Les Cowie

Les Cowie
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Gordon Cowie
Nickname	Chicka
Born	17 May 1925 Rockhampton, Queensland
Died	20 May 1995^[1] Pagewood, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Lock forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1947–57	South Sydney Rabbitohs	178	66	0	0	198
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1948–54	New South Wales	10	1	0	0	3
1948–53	Australia	6	1	0	0	3

Leslie Gordon Cowie was an Australian rugby league player, a fine lock forward for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs teams of the 1950s and an Australian national representative.

Club career

Nicknamed "Chicka", Cowie debuted with Souths in 1947. Cowie's career with South Sydney Rabbitohs stretched from 1947 to 1957, during which he played in five premiership winning teams. In all he played 178 first grade games for Souths.

In 2004 he was named by the Souths in their South Sydney Dream Team,^[2] consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.

Representative career

Cowie made six Test appearances for the Australian national representative side.

He toured with the Kangaroos to Great Britain in 1948-49, playing 20 tour matches and scoring 10 tries. He also toured New Zealand with the Kangaroos in 1949 playing in two tests against the Kiwis, six other tour matches and scoring five tries.

Cowie also played 10 games for NSW. He was selected to represent Sydney against France during their 1951 tour of Australasia in a match that ended in a 19-all draw.

Sources

Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.

Footnotes

↑ "Les Cowie". http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 4 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ South Sydney Dream Team from the official South Sydney website.

South Sydney squad - 1951 NSWRFL Premiers (13th title)

1. Clive Churchill 2. John Graves 3. Kevin Woolfe 4. Milton Atkinson 5. Harry Wells 6. Norm Spillane 7. Ray Mason 8. Denis Donoghue 9. Ernie Hammerton 10. Bryan Orrock 11. Bernie Purcell 12. Jack Rayner (Capt./Coach) 13. Les Cowie

South Sydney squad - 1953 NSWRFL Premiers(14th title)

1. Clive Churchill 2. Ian Moir 3. Martin Gallagher 4. Kevin Woolfe 5. Fred Threlfo 6. John Dougherty 7. Ray Mason 8. Denis Donoghue 9. Ernie Hammerton 10. Jim Richards 11. Bob Moon 12. Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.) 13. Les Cowie

South Sydney squad - 1954 NSWRFL Premiers (15th title)

1. Clive Churchill 2. Ian Moir 3. Martin Gallagher 4. Greg Hawick 5. Les Brennan 6. John Dougherty 7. Ray Mason 8. Denis Donoghue 9. Ernie Hammerton 10. Jim Wilson 11. Bernie Purcell 12. Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.) 13. Les Cowie

South Sydney squad - 1955 NSWRFL Premiers (16th title)

1. Don Murdoch 2. Ian Moir 3. Martin Gallagher 4. Malcolm Spencer 5. Dale Puren 6. John Dougherty 7. Col Donohoe 8. Denis Donoghue 9. Ernie Hammerton 10. Norm Nilson 11. Bernie Purcell 12. Jack Rayner (Capt./Coach) 13. Les Cowie

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