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Tommy Anderson (1887-1928) was an Australian Rugby League player. He played in the first ever match for South Sydney against North Sydney at Birchgrove Oval, and scored the Souths first ever premiership try. Tommy was also the NRL leading try scorer in 1909. ==Career== Born in Redfern, New South Wales in 1887, Thomas Anderson played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the first ever NSWRFL game. He played for Souths from 1908 to 1910. He then played a single game for Balmain and was never seen again. Anderson was still a teenager when the 1907 NSW vs All Golds (New Zealand) matches were played. For some time, Anderson was a wrestler and showed a promising career in Rugby Union as an Outside Back or Fullback. However, when the South Sydney Rugby League Club was formed, Anderson aligned himself with the new game. Unlike many of the older footballers, Anderson was putting his entire career on the line if the NSWRL (New South Wales Rugby League) failed, as many people in Sydney predicted that it would. And, putting aside fears of a lifetime ban from the Metropolitan RU (Rugby Union), Tommy set out to learn the skills of a new game with his team mates. When South Sydney first took to the field in 1908, Anderson started in the side as a winger. Shortly before half time, Anderson had the honour of scoring South Sydney's first ever premiership try. Anderson was beaten to the record of the first Rugby League try in Australia minutes earlier in the Easts (now the Sydney Roosters) vs Newtown match at Wentworth Park. South Sydney would go on to win the match 11–7. Anderson soon began the rapid rise to the top of the 'Rugby League Tree'. Tommy was soon averaging a try a match. In his three seasons with Souths, Anderson scored 23 tries and kicked one goal in 29 appearances.〔rugbyleagueproject.org〕 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「Tommy Anderson (rugby league)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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