Newspaper reports that mention Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn who
represented both Queensland and Australia at football (soccer)
Competition Team Date Article identifier Bunny goals Final score Notes
1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-May-43 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114003867 1 St Helens 2 d Blackstone 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-Jun-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97940791 5 St Helens 7 lost to YMCA 8
1st Division Premiership St Helens 26-Jun-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97945410 2 St Helens 3 d Corinthians 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 1-Jul-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115489755 5 St Helens 8 d Bundamba 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 15-Jul-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97947984 8 St Helens 10 d Blackstone 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-Jul-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97941128 1 St Helens 4 d YMCA 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 29-Jul-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97943133 3 St Helens 5 d Eastern Suburbs 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 5-Aug-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97942311 5 St Helens 7 d Corinthians 3 Report says St Helens won premiership.
Tristram Shield St Helens 26-Aug-44 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97942876 2 St Helens 3 d YMCA 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 24-Mar-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114630525 2 St Helens 5 d Shaftson Rovers 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 31-Mar-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114624484 1 St Helens 2 lost to Navy 4 St Helens played with nine men due to injury
1st Division Premiership St Helens 7-Apr-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98304454 3 St Helens 5 d Corinthians 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 14-Apr-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114631778 0 St Helens 0 lost to Eastern Suburbs 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 21-Apr-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98305903 5 St Helens 7 d Thistle 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 28-Apr-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114622485 0 St Helens 1 lost to Blackstone 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 5-May-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98301335 4 St Helens 4 d YMCA 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 12-May-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114625246 ? St Helens 3 d Bundamba 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 19-May-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98303857 2 St Helens 2 d Shaftston 1 Report says Bunny was playing last
game before joining RAAF. He had scored 14 goals for the season to date.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 18-Aug-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114608561 3 St Helens 6 d Shaftston 1 Bunny must have been on leave when
he played in his game. The win secured St Helens the premiership.
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 8-Sep-45 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98304824 2 St Helens 4 d Eastern Suburbs 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 6-Apr-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98378603 1 St Helens 2 d Corinthians 1 Bunny injured during game and taken
to hospital with cut under eye and concussion. It was first game of season.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 11-May-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98376740 1 St Helens 2 d YMCA 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 18-May-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114572693 2 St Helens 4 d Eastern Suburbs 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 8-Jun-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114571172 1 St Helens 3 drew Corinthians 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-Jun-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114570613 1 St Helens 8 d Latrobe 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 6-Jul-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98380309 1 St Helens 1 lost to Blackstone 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 20-Jul-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98372320 2 St Helens 4 d Bundamba 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 27-Jul-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98379801 1 St Helens 3 lost to YMCA 4
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-Aug-46 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98376544 1 St Helens 9 d Shaftson 0 YMCA won premiership
1st Division Premiership St Helens 19-Apr-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98382766 2 St Helens 6 d Oxley 1 First game of season
1st Division Premiership St Helens 26-Apr-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117672042 1 St Helens 3 d Eastern Suburbs 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 3-May-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117674565 1 St Helens 4 d Bundamba 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-May-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117666285 4 St Helens 5 d Corinthians 4
1st Division Premiership St Helens 7-Jun-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117665011 1 St Helens 3 d Blackstone 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 14-Jun-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117673400 3 St Helens 3 drew Thistle 3 Report says Bunny’s total for season to date was 14 goals
1st Division Premiership St Helens 21-Jun-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98317555 2 St Helens 3 d YMCA 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 28-Jun-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117675646 4 St Helens 5 d Shaftson Rovers 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 5-Jul-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98322013 4 St Helens 7 d Oxley 0 Report says Bunny’s total for season was 25 goals to date.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 12-Jul-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98315562 5 St Helens 8 d Eastern Suburbs 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 19-Jul-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118383897 1 St Helens 3 drew Bundamba 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 27-Jul-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118381906 2 St Helens 3 d Corinthians 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 16-Aug-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118393972 3 St Helens 5 d Blackstone 2 Report says Bunny’s three goals
brought to 100 his tally in 1st Division games.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 24-Aug-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118397702 1 St Helens 1 lost to Thistle 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 30-Aug-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118391381 0 St Helens 3 d YMCA 1
Tristram Shield St Helens 6-Sep-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98325966 3 St Helens 4 d Eastern Suburbs 0 Report says Bunny had scored 40 goals for season to date.
Tristram Shield final St Helens 25-Sep-47 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49321149 1 St Helens 4 d Bundamba 3 Report says Premiership, Hilton
Shield and Tristram Shield are separate competitions. St Helens won each in
1947. Another report (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118388840) says Bunny
scored two goals in this game.
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 3-Apr-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98313388 0 St Helens 4 d YMCA 0 Report says Bunny was competition’s
leading goalscorer previous season
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-Apr-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98315068 1 St Helens 1 d Dinmore 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 17-Apr-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125594695 1 St Helens 3 d Eastern Suburbs 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 24-Apr-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98318633 3 St Helens 3 drew Bundamba 3
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 3-May-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125595945 1 St Helens 1 d Blackstone Rovers 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 8-May-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98315220 1 St Helens 2 to Thistle 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-May-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125587861 5 St Helens 5 d YMCA 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 19-Jun-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125593274 0 St Helens 2 drew Eastern Suburbs 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 26-Jun-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125584941 0 St Helens 0 lost to Bundamba 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 3-Jul-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98324439 1 St Helens 2 lost to Blackstone 3
Tristram Shield St Helens 10-Jul http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117106198 3 St Helens 6 d Dinmore 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 17-Jul-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117111864 3 St Helens 3 d YMCA 0
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 25-Jul-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98324635 3 St Helens 3 d Thistle 1 Report says it was St Helens’ fourth
trophy in as many seasons for the Hilton Shield competition which is
obviously seprate for the first division because YMCA won the title in 1946.
Tristram Shield St Helens 18-Sep-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98318077 1 St Helens 5 d Bundamba 0
Tristram Shield St Helens 3-Oct-48 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117102047 2 St Helens 3 d YMCA 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 2-Apr-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117089543 2 St Helens 3 drew Dinmore 3 Report says this first game of the season.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 9-Apr-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117090749 7 St Helens 9 d YMCA 4
1st Division Premiership St Helens 16-Apr-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117087474 4 St Helens 4 d Blackstone 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 23-Apr-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117096938 3 St Helens 6 d Thistle 1 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98295437
Sydney 1st division Metters 30-Apr-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117084832 1 Metters 2 d Granville 1 Played game for Metters Club based
at Canterbury, Sydney, NSW. Turned down offer of contract with them and other
clubs.
1st Division Premiership St Helens 7-May-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117096397 3 St Helens 3 drew Blackstone 3 Report says his season goal tally was 19 to this date
1st Division Premiership St Helens 28-May-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117097751 0 St Helens 1 d YMCA 0
1st Division Premiership St Helens 4-Jun-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117086702 0 St Helens 0 lost to Bundamba 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 18-Jun-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117091749 3 St Helens 4 drew Caledonians 4
1st Division Premiership St Helens 25-Jun-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117098077 4 St Helens 9 d Blackstone 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 2-Jul-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98289899 0 St Helens 0 lost to Corinthians 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 9-Jul-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98284887 1 St Helens 5 d Thistle 2
Tristram Shield (knockout competition) St Helens 16-Jul-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124624703 0 St Helens 0 lost to Bundamba 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 23-Jul-49 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124632892 5 St Helens 7 d Corinthians 3 Another report has Bunny scoring six
goals in the game (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98290707)
1st Division Premiership St Helens 2-Apr-50 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124651348 2 St Helens 4 d Bundamba 2 Report says this was first game of season
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 15-Apr-50 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124654653 3 St Helens 3 d Blackstone 2
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) St Helens 22-Apr-50 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98335246 1 St Helens 5 d Eastern Suburbs 2
Tristram Shield St Helens 9-Sep-50 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98329520 ? St Helens lost to Thistle May have been Bunny’s last
appearance with St Helens before his stint with Caledonians. Bunny’s brother
Doug also played in this game.
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 7-Apr-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98339475 1 Caledonians 1 lost to Eastern Suburbs 2 First game for Caledonians after
switching from St Helens. First game of season First Division described as
Hilton Shield.
1st Division Premiership (Hilton Shield) Caledonians 14-Apr-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98349294 3 Caledonians 3 d Blackstone 2 Report says that Bunny had scored 10 goals in three games
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 5-May-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98341116 ? Caledonians 2 drew Bundamba 2
Hilton Shield Caledonians 12-May-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124622859 3 Caledonians 4 d Dinmore 1 Report says Bunny had scored 22
goals for the season to that date
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 9-Jun-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98341607 2 Caledonians 3 d Thistle 2
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 17-Jun-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124620774 2 Caledonians 4 d St Helens 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 28-Jul-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118226807 0 Caledonians 2 lost to Blackstone 3 Bunny’s first season with
Caledonians (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118227911)
Tristram Shield Caledonians 8-Sep-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98347872 1 Caledonians 2 d Corinthians 0 That brought to 27 Bunny’s number of goals for the season
Tristram Shield Caledonians 15-Sep-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118222502 ? Caledonians 1 lost to Thistle 2
Hilton Shield final Caledonians 30-Sep-51 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118228124 ? Caledonians 2 drew St Helens 2 Bunny’s brother Doug also played in
this game (for St Helens)
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 5-Apr-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124576419 2 Caledonians 3 drew St Helens 3 First game of 1952 season
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 19-Apr-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98352123 1 Caledonians 1 lost to Corinthians 3
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 26-Apr-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124582159 3 Caledonians 8 d YMCA 5
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 3-May-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124579176 2 Caledonians 4 d Blackstone 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 10-May-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124581191 1 Caledonians 2 lost to Dinmore 3
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 17-May-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98354210 2 Caledonians 4 d Eastern Suburbs 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 24-May-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98358702 ? Caledonians 3 lost to Bundamba 4
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 31-May-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98350343 1 Caledonians 2 lost to Thistle 3
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 14-Jun-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98361230 1 Caledonians 2 d St Helens 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 21-Jun-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98360037 2 Caledonians 6 d Corinthians 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 28-Jun-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98352779 3 Caledonians 4 d YMCA 0
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 5-Jul-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122024664 2 Caledonians 4 d Blackstone 2
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 12-Jul-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122021633 1 Caledonians 2 d Dinmore Bush Rats 1
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 2-Aug-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98357601 1 Caledonians 4 d Thistle 2
Tristram Shield Caledonians 16-Aug-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122035006 2 Caledonians 4 d Bundamba 2
Tristram Shield Caledonians 30-Aug-52 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122021204 0 Caledonians 0 lost to Corinthians 14 (correct) Bunny scored 53 goals for the season
(http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50531891)
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 4-Apr-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118411039 1 Caledonians 1 lost to Blackstone 5
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 11-Apr-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118408854 2 Caledonians 3 d Corinthians 2
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 18-Apr-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98279740 1 Caledonians 1 v Bulimba 0 (game abandoned)
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 2-May-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118408774 6 Caledonians 6 d Bundamba 0
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 16-May-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98280248 3 Caledonians 4 drew Eastern Suburbs 4
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 6-Jun-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118413045 2 Caledonians 4 drew YMCA 4
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 13-Jun-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118408453 1 Caledonians 5 d Thistle 3
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 20-Jun-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118407367 ? Caledonians 1 lost to Blackstone Rovers 2
1st Division Premiership Caledonians 11-Jul-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118427269 0 Caledonians 2 drew Bundamba 2
Tristram Shield Caledonians 29-Aug-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118428673 1 Caledonians 2 lost to Bundamba 3
Tristram Shield Caledonians 12-Sep-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118429405 5 Caledonians 6 d Eastern Suburbs 0
Tristram Shield Caledonians 19-Sep-53 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118419978 3 Caledonians 4 d Bulimba 0 59 goals for season
Cribb & Foote Cup St Helens 28-Mar-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50587277 1 St Helens 2 drew Bundamba Rangers 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 3-Apr-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118240886 1 St Helens 2 drew Caledonians 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-Apr-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118238327 2 St Helens 2 lost to Dinmore Bush Rats 5
1st Division Premiership St Helens 8-May-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118258776 1 St Helens 3 d Oxley 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 19-Jun-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118258990 1 St Helens 2 lost to Bulimba Rangers 3
1st Division Premiership St Helens 26-Jun-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118257294 2 St Helens 2 drew Bundamba Rangers 2
1st Division Premiership St Helens 3-Jul-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118257144 3 St Helens 7 d Eastern Suburbs 4
1st Division Premiership St Helens 10-Jul-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118248934 4 St Helens 7 d Oxley 1
1st Division Premiership St Helens 17-Jul-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118248717 1 St Helens 1 d Blackstone Rovers 0