Albert Broomham
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Albert Broomham
|image = Albert Broomham 1911.jpg
|fullname = Albert Frederick Broomham
|birth_date = {{birth date|1885|07|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1948|12|23|1885|07|15|df=y}}
|death_place = Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia
|position = {{rlp|CE}}
|club1 = North Sydney
|year1start = 1908
|year1end = 14
|appearances1 = 67
|tries1 = 33
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 99
|teamA = New South Wales
|yearAstart = 1908
|yearAend = 13
|appearancesA = 26
|triesA = 30
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 90
|teamB = Australia
|yearBstart = 1909
|yearBend = 11
|appearancesB = 5
|triesB = 1
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 3
|teamC = Metropolis
|yearCstart = 1908
|yearCend = 12
|appearancesC = 3
|triesC = 6
|goalsC = 0
|fieldgoalsC = 0
|pointsC = 18
}}
Albert Frederick Broomham (1885–1948) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He represented New South Wales and Australia.
Background
Broomham was born in St. Leonards, New South Wales, in 1885.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Playing career
Broomham was a Norths rugby union convert who joined the North Sydney rugby league club at the new code's foundation in 1908 as a wing three-quarter.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Broomham played seven seasons with the North Sydney club between 1908 and 1914. He missed the first Kangaroo Tour after making his State debut in 1908. He then toured New Zealand and played three Tests with the Kangaroos in 1909, and then played two Tests against England in 1910. He again toured with the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain where he made his final Test appearance in the first Test against England. Broomham is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.40.ARL Annual Report 2005, page 52
Broomham retired after the 1914 NSWRFL season.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}})
Broomham's representative career in detail:
Australia v's England 1910; Australia v's Maoris 1909; Australia v's New Zealand 1909; Metropoli s(Sydney) v's New Zealand 1909; Metropolis V's Queensland 1908; Australasia v's England 1910; Australasia v's England 1911; Kangaroos v's England in Sydney 1910; Kangaroos v's Rest of N.S.W. 1909; Kangaroos v's Wallabies 1909; N.S.W. v's England 1910; N.S.W. v's Maoris 1908; N.S.W. v's New Zealand 1911,1912,1913; N.S.W. v's Queensland 1910,1911,1912.Referee, Sydney. PLAYERS HONOUR ROLL 23/4/1919 (page 9){{cite web|url=https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/happy110/|title=Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney|website=North Sydney Bears|date=6 February 2018|accessdate=2019-06-14}}
All up, Broomham represented Australia in five Tests, Australasia in 2 Tests, New South Wales on 26 occasions and Metropolis (Sydney) on three occasions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/|title=Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
One of Australia's great rugby league pioneers, Broomham died on 23 December 1948, aged 63.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 24/12/1948
References
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Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:North Sydney Bears players
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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