Cecil "The Red Flyer" Aynsley (23 March 1902 – 8 May 1975) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. A Queensland state and Australian representative wing and talented goal-kicker, he scored a try in each of his four national representative appearances.
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| Full name | Cecil James Aynsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1902 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 May 1975 (aged 73) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Aynsley began his rugby league career there before in 1921 playing for the Western Suburbs Panthers in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Three years later he made his début for Australia against the touring Great Britain side playing in all three Test matches, scoring on each occasion.
During the 1925 season he toured New Zealand with the Queensland team. He had a tremendous tour, scoring 34 tries in only eleven matches. This leading to the local press proclaiming him as "the Gloaming of rugby league" after the Australian race-horse which enjoyed success in New Zealand. His aggregate of 114 for the tour was beaten only by Queensland captain Jimmy Craig with 126.[2]
He played his fourth and final Test match for Australia in 1928 in Brisbane against Great Britain where he scored his fourth and final representative try.
Aynsley also played for English side Rochdale Hornets from 1930 to 1935. He also played for Ipswich's Starlights club.[3]
Accolades
editIn June 2008, he was chosen in the Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century on the wing.[4]
In 2009 Aynsley was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[5]
In 2015, Cec Aynsley was also selected in the Western Suburbs Panthers (Brisbane) team of the century.
References
edit- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Pollard, Jack (1965). Gregory's Guide to Rugby League. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p152.
- ^ "Queensland Representatives". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Ricketts, Steve (10 June 2008). "Locky named No.1 but Wal's still King". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ^ "Mr Cec Aynsley". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
External links
edit- Queensland Team of the Century named – article at nz.leagueunlimited.com
- Western Suburbs Panthers Site
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