Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Arthur Leonard Collinson
- Born
- Wednesday, 11th September, 1929
- Died
- Monday, 5th January, 1987 (Aged 57 years and 116 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Werris Creek, 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
- 1953
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1952
Biography
Newcastle lock represented Country whilst playing for Norths Newcastle in 1950 before coming to Wests. Collinson was selected on the 1952-53 Kangaroo Tour despite having not yet represented NSW – his good form as the club charged into the semi-final earned his selection (ironically Collinson missed Wests’ grand final win over Souths that year because the squad had already set sail for England.) The tall back-rower appeared in three Tests against Great Britain and France on the tour as well as 17 other matches. Collinson took on the captain-coach role at Thirroul in the Wollongong competition in 1954 and later moved to Kempsey.
- 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) | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 20 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 85.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Northern Division | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | NSW North Coast | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 40 | 20 | - | - | 60 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 57.50% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 70 | 34 | - | - | 102 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 67.14% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1952 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1950, 1954, 1956 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1952 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1953 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Kangaroos | 1953 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1953 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1953 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Southern Division | 1954 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| North Coast | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Northern Division | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW North Coast | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1950-1956 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1951 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1952 | 11 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1953 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1951-53 | 40 | 20 | - | - | 60 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 57.50% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Jason Ganter, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
4 Aug 2011 4:21pm
Is Arthur still alive and, if so, does he reside in the Hunter region?
28 May 2012 8:23pm
Arthur played for North Newcastle a club that turned out forwards assembly line production wise e.g. Charlie Gill Jack Hutchinson & himself,& I was a South Newcastle suportere!
All the above played for Australia.
18 Dec 2014 8:43pm
Arthur coached Murrurundi in group 21 - 1967 I think, he was awesome against the local blokes. Had thighs and calves like ironbarks.
6 Aug 2016 5:15pm
Arthur coached the Newcastle team to a win over the Great Britain team in 1962.This G.B. side included such players as David Bolton Alex Murphy Eric Ashton Dick Huddart and other test match players.To quote Colin Hutton their manager,'the finest G.B.R.L touring side 'Arthur mentored and coached his players to a brilliant win.This was Les Johns step onto the big stage.Les had some doubts about his tackling but Arthur reassured him after some physical tackling drills. Who could forget this.
1 Jul 2018 6:46pm
Arthur Collinson also Captain/Coached the Taralga Tigers to a Premiership in 1965.
4 Jan 2019 6:35pm
Arthur Collinson coached kurri kurri in early sixtys
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