Robert Jesse “Bob” Lindfield

HERITAGE No: 223

WESTS LIFE MEMBER No: 8

BIRTH: 9 June 1901

Orange, NSW

DEATH: 9 September 1959 Orange, NSW

DEATH: 9 September 1959

Orange, NSW

OCCUPATION: Bricklayer 1930

RESIDENCE: Cressy St Canterbury, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Christian Brothers School Orange RL
Orange Old Boys RL 1922
Western Division RL 1922
NSW Country RL v Newcastle RL 1922
Wests RL First Grade 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1924
Wests RL City Cup 1923, 1925,
Canterbury Bankstown RL 1935, 1936
NSW Country RL v Metropolis RL 1925, 1927
NSW RL 1926 (Reserve), 1928
City 2nds RL v Country 2nds RL 1927, 1929
NSW XIII RL v Queensland RL 1927
City Firsts RL v Country Firsts 1928
NSW RL v England RL 1928
Metropolis RL v Newcastle RL 1929

Bob

Robert “Bob” Lindfield was born in the central NSW town of Orange. He went to the local Christian Brothers school and learned his rugby league there. Bob first came to notice in 1922 when playing for Orange Old Boys. He was selected for the Western Division representative team and then NSW Country that year. He also played for the Orange representative team against a visiting Maori team.