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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Lennard | ||
| Date of birth | 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Inverell, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 1975 (aged 74–75) | ||
| Place of death | Cessnock, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1918 | Kurri Kurri | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919 | Rothbury | ? | (?) |
| 1920–1937 | Cessnock | 492 | (210) |
| International career | |||
| 1923 | Australia | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percy Lennard (1900–1975) was an Australiansoccer player.[2]
Lennard was born inInverell in 1900. As a young child, he moved toKurri Kurri where he attended a local public school. At the age of 18, despite having shown potential in rugby league.[3]
Lennard played for the Kurri Kurri under-18 team as captain in 1918 before starting his senior team at Rothbury in 1919.[4]
After one year with Rothbury, Lennard joinedCessnock where he spent the rest of his career at. He helped the club to honours that included the Stevenson, Kerr and Ellis Cups, and in 1928 and 1929 the State League Premiership Cup. In his Cessnock career, he played 492 senior games and scored 210 goals forCessnock.
Lennard representedAustralia twelve times, scoring twice. He made his Australian debut against New Zealand in 1923 where he scored Australia's first ever international goal on home soil. Lennard was inducted into the City of Cessnock Hall of Fame on 6 December 2006, he was also inducted in the Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame.
Lennard represented New South Wales interstate and internationally, and in 1923, was selected to play forAustralia in three exhibition matches againstNew Zealand, and scored two goals. These matches were the first played in Australia by an international football team, and the first full A Grade international football matches played in the country. Given that he scored the first goal in the first match of the series, Lennard scored the first ever Australian international football goal on home soil. He played for Australia in nine further internationals.
Lennard's sonJack Lennard also represented Australia in international football.
| National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Australia | 1923 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 June 1923 | Brisbane Cricket Ground,Brisbane, Australia |  New Zealand | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [5] |
| 2 | 16 June 1923 | Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney, Australia | New Zealand | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly | [6] |
Lennard died inCessnock in 1975, aged 74.
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