, 1913	101
13	Les Cubitt #	Game 1, 1915	70
14	Arthur 'Pony' Halloway #	Game 1, 1915	21
15	Jack 'Bluey' Watkins	Game 1, 1915	108
16	George Challis	Game 1, 1915	110
17	Ray Norman #	Game 1, 1919	85
18	Harry Caples	Game 3, 1919	129
19	Sid Kaufmann	Game 3, 1919	131
20	Reg Farnell	Game 4, 1919	138
21	Ed 'Snowy' Rigney #	Game 3, 1919	134
22	Bill Ives	Game 1, 1921	151
23	Rex Norman	Game 1, 1921	153
24	Fred Hume	Game 2, 1921	161
25	Les Steel	Only Game, 1922	168
26	Jack Dawson	Game 1, 1924	172
27	Clarrie Hincksman	Game 2, 1924	177
28	Nelson Hardy	Game 1, 1926	202
29	Joe 'Chimpy' Busch	Game 2, 1928	239
30	Gordon Fletcher	Game 4, 1928	246
31	Bill Shankland #	Game 4, 1929	245
32	Joe Pearce	Game 2, 1930	259
33	Dave Brown	Game 1, 1931	263
34	Billy Hong	Game 1, 1931	266
35	Ernie Norman	Game 1, 1931	268
36	Ray Stehr	Game 4, 1931	272
37	Norm Pope	Game 5, 1931	273
38	Hilton Delaney	Game 1, 1933	286
39	Viv Thicknesse	Game 1, 1933	286
40	Laurie Ward	Game 2, 1933	294
41	Jack Beaton	Game 1, 1934	295
42	Ross McKinnon #	Game 1, 1935	291
43	Fred Tottey	Game 1, 1937	311
44	Andy Norval	Game 3, 1938	321
45	Harry Pierce	Game 3, 1938	332
46	George Watt	Game 1, 1945	364
47	Lionel Cooper	Game 2, 1945	367
48	Sel Lisle	Game 3, 1946	372
49	Wally O'Connell	Game 4, 1948	408
50	Charlie Banks	Game 2, 1951	433
51	Ray Thomas	Game 3, 1951	437
52	Ferris Ashton	Game 1, 1952	440
53	Jack Gibson	Game 2, 1954	459
54	Brian Allsop	Game 4, 1955	483
55	Bob Landers	Game 3, 1959	526
56	Terry Fearnley	Game 3, 1960	538
57	Kevin Junee	Game 3, 1965	590
58	Ron Saddler	Game 1, 1967	603
59	John Brass	Game 1, 1970	632
60	Jim Morgan #	Game 1, 1970	585
61	Mark Harris	Game 3, 1970	641
62	Bill Mullins	Game 3, 1971	656
63	Arthur Beetson #	Game 1, 1972	593
64	Ron Coote #	Game 1, 1974	588
65	Elwyn Walters #	Game 2, 1974	627
66	Russell Fairfax	Game 3, 1974	682
67	Bob Fulton #	Game 1, 1978	605
68	Ian Schubert	Game 1, 1978	712
69	Kerry Boustead	Game 1, 1979	721
70	John Lang	Game 2, 1980	740
71	John Harvey	Game 1, 1981	747
72	Robert Laurie	Game 1, 1981	749
73	Paul McCabe	Game 1, 1981	751
74	Jeff Masterman	Game 1, 1981	750
75	Des O'Reilly	Game 1, 1981	753
76	Royce Ayliffe	Game 2, 1981	754
77	Noel Cleal	Game 2, 1981	755
* Debut game listed indicates first Interstate match played against Queensland whilst at the Roosters # Played for New South Wales against Queensland prior to joining the Club, and again whilst at the Club

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