Sydney James “Sid” Palmer

HERITAGE No: 305

BIRTH: 25 June 1903

Glebe, NSW

DEATH: 6 November 1989 Yagoona, NSW

DEATH: 6 November 1989

Yagoona, NSW

OCCUPATION: Box Maker, 1932

RESIDENCE: Derwent St Glebe, NSW, 1930; Hugh St Belmore, NSW, 1932

GAME HISTORY

Fairfield RL 1926
Southern Districts President’s Cup 1926
Leichhardt RL 1928
Glebe RL 1929 (H. Lever)
Glebe RL v North West NSW RL 1929
Balmain RL 1930, 1931 (Sid Palmer/S. Lever)
Balmain RL Reserve Grade Premiers 1930 (S. Lever)
Balmain RL Reserve Grade -Top point scorer for 1930 (S. Lever)
Wests RL Trials 1932 (S. Lever)
Parkes RL 1933
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1933
Wests RL First Grade 1933
Belmore Federals RL 1933

Sid

Sydney “Sid” Palmer was first recorded playing rugby league with the Fairfield Club in the Southern Districts rugby league competition. He was selected as a member of the 1926 Southern Districts President’s Cup team.

By 1928 he had moved to the inner-city suburb of Glebe and was playing with the Leichhardt Juniors Club before being graded with the Glebe Rugby League Club in 1929. It was Glebe’s last year in the Sydney rugby league competition. While playing with the Glebe club he was recorded as H. Lever.