Cecil Richard Henry “Dick” Fifield

HERITAGE No: 221

BIRTH: 23 September 1903

Adelong, NSW

DEATH: 7 December 1957 Earlwood, NSW

DEATH: 7 December 1957

Earlwood, NSW

OCCUPATION: Motor Mechanic, 1930

RESIDENCE: Loftus Hotel, Junee, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Five Dock RL A Grade 1922
Wests RL President’s Cup 1922
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928
Wests League Cup 1922
Wests RL First Grade 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1938
Wests RL City Cup 1923, 1924
Wests General Committee 1927
Central Newcastle RL 1924
Newcastle RL v England 1924
Metropolis RL v Country RL Firsts 1925
NSW RL Firsts v Queensland RL Firsts 1925, 1929
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1929
West Wyalong RL 1927
Narrabri RL Player/Coach 1928
Kangaroo RL Tour 1929-30
Kangaroos RL v Rest of Australia RL 1930
Balmain RL Player/Coach 1930
Junee RL Player/Coach 1930, 1931
Hull RL (England) 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Canterbury Bankstown RL City Cup 1937
Dominion RL XIII v France RL 1937
Wests RL Player/Coach 1938
Canterbury Bankstown RL Coach 1944
Griffith RL Coach 1953
Parramatta RL Coach 1956

Cec

Cec “Dick” Fifield was born at Adelong NSW but lived at Five Dock where he played with the Five Dock A Grade rugby league team.

He was selected from the Five Dock team to play with Wests President’s Cup team in 1922. Dick Fifield impressed in the President’s Cup competition, and at eighteen years of age he was graded with Wests. This was the start of a long and interesting rugby league career that took him around the world.