sentences:  The club's junior success played some part in their selection for promotion to the first grade in 1947 with the NSWRFL promising the club first grade status should they win the 3rd grade (President's Cup) competition.Bull was a key member in the great Manly sides of the 1950s and played in all three unsuccessful Grand Final attempts during that decade - 1951, 1957 and 1959.The Gregory's reference written only a few years after his playing career had ended noted him as an expert scrummager and outstanding in tight forward play.