Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John Rutherford Butterfield
- Nickname(s)
- Jock
- Born
- Monday, 18th January, 1932
- Died
- Saturday, 14th February, 2004 (Aged 72 years and 27 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Taylorville, West Coast, New Zealand
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs France 1960, France vs New Zealand 1961, New Zealand vs Great Britain 1962
Biography
Kiwi Test forward first tried to join Manly in 1963 but the NZRL blocked the move. Butterfield had made almost 100 appearances for his country (Tests, World Cup matches and tour matches included) before being cleared in to play with the Sea Eagles in 1964. With a record 36 Tests to his credit from 1954 to 1963, the 32 year-old hooker/prop had a modest season with the Sea Eagles. Butterfield later captain-coached Leeton in the Riverina competition in 1965, before moving to Mt Isa (1966-69) and Cloncurry (1970-72) in Queensland. The veteran player, a Kiwi ‘Legend of League’ passed away in Brisbane in February 2004, aged 72.
- 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) | - | 35 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | South Island | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Canterbury (NZ) | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 64 | 10 | 2 | - | 34 | 38 | 25 | 1 | 59.38% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | West Coast NZ Firsts | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | North West QLD | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 92 | 16 | 6 | - | 60 | 73 | 77 | 4 | 79.35% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1954-63 | 35 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1954 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1954, 1957, 1960 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1953-55 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| South Island | 1953-54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| West Coast | 1958, 1961-62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| North West QLD | 1968 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1953-1968 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1964 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1964 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
29/10/2011
Jock Butterfield was my big cousin and i only seen him once in the mid 50s when he came to Scotland to play rugby, he came to visit my Mum and i can remember him picking me up and giving me a hug,After that i spoke to him many years later he was living in Australia and we had a good chat,sadly he died there a few years later. I would like to have a vidio of our Jock playing rugby as i live in Scotland its hard to get one,if anyone can help me please let me know where i can get a copy of Jock playing the game that he loved,Regards,James Ewen.
11/06/2021
My mum is your cousin also then.
Alan Kerr
NZ
25/06/2024
Jock was an extremely good friend of mine and I have talked about Jocks significant and positive influence on me as a young 20 year old living in Mount Isa. Bill Sweetenham ; Olympic Swim Coach of Australia; Hong Kong and Great Britain. A wonderful man. Bill Sweetenham .. AM and Churchill Fellow.
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