Field, 23 Jul 1978 62-18 v Parramatta at Henson Park, 20 Aug 1978 60-6 v Penrith at St Marys Stadium, 25 June 2016 Come from behind victories: 1926, Newtown vs Souths at the SCG. Souths hadn't lost a match in 1925 nor yet in 1926. Souths took an easy lead of 18-0 well into the second half. With Newtown down to 12 men (no replacement rule was in place) the matched looked like it would be a runaway victory. Newtown however managed to throw the ball around and ran out eventual victors by the smallest of margins, 25–24. The 'battlers' had defeated the 'invincibles'. 27 August 2016, Newtown played host to Manly at Henson Park in the last regular season fixture of the year. With less than twenty minutes to play Newtown trailed Manly by 38–12. Newtown then proceeded to score five tries in 18 minutes to win the match 40–38. Individual Rothmans Medal winners: Geoff Bugden (1980) NSW Player of the Year: Len Smith (1948) Coach of the Year: Jack Gibson (1973), Warren Ryan (1981) Test Captains, Australia: Albert Johnston (1919–20), Len Smith (1948), Keith Froome (1949) World Cup Captains, Australia: Dick Poole (1957) Internationals, Australia (34): Jack Barnett, Tony Brown, Frank Cheadle, Gordon Clifford, Tedda Courtney, Bill Farnsworth, Viv Farnsworth, Frank Farrell, Arthur Folwell, Keith Froome, Col Geelan, Henry Holloway, Jack Holmes, Frank Johnson, Albert Johnston, Paddy McCue, Brian Moore, Noel Mulligan, Joe Murray, Herb Narvo, William Neill, Bill Noble, Dick Poole, Paul Quinn, Tom Raudonikis, Charlie Russell, Felix Ryan, Phil Sigsworth, Len Smith, Gary Sullivan, Dick Townsend, Jack Troy, Lionel Williamson, Graham Wilson First brothers to play Internationals, Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth in 1911 Fred Daly Trophy winners (started in 1957 for the Best Clubman of each season): 1957 Maurie Hall 1958 Peter Ryan 1959 Kevin Considine 1960 Greg Ellis 1961 Brian McGoulrick 1962 Ron Hansen 1963 Graham Wilson 1964 John Oakley 1965 Clarrie Jeffries 1966 Bruce Olive 1967 Des O'Connor 1968 Rob Cowie 1969 Bob Keyes 1970 Des O'Connor 1971 & 1972 Lionel Williamson 1973 Chris Kenna 1974 Ron Fogarty 1975 Barry Cox 1976 Paul Hayward 1977 & 1978 Phil Sigsworth 1979 Ken Wilson 1980 Mark O'Brien 1981 Sam Fallico 1982 Col Murphy 1983 Greg Brown Career records Most tries 111 - Ray Preston Most points 1,001 - Ken Wilson (25T, 447G, 28FG) Most appearances 204 - Frank Farrell (1938–1951) 173 - Brian Moore (1962–1973)