Ron Rowles


Ron Rowles was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a goal-kicking whose club career was played with the Manly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.

Playing career

Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club. He played in Manly's maiden grand final in 1951 and played five first grade seasons with the club between 1950–1954.

Point scoring records

He was the first Manly player to top 100 points in a season and was the season's leading point-scorer in four successive years; 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954.
He scored a club record 30 points in a match against Canterbury in 1954. He starred in a Possibles vs. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.
He was the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.
Ron Rowles was the father of the former rugby union and rugby league footballer Peter Rowles.