PHOTO: The Coonamble Ramblers in 1923. Back Row: J. Green, W. Wright, R. Barker, T. Durham, H. Lithgow, M. McCullough, G. Jordan, J. Dawson, D. West, W. Lithgow. Front Row: D. Pickup, J. Quinlan, D. McMahon, H. Jones, W. Woodcroft, J. Adams, D. Quilkey, J. Coberift, G. Durham. PHOTO courtesy G Maher
Compiling over fifty years of history into one book is no small feat, especially across a wide geographic area with as much detail as rugby league in NSW country towns.
However, it is exactly what author Greg Riach has done in his new book “Rugby League History, Western and Southern NSW 1920 – 1976” about the history of the great game in over sixty country towns across New South Wales.
Greg’s “passion project” has taken him three and a half years to complete, and features the exploits of teams and players from towns across the western plains…