Kevin Emery Humphreys

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Kevin Emery Humphreys is a former chairman of the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), from about 1973 to 1983.

In 1980, Humphries was instrumental in the establishment of the State of Origin series between teams representing New South Wales and Queensland.

However, in 1983, the Australian ABC-TV current affairs programme Four Corners, aired an episode entitled "The Big League". Reporter Chris Masters — the brother of league identity Roy Masters — described allegations of corruption within the NSWRL, including suggestions that officials were siphoning funds from particular clubs and international matches, while players and spectators endured sub-standard facilities. As a result of the program, a Royal Commission (the Street Royal Commission) was called. It led to the New South Wales chief magistrate Murray Farquhar being jailed, the end of Humphreys' career and the ABC being sued for libel by NSW State Premier, Neville Wran (who eventually settled out of court).