Sid Deane

[1] Following his appearances for Australia on the inaugural Kangaroo tour of England in 1908 several English clubs made offers for him to stay and he reached agreement with the Oldham.

[2] For the next four seasons he featured in a star-studded team including Arthur Anlezark, Kangaroo Tom McCabe and English representatives James "Jim" Lomas, Alf Wood and Albert Avery.

He made his representative début for New South Wales in May 1908 against the New Zealand "All Golds" and later that year for a NSW side against the NZ Maori.

[1] In July Deane was selected in the Pioneer Kangaroo side to tour England and made his international début in the centres alongside Dally Messenger in the first Ashes Test on 22 November 1908.

[5] After retirement he helped run the family sports store and billiards room in North Sydney and was an SP bookmaker in later life.