Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 12th October, 1938
- Current Age
- 87 years and 170 days
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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| Tour Matches | Ipswich Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.57% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | North Queensland Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 20 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Ipswich | 1960-61, 1963 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1963 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South QLD Firsts | 1963 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| North QLD | 1965-66 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1960-1966 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates, Paul Carter
Your Say
21 Mar 2018 11:14am
A real gentleman. Good golfer as Well
23 Oct 2020 11:09pm
John was a 1963/64 Kangaroo (no tests) and then captain-coached Souths, and then Estates in the Townsville R/L competition. He also played Foley Shield for Townsville.
13 Jan 2021 8:46pm
A real role model - on field and off.
30 Jul 2022 11:25am
He coached and encouraged schoolboy Rugby League in Townsville in 1964.
25 Mar 2024 5:44pm
He is my great grand father
11 Jun 2024 5:01pm
A great mate who has been always humble about his achievements,. A very generous,wonderful family man and excellent role model .
26 Aug 2025 6:34pm
He was also a surf lifesaver at Coolum. He was a very nice person
23 Feb 2026 7:51pm
Did he run a hotel in Railway estate, Townsville
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