Bernie Doneley

Bernie Doneley
Full name	John Bernard Tyson Doneley
Date of birth	2 July 1909
Place of birth	Samford, QLD, Australia
Date of death	22 June 1972 (aged 62)
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg)
School	Nudgee College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Back–row
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
	Queensland
International career
Years	Team
1933	Australia

John Bernard Tyson Doneley (2 July 1909 – 22 June 1972) was an Australian international rugby union player.^[1]

Doneley was born in Samford, near Brisbane, and attended Nudgee College.^[2]

A back rower, Doneley played for Brisbane club GPS and in 1933 gained Wallabies selection for a tour of South Africa. He featured in eight fixtures during the tour, but none of the Springboks matches, and was often utilised as a goal–kicker, registering 32 points. In 1934, Doneley represented an Australian XV against the touring All Blacks and kicked two penalty goals in a losing cause. He also played against the All Blacks for Queensland on the same tour. In six years of first grade in Brisbane, Doneley amassed a competition record 770 points, only once failing to pass a century of points in a season.^[3]

References

^ "Doneley Joins the Great". The Telegraph. 24 August 1934. p. 32 (Second Edition) – via National Library of Australia.
^ "John Bernard Tyson Doneley". Classic Wallabies.
^ "Wood's "Century"". The Courier-Mail. 6 July 1939. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "Doneley Joins the Great". The Telegraph. 24 August 1934. p. 32 (Second Edition) – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "John Bernard Tyson Doneley". Classic Wallabies.

[3] "Wood's "Century"". The Courier-Mail. 6 July 1939. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

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