Neile Joseph “Neil” Matterson

HERITAGE No: 217

WESTS LIFE MEMBER No: 42

BIRTH: 27 January 1899

Granville, NSW

DEATH: 21 December 1971 Auburn, NSW

DEATH: 21 December 1971

Auburn, NSW

OCCUPATION: Labourer, 1930

RESIDENCE: Broad St Lidcombe, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Auburn RL 1920
Western District (Wests) RL Presidents Cup 1920
Wests RL 3rd Grade 1921, 1930, 1932, 1933
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932
Wests RL First Grade 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
Wests RL City Cup 1923, 1924, 1925
Metropolis RL 1922, 1923, 1925
Metropolis RL 2nds 1923
NSW RL Firsts 1924
Neil Matterson was presented with an Honor Cap at Wests Annual General Meeting in March 1927
Wests RL General Committee 1927, 1933
Wests Delegate to Southern District Junior Rugby League 1933
Condobolin RL 1933
Dubbo RL 1933
Wests RL Life Member 1944

Neil

Neile “Neil” Matterson was one of a number of prominent junior rugby league players in 1920. He played for the Auburn Club and was selected in the 1920 Western District President’s Cup team.

Many of these young players were graded with Wests in 1921. Neil along with a number of his Auburn team mates made up the Western Suburbs Third Grade team that year.