Ned Andrews (rugby league)

Ned Andrews

Personal information
Full name	Neville Thomas Marchese Andrews
Born	(1922-04-06)6 April 1922 Maitland, NSW, Australia
Died	2 January 2012(2012-01-02) (aged 89) Merewether, NSW, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre / Five-eighth
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1948 New South Wales 4 2 0 0 6 1950 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0 1950 Australia 1 0 0 0 0

Neville Thomas Marchese "Ned" Andrews OAM (6 April 1922 – 2 January 2012) was an Australian international rugby league player and trade unionist.^[1]

Raised in Newcastle, Andrews left school aged 14 and served with the AIF in New Guinea during World War II.^[2]

Andrews started his rugby league career with South Newcastle and earned New South Wales representative honours in 1948.^[3] He also toured Queensland with a Newcastle representative team that year and impressed Mackay club officials, who recruited him as captain-coach.^[4] In 1950, Andrews was a centre for Australia in the 2nd Test against Great Britain in Brisbane and played well until pulling a leg muscle late in the first half.^[5]

A State Dockyard Union worker, Andrews was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to "industry and to trade unionism".^[6]

References

1. Rigney, Sam (11 February 2012). "Obituary: Neville 'Ned' Andrews". Newcastle Herald.
2. "State Dockyard Unions - Interview with Neville (Ned) Thomas Andrews O.A.M - 15 September 1987". Living Histories.
3. White, Greg (14 January 2012). "Full-time for Coffs league legend". The Daily Telegraph.
4. "Local Man Makes Top". Daily Mercury. 26 June 1950. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Andrews aiming at Ayr game". Daily Mercury. 3 July 1950. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Tributes for league legend Neville Andrews". ABC News. 4 January 2012.

External links

• Ned Andrews at Rugby League Project