George Cartwright﻿

George Cartwright

8/29/2016

It is a red letter day in the world of the GFP, as today we reveal
the discovery of the GrassRoots club of the first ever Socceroo goalkeeper, George Cartwright, Socceroo #2.
George was Balmain boy playing his football for Leichhardt Rovers winners of the State U18 "Nurse Cup".
George made his debut in the 1922 Tour of NZ and would play in all 10 of our first "A" internationals.
He was the custodian for Balmain-Fernleigh in the Metropolitan League and would be our most capped keeper until Ron Corry almost 50 years later.
My thanks to the Inner West Council's Balmain Library for the use of their photo, its discovery made this amatuer sleuth very happy.
gotta love the turtle neck, very stylish.

12 Comments

peter

12/6/2016 02:45:44 pm

George also known as Nick and Dar was my grandfather. He was a champion person

TJ Beam

10/13/2025 09:34:43 am

Hi Peter,
I’m currently putting together a video on our first Socceroos and was wondering if you know where you grandfather is buried?
I do videos visiting the graves of famous sporting personalities from days gone by and pay my respects and I’d love to include George.
Thanks

DAVID

12/30/2020 06:45:29 pm

Hi I am trying to find out about the origins and history of Balmain Fernleigh. Who were they, where was their home ground and who did they become?
Also any info on their top striker Dr Porter of vintage circa 1919-20

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the author

Greg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
At age 55, when his body gave up on playing, he took up the whistle to stay actively involved. In November of 2014 he created the GFP on Facebook to fill the void left by those in control of the game & in January 2016 launched this website.