Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Don Alfred Furner
- Nickname(s)
- Fatty
- Born
- Saturday, 26th December, 1931
- Died
- Monday, 24th February, 2020 (Aged 88 years and 60 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Bulimba Cup
- 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
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 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
| Test Series | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 5 | 16 | 9 | 14 | - | 55 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 93.75% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 23 | 3 | 9 | - | 27 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 56.52% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1952-56 | 19 | 9 | 19 | - | 65 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 84.21% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1955-56 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1956 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1952-1956 | 29 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 78 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 65.52% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson
Your Say
14 Dec 2011 10:43pm
Captain-Coached the Junee Diesels in Group 9 in 1964 to the clubs first ever premiership.
25 Sep 2019 8:09am
Played with the June’s Diesels in 1964 under coach Don Furner. Won the comp. and lifted the Maher Cup from Cootamundra. What a great coach!
30 Jul 2020 2:35am
Passed away on 24 February 2020.
10 Oct 2024 10:08pm
Don furner coached Tumbarumba in group 20 from 1960 to 1963. Won the premier ship in 1960 defeating Yenda in a replay after the first the scores ended up 2 all the week before after 6 inches of rain hit the Riverina and the Narrandera sports ground became a quagmire. Tumbarumba were runners up in 1961 & 1962 under Furners Coaching.Furner left Tumbarumba at the end of1963.
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