Ray Benjamin Morris

HERITAGE No: 258

BIRTH: 4 April 1908

Haberfield , NSW

DEATH: 10 August 1933 Valetta, Malta

DEATH: 10 August 1933

Valetta, Malta

OCCUPATION: Compositer, 1930

RESIDENCE: Roslyn St Ashbury, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Ashfield RL
Homebush RL A Grade
Wests Presidents Cup 1925
Wests RL 3rd Grade 1926, 1927
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1925 1927, 1929, 1931
Wests RL First Grade 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
Probables RL v Possibles RL 1928
City RL Seconds v Country RL Seconds 1930, 1933
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1931, 1932
City RL Probables v City RL Possibles 1931, 1932, 1933
NSW RL v Queensland RL 1931, 1932, 1933
NSW RL v England RL 1932
University RL 1933

Ray

Ray Morris was born at Haberfield, NSW and played junior rugby league with the Ashfield and Homebush Clubs.

He was selected for the Wests President’s Cup team in 1925. The team was lead by Harry Owen and they went on to win the President’s Cup that year.

Ray was then selected in Reserve Grade and was listed as a Reserve for Wests League Cup Final team, that were Runners-Up in 1925.

He went on to have a successful career with the ultimate honor of being selected for the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Ray tragically died on route to England which created a great outpouring of grief across the sporting world.

West supporters have kept his memory alive by tending to his grave in recent years.

Magpie Angels watching over Ray

Rays’s Grave maintained October 2023

Rest in Peace