Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 1st January, 1925
- Died
- Wednesday, 20th July, 2011 (Aged 86 years and 200 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Elne, Occitanie, France
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Australia vs France 1951, France vs New Zealand 1951, France vs Australia 1952/53
- European Championship
- 1948/1949, 1950/1951, 1951/1952
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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 28 | 12 | 1 | - | 38 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 53.57% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | France | - | 22 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 63.64% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Lyon/Roanne XIII | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Paris/Lyon XIII | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| European Championship | 3 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.15% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 44 | 22 | 1 | - | 68 | 44 | 29 | 5 | 100.00% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| France | 1948-54 | 28 | 12 | 1 | - | 38 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 53.57% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| France | 1948-1954 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
England - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Lyon/Roanne | 1949 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Paris/Lyon XIII | 1953 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1949-1953 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Max Turner, Jason Ganter, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates

Your Say
23/06/2011
Hi guys,
His name is actually Joseph Crespo (or Jo) not Jean.
Great site. I'll let you know other errors as I find them.
Cheers,
Lyle Beaton
RL Historian
08/01/2016
I saw him play in the great 1951 french team and just came across his name in a book on rugby league.
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