Percy Fairall played nine seasons for the
St George Dragons between 1928 and 1937, being club captain between 1935 and 1937. A talented lock-forward and hooker, Percy Fairall was a local St. George junior from the Ramsgate Club, who went on to represent his state and country. He is also remembered as the first
St. George player to play 150 grade games for the club. Fairall represented
New South Wales on six occasions between 1935 and 1937. He made his international debut for
Australia against New Zealand in 1935, played against the touring English team in 1936 and toured with the Australian team on the 1937–38
Kangaroo Tour. He is listed on the
Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 192. In 1938 he moved to
Surry Hills, New South Wales and represented the
South Sydney Rabbitohs for three seasons between 1938 and 1940. Fairall played in three
Grand finals or premiership deciders during his long career, all in losing teams: firstly with
St. George in
1930 and
1933 and then with
South Sydney in
1939. Fairall died on 11 August 1980, aged 70. ==References==