Sid Deane

Sid Deane (21 March 1885 – 19 October 1967) was a foundation Australian rugby league player. He was a centre for the Australia national team. He played in five rests between 1908 and 1914. In 1914 he became the ninth Australian national captain and the first from the North Sydney Club.

Club career Born in North Sydney, he commenced his footballing career with Norths rugby union. He was present at the North Sydney School of Arts in 1907 for the meeting which founded North Sydney.

Following his appearances for Australia on the inaugural Kangaroo tour of England in 1908 several English clubs made offers for him to stay and he reached agreement with the Oldham. For the next four seasons he featured in a star-studded team including Arthur Anlezark, Kangaroo Tom McCabe and English representatives James "Jim" Lomas, Alf Wood and Albert Avery. Oldham were Championship finalists for each of those four years. Deane played at in Oldham's 3–7 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1908–09 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 1 May 1909, played, and was captain in Oldham's 13–7 victory over Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1909–10 season, and played, and was captain in Oldham's 20–7 victory over Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1910–11 season.

He had further seasons with North Sydney from 1912 to 1914, then returned to England to play with Hull FC for the 1914–15 season. He finished his career with North Sydney in 1919. Australia won the second test in July 1914 12–7. This was the first rugby league test played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the first Australian home victory against the English.

After retirement he helped run the family sports store and billiards room in North Sydney and was an SP bookmaker in later life.

Matches played Team Matches Years Club North Sydney 35 1908–1919 Australia (tests) 5 1908–1914