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Edgar Wynton Newham (1914 - 1995) was a rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. ==Rugby league career== Edgar Newham played his first game of Rugby League at 19 years of age.〔The Daily Advertiser Wagga, "Edgar Newham to retire?" 25/07/1941〕 By the time he was 24, Edgar Newham joined Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from Cowra, New South Wales and played 9 seasons with the club between 1938-1945 and 1948. He found immediate success when Canterbury won their first premiership, beating Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19-6 in the 1938 Final. Newham played on the wing in the Final. Four years later in 1942, Newham crossed for 5 tries in a mid-week match against the Balmain Tigers that decided the minor-premiership. His five try record in this game was only equaled in 2002 by Nigel Vagana. Canterbury won the match 26-20 and went on to win the 1942 Premiership, beating the St. George Dragons 11-9 in the grand final.〔Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players〕 The war years interrupted his Canterbury-Bankstown career. In 1946 he returned to Captain-Coach the Cowra league team and in 1947 he played in Queensland.〔Townsville Daily Bulletin, "Football" 20/02/1948〕 In 1948, Newham briefly returned to Canterbury as a 34-year-old.〔Sydney Morning Herald:- R.L. Star in Doubt 15/4/1948. (page 8)〕 He played half of the season with Canterbury before a hip injury forced him to retire as a player. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar Newham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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