Jack Lynch (rugby league)

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playername = Jack Lynch
fullname = Jack Lynch


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Jack Lynch was an Australian rugby league player of the 1930s in the New South Wales Rugby Football League competition. His club career was with Eastern Suburbs and St. George.

Lynch attended Sydney's Waverley College, before being graded by the Eastern Suburbs club. He made his First Grade debut for Eastern Suburbs in 1930, the same year as 1930s league star Dave Brown, who had also attended Waverley College.

Career

In his debut match, the young winger, scored a hat trick of tries against Balmain. He was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by South Sydney in the 1931 premiership decider. In that season, Lynch managed to top the competition in terms of both points and tries scored.

Lynch joined the St. George club in 1933 were he played three seasons before returning to Eastern Suburbs in 1936. The Tricolours side that season was one of rugby league's greatest ever club sides, managing to finish the season undefeated. Lynch, playing in the centres to replace the injured Jack Beaton, was one of Eastern Suburbs' try scorers in the premiership-deciding match against Balmain. In 1937, Lynch returned to St. George where he played his final season.

During his career, Lynch played 88 first grade matches scoring a total of 416 points (40 tries and 148 goals). 59 of those matches were for Eastern Suburbs where he scored 28 tries and 142 goals, whilst during his time at St. George he scored 48 points (12 tries and 6 goals).

Later life

Following his retirement from the game as a player he became a graded referee, was a lower grade coach at the Eastern Suburbs club and served as an official of that club for many years. In 1963 he was a manager for that year's Kangaroo tour and a deputy vice-president of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.

Lynch passed away after a suffering a heart attack in 1966.

References

* cite book | last=Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen |title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players |year=2007
publisher="Gary Allen Pty Ltd" |location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales |isbn=9781877082931 |pages=609