Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ian John Johnston
- Born
- Tuesday, 1st March, 1927
- Died
- Friday, 1st February, 2013 (Aged 85 years and 337 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1949
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1957
Biography
Newcastle fullback shifted to five-eighth following the emergence of budding champion Clive Churchill in the district. Johnston partnered the legendary Vic Hey at P’matta in 1948 and represented NSW in 1949. He then became the club's first Test player when he earned a place on the NZ tour, kicking 3 goals in Australia's 26-14 loss in the First Test. In 1951 he became the first P’matta player to top 100pts (13t, 38g) but it was a long time between drinks at national level. After shifting to the country to play with Young in 1953 he came back to P’matta but left for Coonamble after six matches following a dispute with the club. Johnston captain-coached Maitland in 1955 before joining Wests the following year. He duly gained selection on the 1956-57 Kangaroo tour - seven years after achieving his first Test cap – and although he did not play in another Test match he scored 7 tries in 9 games.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 14 | 14 | 12 | - | 66 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.14% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 126 | 59 | 68 | - | 313 | 48 | 70 | 8 | 38.10% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 146 | 78 | 80 | - | 394 | 64 | 80 | 9 | 43.84% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1949 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1947 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1949 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1949 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1951 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1956 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1956-57 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1957 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Riverina | 1958 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1947-1958 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1948 | 17 | 6 | 3 | - | 24 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 23.53% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1949 | 16 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 43.75% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1951 | 18 | 13 | 38 | - | 115 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1952 | 16 | 4 | 25 | - | 62 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 18.75% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1954 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1956 | 19 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1957 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | 1948-52, 1954 | 90 | 44 | 68 | - | 268 | 27 | 56 | 7 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1956-57 | 36 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1948-1957 | 126 | 59 | 68 | 0 | 313 | 48 | 70 | 8 | 38.10% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
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10 May 2020 4:27pm
Love seeing these stats I miss him so much his grandson
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