Dave Brown (rugby League) - Record Breaking Years

Record Breaking Years

Once home in Sydney, Brown led a star-studded Easts side to the 1934 minor premiership, losing to Western Suburbs in the premiership decider. In the following season – 1935, Easts lost just 1 match and captured their fifth premiership,

That 1935 season was Brown's best. In just fifteen club matches he scored 244 points (38 tries, 65 goals). That season record try tally still stands. After Brown only Newtown winger Ray Preston has ever more than 30 tries in a season (34 in the 1954 season). In the first round match against Canterbury-Bankstown Brown scored a premiership record 45 points (5 tries, 15 goals), with the 15 goal tally also standing as the record for goals in a match. In the second round match against Canterbury-Bankstown he scored a further 38 points(6 tries, 10 goals), which stands as the record for the second most points in a premiership match. He recorded further records in round 16 when he scored 26 (4 tries, 7 goals) against North Sydney then in round 18 against Balmain he notched up a further 32 points, from 6 tries and 7 goals. The point scoring wizard amassed 385 points that year (incorporating all Eastern Suburbs and representative matches). What make his records all the more impressive is that during the seasons 1934,'35 and '36 he was not the only goal kicker at the club with team mate Jack Beaton taking many of the easier shots for goal.

In September 1935, at just 22 years and 117 days Brown was named as the youngest ever Australian captain, and led his country to a series victory over New Zealand. In 1936 Easts again took out the NSWRL season title, this time finishing undefeated.