REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

“In the intercolonial matches played against Queensland and New Zealand the club were well represented and the chosen ones acquitted themselves with much credit.”

“They say that he would pick fifteen Wallaroos to represent the colony if he had his own way.”
— The Bird O’ Freedom, 28 July 1894 commenting on Wallaroo FC & NSWRU official Monty Arnold

HONOURS

Many of the Wallaroo FC players won selection in the New South Wales (now Waratahs) representative side, right from its first games and decade vs Queensland (now Reds), New Zealand (now All Blacks), Victoria and Great Britain (now British Lions).

Wallaroo FC was represented in the first Australian (now Wallabies) teams in 1899 vs Great Britain. In the opening match the Wallabies three-player three-quarter line was all Wallaroos.

Former Wallaroo FC players were in some of Australia’s teams of the early 1900s.

There are also a small number of Wallaroo FC players who were in representative matches for international teams before their time with Wallaroo FC, and in one case during a period overseas away from the club.

WALLAROOS WHO PLAYED FOR THE WALLABIES
(AUSTRALIA 1899-1905)

The 1899 ‘tests’ against Great Britain (‘England’) were the first internationals played by Australia (combined NSW and Queensland), now known as the British Lions and the Wallabies respectively.

The list below includes current (1899) and former Wallaroo FC players who played ‘tests’ matches for Australia. Two former Wallaroo FC players gained caps after the final Wallaroo FC season in 1899 – Stanley Wickham 1903-04 (playing for Western Suburbs) and Charles White 1903-04 (North Sydney). Newcastle favourite Walter Cobb is on the list as he made a cameo appearance for Wallaroo FC late in the 1893 season.

In seven of Australia’s first nine Test matches, the captain was a current (Frank Row) or former (Wickham) Wallaroo FC player. Wickham was the last Wallaroo FC-heritage player selected for the Australian team, going out as skipper in the 1905 Wallabies v New Zealand match in Dunedin.

Opposition teams: E., English (British) team; N.Z., New Zealand.

— Cobb, Walter (Newcastle Centrals). E., 1899 (3rd & 4th tests).
— Kelly, Alfred (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (1st test).
— O’Donnell, Ignatius (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (3rd & 4th tests).
— O’Donnell, John (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (4th test).
— Row, Frank (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (1st, 3rd & 4th tests).
— Spragg, Stephen (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (all 4 tests).
— Webb, William (Wallaroo). E., 1899 (3rd & 4th tests).
— White, Charles (Wallaroo & North Sydney). E., 1899 (1st test); N.Z., 1903 (one-off test); E., 1904 (1st test).
— Wickham, Stanley (Western Suburbs). N.Z., 1903 (one-off test); E., 1904 (all 3 tests); N.Z., 1905 (one-off test).

OTHER INTERNATIONALS WHO PLAYED FOR WALLAROO
(1875-1886)

The list below includes individuals who appeared for a now recognised international team before or after a stint with the Wallaroo FC.

— Barlow, Maurice. Ireland (vs England) 1875. Joined the Wallaroo FC for the 1875 season. Was still at the club in 1882 when chosen for NSW vs Queensland.
— Walsh, Henry Deane. Ireland (vs England) 1875 & ’76. Played for Wallaroo FC team from August 1877 to the end of the 1878 season.
— Wade, Charles Gregory. England (8 times in Home Nations) 1882 to ’86. Played for Wallaroo FC 1879-80 & 1887-88, studying law at Oxford University in the intervening years. In 1888 was chosen for NSW against Great Britain and Queensland.
— O’Donnell, James. New Zealand 1884 tour to Australia, playing 7 games including 3 matches vs NSW. Remained in Sydney & played for Wallaroo FC in 1884-85. In both of his Wallaroo FC years he was selected for NSW against Queensland.

WALLAROOS WHO PLAYED FOR THE WARATAHS
(NSW 1882-1899)

The list below was first compiled from a table published in The Sunday Sun, 22 July 1906. Any known errors or omissions identified have been adjusted. This list is intended to only include NSW matches that occurred when the individual was a current Wallaroo FC player.

While the present day NSW side are known as The Waratahs, this was not the case during the time of the Wallaroos. The first NSW team to be called The Waratahs were the 1927-28 tour to Britain, France and Canada.

Opposition teams: C.Q., Central Queensland; E., English (British) team; N.Z., New Zealand; N.Z.N., New Zealand Native (Maori) team; Q., Queensland; V., Victoria.
[Listings for tours to C.Q., N.Z., Q. & V. confirm a place in the touring squad, not selection in particular matches.]

— Alcock, T. – N.Z., 1894; Q., 1894; V., 1895.
— Allport, R. – N.Z., 1893.
— Barlow, Maurice – Q., 1882.
— Baylis, F.A. – Q., 1886; V., 1899.
— Baylis, F.C. – N.Z., 1884; Q., 1884.
— Bowman, E. M. – Q., 1891, 1892, 1893; C.Q., 1891.
— Brodie, J. A. – Q., 1882, 1883.
— Caird, C. Y. – N.Z., 1886; Q., 1886, 1888; E., 1888.
— Cameron, R. – E., 1888; Q., 1888.
— Cheeseman, F. T. – Q., 1885.
— Cobb, Walter. – Q., 1893.
— Davie, J. – Q., 1891; C.Q., 1891.
— De Lauret, J. – N.Z., 1886.
— Dibbs, R. C. – N.Z., 1894.
— Firth, O. – Q., 1885.
— Fligg, F. W. – Q., 1882, 1883.
— Fligg, H. B. – N.Z., 1882, 1884; Q., 1882, 1884, 1885.
— Gardner, A. G. H. – Q., 1896, 1897; N.Z., 1897.
— Graham, G. W. – N.Z., 1882, 1884; Q., 1885.
— Harpin, H. – Q., 1883.
— Hungerford, E. – Q., 1886, 1887, 1889.
— Ireland, W. – Q., 1896, 1898.
— Kelly, A. J. – Q., 1898, 1899; E., 1899.
— Lane, P. M. – Q., 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898; N.Z., 1894, 1897.
— Logan, A. C. – Q., 1883.
— Lyons, W. – Q., 1891.
— McArthur, G. W. – N.Z., 1886; Q., 1886.
— McCormack, J. – Q., 1899.
— McMurdo, C. H. – Q., 1891; C.Q., 1891; N.Z., 1893.
— Manchee, A. F. – Q., 1894; V., 1895.
— Meagher, J. – N.Z.N., 1889; Q., 1889, 1890.
— Moore, G. – Q., 1893, 1894; V., 1894.
— O’Donnell, James – Q., 1884, 1885.
— O’Donnell, Ignatius – Q., 1898, 1899; E., 1899.
— Osborne, H. M. – N.Z., 1884; Q., 1884.
— Phillips, A. – Q., 1892.
— Radcliffe, A. – Q., 1885.
— Rand, W. A. – Q., 1893.
— Rice, E. – E., 1888; Q., 1889.
— Richmond, G. S. – N.Z., 1882.
— Roberts, E. A. – Q., 1890, 1892, 1893; N.Z., 1893; V., 1894.
— Row, Frank – Q., 1896, 1898, 1899; E., 1899.
— Scott, Arthur T. – V., 1894; N.Z., 1894; C.Q., 1895; Q., 1895, 1896, 1898.
— Shappere, A. E. – Q., 1892.
— Smith, E. – C.Q., 1891.
— Smith, H. A. I. – V., 1894.
— Spragg, Stephen – Q., 1898, 1899; E., 1899.
— Tiley, S. A. – Q., 1885; E., 1888.
— Wade, Charles Gregory – E., 1888; Q., 1888.
— Wade, J. – Q., 1887.
— Wade, L. – Q., 1883, 1888; E., 1888.
— Weaver, F. E. – N.Z., 1886.
— Webb, William – Q., 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900; V., 1894, 1895; E., 1899.
— Wheeler, G. – Q., 1899; E., 1899.
— White, Charles – Q., 1894, 1899; E., 1899.
— Wickham, Stanley – C.Q., 1895; Q., 1895, 1896; N.Z., 1897, 1898.
— Woods, H. D. L. – C.Q., 1891.

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