Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 9th April, 1945
- Died
- Wednesday, 23rd August, 2023 (Aged 78 years and 136 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Preseason Cup
- 1973
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 73 | 22 | - | 1 | 67 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 34.25% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 90 | 26 | - | 1 | 79 | 37 | 51 | 6 | 41.11% | List | |||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1967 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1968 | 20 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1969 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1972 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1973 | 22 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1974 | 18 | 4 | - | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 44.44% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1967-70, 1972-74 | 73 | 22 | - | 1 | 67 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 34.25% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
2 Jul 2020 8:10pm
A very tough & underrated player.
8 Jul 2020 6:07am
Toughest player ever ????????
12 Aug 2021 8:54pm
Very good player, played the game tough but fair.
22 May 2022 8:07am
Tom was a very good hard player who gave everything, very tough but played fare.
11 Jul 2022 5:46pm
Played for Port Kembla after leaving Newtown.
1 Apr 2023 7:06pm
All heart!!
9 Apr 2023 11:31am
You never know know who you live next door to.
Today is my neighbour Tom.melville 80th
I had no idea till just recently who tom was in his younger days.
We still see the cheeky lad on his good days
10 Apr 2023 8:38am
He was actually born on Friday 9th April, 1943
24 Aug 2023 8:04pm
Just a note that, sadly, Tom Melville passed away on 23 August 2023 (source Newtown Jets FB page). May he rest in peace.
24 Oct 2023 4:11pm
Hi - it is Rugby League Review and Newtown Jets website that he died in August 2023
6 Jan 2024 1:50am
I also remember Tom running out for port Kembla very good tough forward who came to port after playing for Newtown
2 Apr 2024 11:33pm
WAS A GREAT FREIND AND ALWAYS FISHED HARD FOR KINGFISH OFF SYDNEY - MISS YOU MATE
6 Aug 2024 6:21pm
Return to Newtown in 1978 playing reserve grade.
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