 A fast and agile , with an ability to effortlessly change direction, Frawley was at club and representative levels generally positioned on the outside of rugby league Immortal Dally Messenger, creating a formidable combination.He was a noted speedster who, on the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, was acclaimed as the "100 yards champion" of the squad.Of Irish parentage, Frawley grew up in the inner Sydney harbourside suburb of Woolloomooloo.