He would go on to score a further 5 in his first premiership season.
In 1988 the club played Finals for the first time since its premiership season of 1958.
Simpson played every game in their 1996 and 1999 premiership seasons.
Cumberland won its only game in the premiership season and ever.
The 2003-04 Premiership season saw games ending in 0-0 and 2-2 draws.
Probably down to the rigours of a long&hard Premiership season.
He was club captain in 1948 and 1949, the former in a premiership season.
As of mid-2012 this is still the Manly club record for most tries in a premiership season.
Ironically he and Barnes would play alongside each other during that premiership season.