Noel Pidding was an Australian rugby league footballer.
12 Facts About Noel Pidding
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Noel Pidding was a state and national representative, whose goal-kicking prowess enabled him to set a number of long-standing club and Australian point scoring records.
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Noel Pidding made his representative debut for New South Wales that year and in 1948 was selected for Australia, making his test debut against New Zealand in the first test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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In 1949 Noel Pidding moved to the wing and he played in that position in the Dragons' 1949 premiership victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, scoring two tries.
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Noel Pidding was selected in the 1950 City-Country match scoring an individual record 27 points and regained Australian selection in that year's series against New Zealand.
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Noel Pidding was the first St George player to top 200 points in a club season and that same year represented nationally against France.
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Noel Pidding played in all five Tests of the tour plus in seventeen minor matches.
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Noel Pidding made further Test appearances in 1953 and in 1954 where he set a then individual record for an Australian player in an Ashes Test with 19 points.
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Noel Pidding is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No 244.
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Noel Pidding had left St George after the club's 1953 Grand Final loss to South Sydney.
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In 1957 Noel Pidding played in the first season of the Manawatu Rugby League competition, playing for the Marton club.
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Noel Pidding died at the age of 86 on 17 August 2013 at a nursing home in New South Wales.