Bailey was graded with the Waratah Mayfield club at age 18. After that, he went on to represent the Country New South Wales rugby league team in 1935–36. In 1936 he came to the attention of Sydney talent scouts when he represented for Newcastle against a touring English side, downing the visitors 21–6.
Bailey came to Sydney for Newtown in 1937 and playing at centre alongside Frank Hyde helped Newtown to win the City Cup that year.
He accepted an offer to join Huddersfield in England in 1937 and played two seasons there as a loose forward.
Bailey returned to Australia at the outbreak of World War II and after another season at Waratah Mayfield joined Canterbury-Bankstown as captain-coach in 1941 back as a centre. Canterbury won a premiership under Bailey in 1942 when they won the grand final, 11–9.
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After the war Bailey made his state and national representative debuts. He played five games for New South Wales against Queensland, and visiting English sides. He played two games for Australia against Great Britain in 1946, the second of those as captain.
With no international fixtures scheduled in 1947 Bailey had played his last Test in 1946. He played out the 1947–48 seasons as captain-coach with West Maitland before his retirement.
bailey, rugby, league, bailey, 1914, 1989, australian, rugby, league, footballer, played, 1930s, 1940s, south, wales, country, south, wales, australian, representative, whose, club, career, played, with, waratah, mayfield, newtown, canterbury, bankstown, sydne. Ron Bailey 1914 1989 was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s He was a New South Wales Country New South Wales and Australian representative whose club career was played with Waratah Mayfield Newtown Canterbury Bankstown in Sydney and overseas with Huddersfield He captained his country in one Test in 1946 and was the first Canterbury Bankstown player to do so Ron BaileyPersonal informationFull nameRonald BaileyBorn 1914 04 03 3 April 1914Mayfield New South Wales AustraliaDied21 June 1989 1989 06 21 aged 75 Newcastle New South Wales AustraliaPlaying informationPositionCentreClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 1937 Newtown 8 3 0 0 9 1937 39 Huddersfield 1940 41 Waratah Mayfield 1941 46 Canterbury Bankstown 81 30 0 0 90 Total 89 33 0 0 99 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936 Newcastle 3 2 0 0 6 1945 46 Country NSW 1 0 0 0 0 1945 46 New South Wales 5 2 0 0 6 1946 Australia 2 1 0 0 3Coaching informationClub Years Team Gms W D L W 1941 Canterbury Bankstown 14 9 0 5 64 1944 Canterbury Bankstown 0 0 0 0 Total 14 9 0 5 64Source 1 2 3 Contents 1 Club career 2 Representative career 3 References 4 Sources 5 External linksClub career editBailey was graded with the Waratah Mayfield club at age 18 After that he went on to represent the Country New South Wales rugby league team in 1935 36 In 1936 he came to the attention of Sydney talent scouts when he represented for Newcastle against a touring English side downing the visitors 21 6 Bailey came to Sydney for Newtown in 1937 and playing at centre alongside Frank Hyde helped Newtown to win the City Cup that year He accepted an offer to join Huddersfield in England in 1937 and played two seasons there as a loose forward Bailey returned to Australia at the outbreak of World War II and after another season at Waratah Mayfield joined Canterbury Bankstown as captain coach in 1941 back as a centre Canterbury won a premiership under Bailey in 1942 when they won the grand final 11 9 Representative career editAfter the war Bailey made his state and national representative debuts He played five games for New South Wales against Queensland and visiting English sides He played two games for Australia against Great Britain in 1946 the second of those as captain With no international fixtures scheduled in 1947 Bailey had played his last Test in 1946 He played out the 1947 48 seasons as captain coach with West Maitland before his retirement References edit Rugby League Project Yesterday s Hero Rugby League Project CoachesSources editWhiticker Alan 2004 Captaining the Kangaroos New Holland SydneyExternal links editBulldogs profile No More Bloody Bundles For Britain Sporting positions Preceded byJoe Jorgenson Captain nbsp Australia1946 Succeeded byLen Smith Preceded byCec Fifield1944 Coach nbsp Canterbury Bankstown1944 Succeeded byBill Kelly1945 Preceded byAlan Brady1940 Coach nbsp Canterbury Bankstown1941 Succeeded byJerry Brien1942 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ron Bailey rugby league amp oldid 1180314613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
