John Anderson (rugby league)

John Anderson

Personal information
Born	(1913-10-19)19 October 1913 Scotland
Died	17 September 1984(1984-09-17) (aged 70)
Playing information
Weight	72.5 kg (11 st 6 lb)
Position	Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1932–33 Blackball (WCRL) 2 2 10 0 28 1936–41 Marist (ARL) 110 53 215 1 591 1944 Point Chevalier 9 3 4 0 17 1945 Marist 17 2 44 2 98 1945 Town (Marist & City) 1 1 3 0 9 1945 AKL Watersiders 1 1 0 0 3 Total 140 62 276 3 746 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1935 West Coast 1 3 0 0 3 Canterbury 1935 South Island 1 0 0 0 0 1936–37 Auckland 2 5 2 0 19 1936 North Island 1 0 3 0 6 1938 New Zealand 5 6 3 0 24
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John Anderson (19 October 1913 – 17 September 1984) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

The 1938 NZ team to tour Australia.

Anderson originally played for Blackball in the West Coast Rugby League competition. He represented the West Coast, Canterbury and the South Island.

Auckland and Marist

In 1936 Anderson moved to Auckland, joining the Marist Old Boys club and becoming the club captain. With Marist he won the 1938 Fox Memorial championship and the Roope Rooster in 1937 and 1939. Anderson also represented Auckland and the North Island.

In 1938 Anderson toured Australia with the New Zealand team. No test matches were played on the tour however Anderson was the second highest point scorer with 6 tries and 27 goals.

Anderson was one of the most prolific point scorers in Auckland rugby league history.

Army rugby

During the war years Anderson played rugby for an Army side.

Point Chevalier

In 1944 Anderson transferred to the Point Chevalier club during the second round of the competition not having played in the league for 3 seasons. He scored a try in a loss to Ponsonby on 29 July and then soon after requested a transfer back to his old Marist club.