Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Melville Lance Cooke
- Born
- Wednesday, 30th May, 1934
- Died
- Thursday, 5th September, 2013 (Aged 79 years and 98 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Christchurch, Canterbury, 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, New Zealand vs France 1964
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) | - | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 59.09% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Canterbury (NZ) | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 47 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 63.83% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Island | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Monaro | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 55 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 57 | 34 | 6 | 103.64% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1959-64 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 59.09% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1959-1960 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1958, 1960, 1962 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Island | 1963 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Monaro | 1965-66 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1965 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1958-1966 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Michael Borg, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
28 May 2012 2:34pm
Mel Cooke is one of the NZ Legends of League, he was a terrific, workaholic loose forward who represented the Kiwis from Canterbury (NZ). He was the only Cantabrian named in the 2007 Team of the Century (the team, and historically NZRL, has been dominated by Auckland).
Cooke captain-coached Monaro (NSW) after retiring from international rugby league.
6 Sep 2013 9:38am
Mel Cooke died yesterday aged 79 year after a long illness. He will be missed.
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