Jack Gray-Spence

Jack Gray-Spence
Personal information
Full nameJohn Alfred Gray-Spence
Born(1910-02-09)9 February 1910
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died5 May 1992(1992-05-05) (aged 82)
Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932 Eastern Suburbs 1 0 0 0 0
1933–34 University 24 15 0 0 45
Total 25 15 0 0 45
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1936 Randwick
1937–? St George
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

John Alfred Gray-Spence (9 February 1910 – 5 May 1992) was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player from the 1930s and 1940s.

Jack Grey-Spence was a brilliant winger for the Sydney University rugby league team.[2] He played two seasons with them in 1933–1934, and Gray-Spence was the NSWRFL top try scorer in 1933. He moved to St George Dragons in 1935 before retiring from rugby league.

Gray-Spence, like his brother Jim, retained his amateur status while playing rugby league. They both successfully applied to be reinstated to play rugby union in 1936.[3] They played for Randwick in 1936, and became residentially qualified for St George in 1937.[4] He also represented New South Wales in Rugby.

Jack Grey-Spence died on 5 May 1992, aged 82.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Jack Gray-Spence – Playing Career". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  3. ^ "Rugby Union Trials: Reinstatements". Referee. Sydney. 2 April 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 19 July 2025 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Changes In R. U. Fifteens". Labor Daily. Sydney. 27 March 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2025 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice, 06/05/1992


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