| Roy Farnsworth | |||||
| Fullname: | Roy Eric Farnsworth | ||||
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1892 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Death Place: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Retired: | yes | ||||
| Club1: | Newtown | ||||
| Year1start: | 1911 | ||||
| Year1end: | 15 | ||||
| Appearances1: | 46 | ||||
| Tries1: | 12 | ||||
| Goals1: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
| Points1: | 36 | ||||
| Club2: | Western Suburbs | ||||
| Year2start: | 1919 | ||||
| Appearances2: | 4 | ||||
| Tries2: | 0 | ||||
| Goals2: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 | ||||
| Points2: | 0 | ||||
| Teama: | New South Wales | ||||
| Yearastart: | 1912 | ||||
| Appearancesa: | 2 | ||||
| Triesa: | 0 | ||||
| Goalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsa: | 0 | ||||
| Teamb: | Metropolis | ||||
| Yearbstart: | 1914 | ||||
| Yearbend: | 15 | ||||
| Appearancesb: | 3 | ||||
| Triesb: | 1 | ||||
| Goalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsb: | 3 | ||||
| Source: | [1] | ||||
| Updated: | 14 August 2019 | ||||
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Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
Youngest brother of the famous rugby league footballers: Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth, Roy Farnsworth was also a noted Half-back with Newtown. Roy enlisted in the Australian Army in World War I in 1915,[2] and although he survived the war he did not play for Newtown again.
In 1919 he turned out for Western Suburbs for a few games, before retiring from the NSWRFL.[3] [4]
Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.[5]