Charles "Chook" Fraser

Inducted:: 2008
Birthplace:: Balmain, NSW

Date of Birth:: 11 January 1893
Nickname:: Chook

Debut Team:: Balmain
Opposition:: North Sydney

Date:: 13 August 1910
Venue:: North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Representative:: New South Wales, Australia

Clubs:: Balmain, Gundagai

Milestones

Premierships: 1915-17, 1919-20, 1924
Kangaroo Tours: 1911-12, 1921-22
Australian captain: Three Tests
Rated No. 51 in Rugby League Week’s Top 100 players: 1992

First Class Games: 277
Points: 604
Tries: 70

At just 163cm, an 18-year-old ''Chook'' Fraser was dwarfed by the big English forwards upon his Test debut in Britain and was forced to rapidly develop his evasive skills in order to avoid a pummelling.

Back in Australia, he represented NSW in 1912 and toured New Zealand with a NSW outfit (effectively the Australian team) the same year.

His versatility was a major asset to his Balmain club, who won five premierships in six years between 1915 and 1920, with Fraser a vital figure in each victory.

Fraser was one of the first chosen for Australia when Test football resumed after the war, touring New Zealand in 1919.

A year later he played all three Ashes Tests and made a second Kangaroo tour in 1921–22, captaining Australia after tour captain Les Cubitt was incapacitated.

He won a sixth premiership title with Balmain in 1924 (as captain) and played his final game for the club in 1926 after 190 first-grade games, a tally that stood as a premiership record until 1950.

After leaving Balmain, Fraser accepted a captain-coach position at Riverina club Gundagai, helping the club claim the famed Maher Cup in 1927. He retired following an injury in a trial match early in 1928.

Club
Team Name	Competition	Year Start	Year End	Played	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
Balmain	Premiership	1910	1926	185	54	165	-	492
Balmain	City Cup	1913 1920 1923	1918 1921 1924	19	4	5	-	22
Gundagai		1927	1927	-	-	-	-	-

State
Team Name	Competition	Opponent	Year Start	Year End	Played	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
New South Wales	Interstate series	Queensland	1915 1919	1915 1921	5	2	4	-	14
New South Wales		Touring teams	1912 1914 1920	1912 1914 1920	5	1	1	-	5
New South Wales		New Zealand and Queensland	1921	1921	1	-	-	-	-
New South Wales	Tour games		1912	1912	1	-	-	-	-

International
	Team Name	Competition	Year Start	Year End	Played	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
	Australia	Tests	1911 1914 1919	1911 1914 1922	11	2	1	-	8
	Australia	Tour matches	1911 1919 1921	1912 1919 1922	42	6	18	-	54

Other Representative
Team Name	Opponent	Year Start	Year End	Played	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
Metropolis	Newcastle	1911 1915	1911 1915	1	-	-	-	-
Metropolis	Country	1912	1913	2	-	1	-	2
Kangaroos	The Rest of NSW	1917	1917	1	-	-	-	-
Best	Next Best	1918	1918	1	1	-	-	3
Sydney	England	1920	1920	1	-	1	-	2
Kangaroos	Rest of Australasia	1922	1922	1	-	-	-	-