He played lock, with seven test matches for his country, including the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 92.[2]
Watkins played for just one club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership throughout his career which spanned 14 years, interrupted by the First World War. He played in over 100 matches for the Eastern Suburbs side between 1913 and 1926, winning Premierships with that club in 1913 and 1923. Watkins also won City Cups with the Easts club in 1914, 1915 and 1916.[3]
jack, watkins, american, professional, basketball, player, basketball, jack, cosgrove, bluey, watkins, 1893, 1974, australian, rugby, league, footballer, personal, informationfull, namejack, cosgrove, watkinsborn, 1893, february, 1893sydney, south, walesdied13. For the American professional basketball player see Jack Watkins basketball Jack Cosgrove Bluey Watkins 1893 1974 was an Australian rugby league footballer Jack WatkinsPersonal informationFull nameJack Cosgrove WatkinsBorn 1893 02 12 12 February 1893Sydney New South WalesDied13 July 1974 1974 07 13 aged 81 Playing informationPositionLock Second row HookerClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 1913 26 Eastern Suburbs 136 25 0 0 75 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914 24 New South Wales 13 2 0 0 6 1914 21 Australia 7 1 0 0 3 1914 23 Metropolis 5 0 0 0 0Source 1 Career editHe played lock with seven test matches for his country including the 1921 22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No 92 2 Watkins played for just one club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership throughout his career which spanned 14 years interrupted by the First World War He played in over 100 matches for the Eastern Suburbs side between 1913 and 1926 winning Premierships with that club in 1913 and 1923 Watkins also won City Cups with the Easts club in 1914 1915 and 1916 3 After enlisting in the First World War Watkins was chosen to play a series of matches for Australian Imperial Forces AIF against England Bluey Watkins died on 13 July 1974 age 82 4 5 Sources editHeads Ian and Middleton David 2008 A Centenary of Rugby League MacMillan SydneyReferences edit Jack Watkins Career Stats amp Summary Rugby League Project www rugbyleagueproject org Retrieved 1 May 2020 ARL Annual Report 2005 Rugby League Project Heads Middleton p 393 Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 15 07 1974 nbsp This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Watkins amp oldid 1208518890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
