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Referee

Jack O'Brien

Country

Age TBC

Birthplace

Background

Games 262

Home Wins 159

Draws 5

Away Wins 98

Home Win % 61

RefereeTeamAga, RefereeTeamAgaComp and RefereeAgaMates

Teams and Players

Every team and player refereed, with team-perspective results, competition splits, coaches, fellow officials and appointment roles.

WLF

St George DragonsCountry not recorded

Games74Wins41Draws1Losses32

55.4% team win rate · 137 difference · 06 Jul 1940 – 30 Jul 1955

WLF

Balmain TigersCountry not recorded

Games68Wins43Draws3Losses22

63.2% team win rate · 280 difference · 20 Jul 1940 – 30 Jul 1955

WLF

South Sydney RabbitohsAustralia

Games63Wins27Draws0Losses36

42.9% team win rate · -18 difference · 06 Jul 1940 – 05 Jun 1955

Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAustralia

Games61Wins26Draws4Losses31

42.6% team win rate · -213 difference · 20 Jul 1940 – 06 Aug 1955

WLF

North Sydney BearsCountry not recorded

Games58Wins28Draws0Losses30

48.3% team win rate · 66 difference · 31 May 1941 – 20 Aug 1955

WLF

Western Suburbs MagpiesCountry not recorded

Games53Wins21Draws1Losses31

39.6% team win rate · -179 difference · 29 Jun 1940 – 20 Aug 1955

Newtown JetsCountry not recorded

Games51Wins31Draws0Losses20

60.8% team win rate · 231 difference · 29 Jun 1940 – 13 Aug 1955

WLF

Sydney RoostersAustralia

Games51Wins20Draws0Losses31

39.2% team win rate · -252 difference · 13 Jul 1940 – 13 Aug 1955

WLF

Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesAustralia

Games27Wins14Draws1Losses12

51.9% team win rate · 72 difference · 28 Jun 1947 – 18 Jun 1955

WLF

Parramatta EelsAustralia

Games18Wins6Draws0Losses12

33.3% team win rate · -124 difference · 03 May 1947 – 02 Jul 1955

RefereeTeamAgaYear

Teams by Year

Year	Team	Games	W	D	L	Win %	PF	PA
1955	Newtown Jets	6	6	0	0	100.0%	151	68
1955	North Sydney Bears	6	5	0	1	83.3%	152	87
1955	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	4	3	1	0	75.0%	100	35
1955	Sydney Roosters	4	0	0	4	0.0%	58	106
1955	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	0	0	4	0.0%	30	142
1955	Balmain Tigers	3	1	1	1	33.3%	77	57
1955	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	0	0	3	0.0%	17	60
1955	St George Dragons	3	2	0	1	66.7%	59	44
1955	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	0.0%	8	36
1955	Parramatta Eels	1	0	0	1	0.0%	11	28
1954	South Sydney Rabbitohs	8	5	0	3	62.5%	172	108
1954	North Sydney Bears	6	4	0	2	66.7%	141	100
1954	St George Dragons	5	3	0	2	60.0%	78	71
1954	Sydney Roosters	4	2	0	2	50.0%	80	117
1954	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3	2	0	1	66.7%	54	44
1954	Balmain Tigers	2	1	0	1	50.0%	53	34
1954	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	0.0%	17	75
1954	Newtown Jets	2	1	0	1	50.0%	33	34
1954	Parramatta Eels	2	0	0	2	0.0%	21	48
1954	Western Suburbs Magpies	2	0	0	2	0.0%	34	52
1953	Sydney Roosters	5	3	0	2	60.0%	85	94
1953	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4	1	0	3	25.0%	55	100
1953	North Sydney Bears	4	1	0	3	25.0%	39	40
1953	South Sydney Rabbitohs	4	2	0	2	50.0%	102	85
1953	St George Dragons	4	3	0	1	75.0%	72	80
1953	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	2	0	2	50.0%	96	89
1953	Newtown Jets	3	2	0	1	66.7%	57	42
1953	Parramatta Eels	3	1	0	2	33.3%	29	61
1953	Balmain Tigers	2	1	0	1	50.0%	48	28
1953	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1	1	0	0	100.0%	36	0
1952	South Sydney Rabbitohs	9	5	0	4	55.6%	192	105
1952	St George Dragons	6	5	0	1	83.3%	118	83
1952	Western Suburbs Magpies	5	3	0	2	60.0%	65	73
1952	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	3	0	0	3	0.0%	22	67
1952	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3	2	0	1	66.7%	68	51
1952	Newtown Jets	3	0	0	3	0.0%	34	75
1952	North Sydney Bears	3	1	0	2	33.3%	43	40
1952	Balmain Tigers	2	1	0	1	50.0%	32	31
1952	Parramatta Eels	1	1	0	0	100.0%	14	13
1952	Sydney Roosters	1	0	0	1	0.0%	0	50
1951	St George Dragons	8	5	0	3	62.5%	162	120
1951	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	6	4	0	2	66.7%	112	112
1951	Balmain Tigers	5	0	0	5	0.0%	82	112
1951	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4	2	0	2	50.0%	49	60
1951	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	4	0	0	100.0%	92	67
1951	North Sydney Bears	3	0	0	3	0.0%	19	48
1951	Sydney Roosters	3	0	0	3	0.0%	41	85
1951	Parramatta Eels	2	2	0	0	100.0%	51	30
1951	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	2	0	0	100.0%	51	20
1951	Newtown Jets	1	0	0	1	0.0%	19	24
1950	Newtown Jets	6	5	0	1	83.3%	94	73
1950	South Sydney Rabbitohs	6	3	0	3	50.0%	74	80
1950	Balmain Tigers	5	5	0	0	100.0%	86	48
1950	North Sydney Bears	4	1	0	3	25.0%	43	58
1950	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	1	0	3	25.0%	47	57
1950	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3	0	0	3	0.0%	29	42
1950	St George Dragons	3	1	0	2	33.3%	40	46
1950	Sydney Roosters	2	1	0	1	50.0%	32	35
1950	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1	0	0	1	0.0%	14	20
1949	Balmain Tigers	8	5	1	2	62.5%	130	101
1949	St George Dragons	6	4	0	2	66.7%	110	72
1949	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4	1	1	2	25.0%	55	78
1949	Newtown Jets	4	2	0	2	50.0%	56	64
1949	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3	2	0	1	66.7%	39	46
1949	Parramatta Eels	3	2	0	1	66.7%	39	35
1949	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	2	0	1	66.7%	57	21
1949	Sydney Roosters	3	0	0	3	0.0%	16	63
1949	Western Suburbs Magpies	3	0	0	3	0.0%	22	35
1949	North Sydney Bears	1	0	0	1	0.0%	7	16
1948	Balmain Tigers	7	7	0	0	100.0%	129	70
1948	St George Dragons	7	5	1	1	71.4%	133	85
1948	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4	0	1	3	0.0%	44	60
1948	Parramatta Eels	4	0	0	4	0.0%	47	85
1948	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	0	0	3	0.0%	42	62
1948	Western Suburbs Magpies	3	3	0	0	100.0%	43	35
1948	Newtown Jets	2	0	0	2	0.0%	17	37
1948	Sydney Roosters	2	1	0	1	50.0%	13	15
1948	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1	0	0	1	0.0%	10	23
1948	North Sydney Bears	1	0	0	1	0.0%	5	11
1947	Balmain Tigers	9	6	0	3	66.7%	188	151
1947	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	7	5	0	2	71.4%	153	107
1947	North Sydney Bears	5	3	0	2	60.0%	78	89
1947	South Sydney Rabbitohs	5	2	0	3	40.0%	108	103
1947	Western Suburbs Magpies	5	4	0	1	80.0%	68	54
1947	St George Dragons	4	1	0	3	25.0%	44	67
1947	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3	0	0	3	0.0%	42	65
1947	Parramatta Eels	2	0	0	2	0.0%	33	69
1947	Sydney Roosters	2	0	0	2	0.0%	19	28
1946	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	6	2	1	3	33.3%	71	114
1946	North Sydney Bears	4	2	0	2	50.0%	62	56
1946	Balmain Tigers	3	3	0	0	100.0%	83	36
1946	Newtown Jets	3	2	0	1	66.7%	56	32
1946	Sydney Roosters	3	1	0	2	33.3%	38	43
1946	Western Suburbs Magpies	3	0	1	2	0.0%	42	69
1946	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1	0	0	1	0.0%	7	19
1946	St George Dragons	1	1	0	0	100.0%	19	9
1945	North Sydney Bears	5	3	0	2	60.0%	74	58
1945	St George Dragons	5	0	0	5	0.0%	48	112
1945	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	3	0	1	75.0%	99	54
1945	Balmain Tigers	3	1	1	1	33.3%	52	48
1945	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	3	2	1	0	66.7%	55	36
1945	Newtown Jets	3	3	0	0	100.0%	88	31
1945	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	0	0	3	0.0%	26	93
1945	Sydney Roosters	2	1	0	1	50.0%	23	33
1944	Balmain Tigers	5	5	0	0	100.0%	109	53
1944	St George Dragons	5	3	0	2	60.0%	93	72
1944	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4	2	0	2	50.0%	63	64
1944	Newtown Jets	4	1	0	3	25.0%	70	71
1944	South Sydney Rabbitohs	4	1	0	3	25.0%	35	88
1944	North Sydney Bears	3	1	0	2	33.3%	23	43
1944	Western Suburbs Magpies	3	1	0	2	33.3%	47	54
1944	Sydney Roosters	2	1	0	1	50.0%	37	32
1943	Newtown Jets	9	6	0	3	66.7%	184	100
1943	North Sydney Bears	8	5	0	3	62.5%	124	121
1943	Balmain Tigers	4	3	0	1	75.0%	51	47
1943	Sydney Roosters	4	0	0	4	0.0%	27	67
1943	St George Dragons	3	2	0	1	66.7%	50	46
1943	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	0.0%	9	46
1943	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	1	0	1	50.0%	20	25
1943	Western Suburbs Magpies	2	0	0	2	0.0%	13	26
1942	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10	8	0	2	80.0%	185	143
1942	St George Dragons	7	4	0	3	57.1%	109	88
1942	Balmain Tigers	6	2	0	4	33.3%	94	120
1942	Sydney Roosters	6	2	0	4	33.3%	70	110
1942	South Sydney Rabbitohs	5	3	0	2	60.0%	79	76
1942	North Sydney Bears	4	1	0	3	25.0%	73	63
1942	Newtown Jets	1	0	0	1	0.0%	13	16
1942	Western Suburbs Magpies	1	0	0	1	0.0%	14	21
1941	Western Suburbs Magpies	5	0	0	5	0.0%	57	109
1941	St George Dragons	4	2	0	2	50.0%	105	73
1941	Sydney Roosters	4	4	0	0	100.0%	58	30
1941	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	0	0	3	0.0%	40	71
1941	Balmain Tigers	2	2	0	0	100.0%	45	29
1941	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	1	0	1	50.0%	18	26
1941	Newtown Jets	1	1	0	0	100.0%	18	16
1941	North Sydney Bears	1	1	0	0	100.0%	25	12
1940	Sydney Roosters	4	4	0	0	100.0%	88	29
1940	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	3	2	0	1	66.7%	47	46
1940	Newtown Jets	3	2	0	1	66.7%	64	40
1940	St George Dragons	3	0	0	3	0.0%	16	51
1940	Balmain Tigers	2	0	0	2	0.0%	16	30
1940	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	1	0	1	50.0%	20	44
1940	Western Suburbs Magpies	1	0	0	1	0.0%	14	25

RefereeTeamAgaComp

Teams by Competition

Team	Competition	Games	W	D	L	Win %	Diff
St George Dragons	National Rugby League	74	41	1	32	55.4%	137
Balmain Tigers	National Rugby League	67	43	3	21	64.2%	286
South Sydney Rabbitohs	National Rugby League	63	27	0	36	42.9%	-18
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	National Rugby League	60	25	4	31	41.7%	-219
North Sydney Bears	National Rugby League	58	28	0	30	48.3%	66
Western Suburbs Magpies	National Rugby League	53	21	1	31	39.6%	-179
Newtown Jets	National Rugby League	51	31	0	20	60.8%	231
Sydney Roosters	National Rugby League	51	20	0	31	39.2%	-252
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	National Rugby League	27	14	1	12	51.9%	72
Parramatta Eels	National Rugby League	18	6	0	12	33.3%	-124
Balmain Tigers	City Cup	1	0	0	1	0.0%	-6
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	City Cup	1	1	0	0	100.0%	6

RefereeAgaMates

Players Refereed

Player	Games	Tries	Goals	Points	Captain	W	D	L
Jack Spencer	48	11	1	35	2	32	2	14
Eddie Burns	41	14	2	46	9	20	4	17
Frank Facer	41	0	0	0	1	23	1	17
Sid Ryan	39	1	0	3	0	31	1	7
Tom Bourke	37	4	24	60	19	25	1	11
Les Cowie	37	13	0	39	1	19	0	18
Jack Rayner	36	12	1	38	32	19	0	17
Frank Farrell	35	6	0	18	32	21	0	14
Roy Kirkaldy	34	1	0	3	0	20	1	13
Denis Donoghue	33	5	1	17	0	16	0	17
Ken Charlton	32	3	0	9	5	11	3	18
Noel Pidding	31	9	86	199	5	17	1	13
Arthur Patton	31	22	5	76	8	24	0	7
Herb Gilbert	30	1	2	7	0	20	0	10
Ernie Hammerton	30	1	1	5	0	17	0	13
Cec Waters	30	1	0	3	0	14	0	16
Jack Hampstead	29	3	0	9	0	25	1	3
Johnny Bliss	28	21	0	63	0	13	0	15
Clive Churchill	28	5	8	31	4	14	0	14
Harry Porter	28	1	6	15	9	16	2	10
Jack Walsh	28	5	0	15	12	13	1	14
Tom Kirk	27	1	107	217	5	17	0	10
Bobby Lulham	27	35	15	135	1	19	1	7
Ron Bailey	26	10	0	30	17	14	2	10
Wally O'Connell	26	5	1	17	10	11	0	15
Bernie Purcell	25	6	40	98	0	15	0	10
Lin Johnson	25	0	29	58	3	15	1	9
Dick Dunn	25	2	22	50	0	13	0	12
Norm Provan	25	2	0	6	0	17	0	8
Jack Lindwall	24	20	16	92	1	14	1	9
Cyril McMahon	24	17	15	81	1	12	0	12
Eric Bennett	24	11	0	33	9	11	1	12
Fred De Belin	24	3	0	9	11	17	1	6
Norm Strong	24	1	0	3	0	10	0	14
Frank Johnson	24	0	0	0	3	13	0	11
Joe Jorgenson	23	5	83	181	2	15	1	7
Len Holmes	23	7	13	47	0	10	3	10
Stan Ponchard	23	11	6	45	2	14	1	8
Kevin Woolfe	23	6	3	24	0	14	0	9
Jack Holland	23	7	1	23	0	15	1	7
Doug Fleming	22	4	29	70	0	15	0	7
Matt McCoy	22	11	12	57	6	15	1	6
Len Kelly	22	10	0	30	14	11	0	11
Peter O'Brien	22	10	0	30	0	9	0	13
Laurie Doran	22	2	6	18	0	11	0	11
Dawson Buckley	22	2	3	12	4	13	0	9
Jim Thomson	22	2	0	6	0	12	1	9
Johnny Graves	21	20	40	140	0	11	0	10
Bill Keato	21	0	53	106	0	7	1	13
Greg Hawick	21	5	13	41	0	10	0	11
Gerard Scully	21	7	0	21	0	11	0	10
Don Sinclair	21	3	0	9	0	4	2	15
Kevin Hansen	21	3	0	9	1	13	0	8
Tommy Nevin	21	3	0	9	0	13	0	8
Roy Hasson	20	7	25	71	0	8	2	10
Keith Holman	20	9	3	33	4	10	0	10
Ray Preston	20	11	0	33	0	14	0	6
Keith Phillips	20	5	0	15	0	12	0	8
Bob Bower	20	2	0	6	0	14	0	6
Bryan Orrock	20	2	0	6	0	13	0	7
Harry McKinnon	20	2	0	6	1	11	0	9
Ron Beaumont	20	0	0	0	0	9	0	11
George Martin	19	16	0	48	4	11	0	8
Sel Lisle	19	9	9	45	0	11	0	8
Bruce Hopkins	19	4	14	40	3	10	2	7
Gordon Willoughby	19	8	0	24	0	9	0	10
Jim Collins	19	5	2	19	0	9	2	8
Roy Bull	19	6	0	18	4	12	1	6
Athol Smith	19	5	0	15	0	12	0	7
Jim Brailey	19	5	0	15	0	12	0	7
George Watt	19	2	2	10	1	12	0	7
Dick Poole	18	15	0	45	6	12	0	6
Norm Jacobson	18	11	0	33	0	10	0	8
Harry Pierce	18	10	0	30	7	9	0	9
Jim Armstrong	18	7	2	25	1	7	0	11
Bob Sullivan	18	6	0	18	15	8	0	10
Noel Jones	18	3	4	17	0	9	0	9
Doug McRitchie	18	5	0	15	7	10	1	7
Jack Hubbard	18	4	0	12	0	11	0	7
Tom Lawler	18	4	0	12	0	11	1	6
George Hunter	18	3	0	9	2	13	1	4
Lloyd Hudson	18	3	0	9	1	7	0	11
Martin Gallagher	18	2	1	8	2	8	0	10
Johnny Hawke	18	2	0	6	17	15	0	3
Col Lay	18	1	0	3	0	7	0	11
Peter McLean	18	1	0	3	8	11	0	7
Bill Horder	18	0	0	0	1	9	0	9
Sid Goodwin	17	15	0	45	3	11	0	6
Roy McCarter	17	0	22	44	0	11	0	6
Leo Nosworthy	17	13	0	39	0	13	1	3
Don Evenden	17	6	0	18	0	10	0	7
Owen Campbell	17	6	0	18	0	10	0	7
Dick Johnson	17	0	5	10	0	9	1	7
Frank Stanmore	17	3	0	9	6	10	0	7
Fred Brown	17	3	0	9	3	9	0	8
Harry Melville	17	3	0	9	0	11	0	6
Johnny McLachlan	17	3	0	9	0	9	0	8
Bob Farrar	17	2	0	6	0	11	0	6
Don Gulliver	17	2	0	6	0	7	0	10
Ray Stehr	17	1	0	3	14	11	0	6
Ian Moir	16	14	0	42	0	8	0	8
Ken Brogan	16	2	14	34	1	5	0	11
Horrie Kessey	16	11	0	33	0	7	0	9
George Williams	16	8	1	26	0	13	0	3
Peter Carroll	16	7	0	21	1	11	0	5
Jack Bonnyman	16	6	0	18	3	11	0	5
George Kilham	16	5	0	15	3	6	2	8
Jack Fitzgerald	16	4	0	12	1	8	0	8
Roy Dykes	16	3	0	9	0	9	0	7
Bruce Mann	16	2	0	6	0	6	0	10
Noel Hill	16	1	0	3	0	10	1	5
Gordon McLennan	16	0	0	0	0	11	0	5
Jack Piper	16	0	0	0	0	6	1	9
Keith Middleton	16	0	0	0	1	4	0	12
Horrie Toole	15	7	0	21	0	9	0	6
Len Smith	15	5	0	15	0	7	0	8
Peter Diversi	15	3	3	15	0	9	0	6
Neville Charlton	15	4	1	14	1	1	1	13
Charlie Montgomery	15	4	0	12	0	7	0	8
Frank Hyde	15	4	0	12	15	8	0	7
Frank Cottle	15	3	0	9	2	7	0	8
Frank Sponberg	15	3	0	9	0	9	0	6
Paddy Bugden	15	3	0	9	1	10	0	5
Stan Ridgway	15	0	3	6	0	7	0	8
Dave Parkinson	15	1	0	3	0	14	1	0
Don Stait	15	1	0	3	0	13	0	2
Neville Spence	15	1	0	3	0	6	1	8
Bill McRitchie	15	0	0	0	0	6	0	9
Carl Langton	15	0	0	0	0	9	0	6
George Bain	14	2	46	98	0	8	0	6
Pat Devery	14	12	23	82	0	11	0	3
Charles Cahill	14	6	0	18	0	11	0	3
Cliff Peime	14	5	0	15	0	7	1	6
Col Geelan	14	5	0	15	0	7	0	7
George Elley	14	4	0	12	0	10	0	4
Jim Hale	14	4	0	12	5	5	0	9
Paul Tierney	14	4	0	12	4	3	0	11
Alastair Clarke	14	2	0	6	0	6	1	7
Bob Allison	14	2	0	6	0	9	0	5
Bobby Whitton	14	2	0	6	0	9	0	5
Don Milton	14	2	0	6	0	6	1	7
Keith Aitken	14	2	0	6	0	4	0	10
Billy Wilson	14	1	0	3	0	12	0	2
George Jardine	14	1	0	3	0	8	1	5
Jack McCullough	14	0	1	2	0	10	0	4
Hec Farrell	14	0	0	0	0	5	0	9
Ron Rowles	13	5	61	137	0	9	0	4
Gordon Clifford	13	0	60	120	0	9	0	4
Ross Kite	13	12	13	62	0	10	0	3
Ron Willey	13	1	15	33	2	2	1	10

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