Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John William Lumsden
- Born
- Monday, 24th March, 1930
- Died
- Friday, 31st March, 2023 (Aged 93 years and 7 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Ritchie Lumsden
- Ray Lumsden
- Eddie Lumsden
Biography
Older brother of champion St George winger Eddie Lumsden played for Manly in the club's maiden grand final appearance in 1951. He played in his sole Test match against NZ in the Third Test the following year before leaving the club to play in Wollongong.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales XIII | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western Division | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Southern Division | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Southern NSW | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 26 | 21 | 12 | - | 87 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 35 | 25 | 16 | - | 107 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 68.57% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1950 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1950, 1952, 1954 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1950, 1954, 1956 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NSW XII | 1951 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1952 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1952 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Western Division | 1953 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| South West NSW | 1953 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1953 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Southern Division | 1954-56 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Southern NSW | 1954 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1950-1956 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 54.55% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1951 | 10 | 12 | 12 | - | 60 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1952 | 16 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1951-52 | 26 | 21 | 12 | - | 87 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Wests Archives, Tim Costello

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