Harry Melville
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Melville | |||||
| Nickname | Hughie | |||||
| Born | 1930 Australia |
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| Died | 6 January 1965 Kogarah, New South Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second Row | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1949–57 | St George Dragons | 87 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Source: Whiticker/Hudson | ||||||
Harry Melville (1930-1965) was an Australian Rugby League player of the 1940s and 1950s and was a two time premiership winning player with the St. George Dragons.
Career
A local junior, Harry 'Hughie' Melville played for St George Dragons for seven seasons between 1949-1952 and 1955-1957. He is remembered as a premiership winning player with the St George Dragons. He was a member of the playing squad in 1949 Grand Final, played in the 1956 Grand Final in which he scored a try in that match, and was a member of the squad for the 1957 Grand Final.
Melville's place in the team was taken at the signing of champion forward, Harry Bath, and he retired from St. George soon afterward.[1]
He died at the relatively young age of 35 on 6 January 1965. [2]
References
- ↑ http://rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald - death notice - 08/01/1965
