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Gary Banks (rugby league)

Gary Banks
Personal information
Born1944 (age 80–81)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967–69 North Sydney 43 5 0 1 17
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966 New South Wales 5 1 0 0 3
1966 Australia 1 1 0 0 3

Gary Marjoribanks (born 1944), known as Gary Banks, is an Australian former rugby league player.

Banks was primarily a five-eighth, like his relative Bob Banks, a Kangaroos representative player.[a]

In 1966, Banks was selected from Newcastle to play for Australia in the 1st Test against Great Britain at the SCG and scored a try for the Kangaroos, but still lost his place to John Gleeson for the remainder of the series.[2]

Banks played first-grade for North Sydney from 1967 to 1969.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Either his cousin or uncle, depending on source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Five New Faces In Test Team". The Canberra Times. 20 June 1966. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "State Side Selected". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1966.
  3. ^ "Test five-eighth moves to centre". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 1967.
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