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| Full name | Leslie Clyde Cubitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1892-10-31)31 October 1892 Sydney,New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1968(1968-11-10) (aged 76) Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Charlie Cubitt (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Les Cubitt (31 October 1892 – 10 November 1968) was an Australian representativerugby league player, acentre, orfive-eighth whose club career was withEastern Suburbs and theGlebe. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.[3]
Cubitt commenced his club career at just eighteen years of age withGlebe playing alongside his older brotherCharlie Cubitt in the1911 Grand Final loss toEastern Suburbs. In 1913, Cubitt joined Eastern Suburbs where he played for the next nine seasons winning a premiership in1913. Cubitt was the younger brother of the rugby league footballer;Charlie Cubitt.
During the beginning of his career, Cubitt was better known for his goal-kicking skills, however, he transitioned into more of a try-scorer later in his career. He was an adept side-stepper and was also very proficient at selling fake passes to opposing defenders.[4]
He was first selected forNew South Wales in 1911 but had to wait until the end of theFirst World War to make his national representative debut. He played in the centres in all four Tests ofAustralia's first tour ofNew Zealand in 1919 scoring four tries in the tests and 17 tries in the last three tour matches. He is listed on theAustralian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 95.[5]
He was selected as captain of the1921-22 "Australasian" Kangaroos which had two New Zealanders in the squad. He concealed a serious knee injury which he aggravated on the tour in England and which led to his eventual retirement in 1922.
In February 2008, Cubitt was named in the list of Australia's100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by theNRL andARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[6]
