Robert Longmore “Bob” Hobbs

HERITAGE No: 444

BIRTH: 25 January 1925

Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand

DEATH: 18 May 2006 Dural (Castle Hill), NSW

DEATH: 18 May 2006

Dural (Castle Hill), NSW

OCCUPATION: Fitter and Turner, 1947, 1949; Police Constable, 1949

RESIDENCE: North St Fairfield, NSW, 1947; Thompson St Cootamundra, NSW, 1949; Wandsworth St Parramatta North, NSW, 1949

GAME HISTORY

Cowra High School RL 1940
Cowra RL
Canterbury Bankstown RL 1945
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1946
Wests RL First Grade 1946
Cootamundra RL 1947, 1948
Southern Districts RL v Western Districts RL 1947
Parramatta RL 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
Parramatta RL (Country Carnival) 1952, 1953, 1954
Parramatta RL (Reserve Grade Coach) 1955
Riverstone RL 1956, 1957

Bob

Bob Hobbs was born in Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand just outside of Hamilton on the North Island. His family returned to Australia by 1930 and settled at Cowra in the central west of NSW.

During the Second World War Bob’s family moved to the western Sydney suburb of Fairfield. He was graded with Canterbury in 1945 and made his First Grade debut that year.

Bob played one season with Wests before moving on to Cootamundra where he captain-coached the successful Clayton Cup winning team.

Returning to Sydney, Bob joined the Parramatta Club and captained the team in his debut year. Bob was unfortunate as he was selected to play for NSW but his job as a Policeman caused him to withdraw. He missed his opportunity to go onto higher honours in rugby league as a result.