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	Arthur Oxford #	Only Game, 1922	117
26	Les Steel	Only Game, 1922	168
27	Jack Dawson	Game 1, 1924	172
28	Clarrie Hincksman	Game 2, 1924	177
29	Nelson Hardy	Game 1, 1926	202
30	Joe 'Chimpy' Busch	Game 2, 1928	239
31	Gordon Fletcher	Game 4, 1928	246
32	Bill Shankland #	Game 4, 1929	245
33	Joe Pearce	Game 2, 1930	259
34	Dave Brown	Game 1, 1931	263
35	Billy Hong	Game 1, 1931	266
36	Ernie Norman	Game 1, 1931	268
37	Ray Stehr	Game 4, 1931	272
38	Norm Pope	Game 5, 1931	273
39	Hilton Delaney	Game 1, 1933	286
40	Viv Thicknesse	Game 1, 1933	286
41	Laurie Ward	Game 2, 1933	294
42	Jack Beaton	Game 1, 1934	295
43	Ross McKinnon #	Game 1, 1935	291
44	Fred Tottey	Game 1, 1937	311
45	Andy Norval	Game 3, 1938	321
46	Harry Pierce	Game 3, 1938	332
47	George Watt	Game 1, 1945	364
48	Lionel Cooper	Game 2, 1945	367
49	Sel Lisle	Game 3, 1946	372
50	Wally O'Connell	Game 4, 1948	408
51	Charlie Banks	Game 2, 1951	433
52	Ray Thomas	Game 3, 1951	437
53	Ferris Ashton	Game 1, 1952	440
54	Jack Gibson	Game 2, 1954	459
55	Brian Allsop	Game 4, 1955	483
56	Bob Landers	Game 3, 1959	526
57	Terry Fearnley	Game 3, 1960	538
58	Kevin Junee	Game 3, 1965	590
59	Ron Saddler	Game 1, 1967	603
60	John Brass	Game 1, 1970	632
61	Jim Morgan #	Game 1, 1970	585
62	Mark Harris	Game 3, 1970	641
63	Bill Mullins	Game 3, 1971	656
64	Arthur Beetson #	Game 1, 1972	593
65	Ron Coote #	Game 1, 1974	588
66	Elwyn Walters #	Game 2, 1974	627
67	Russell Fairfax	Game 3, 1974	682
68	Bob Fulton #	Game 1, 1978	605
69	Ian Schubert	Game 1, 1978	712
70	Kerry Boustead	Game 1, 1979	721
71	John Lang	Game 2, 1980	740
72	John Harvey	Game 1, 1981	747
73	Robert Laurie	Game 1, 1981	749
74	Paul McCabe	Game 1, 1981	751
75	Jeff Masterman	Game 1, 1981	750
76	Des O'Reilly	Game 1, 1981	753
77	Royce Ayliffe	Game 2, 1981	754
78	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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