Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John McNab Abel
- Born
- Friday, 14th July, 1911
- Died
- Sunday, 25th December, 1983 (Aged 72 years and 164 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Herbie Abel
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 | NSW Group 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New England | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 31 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 41.94% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Maher Cup | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 33 | 9 | 1 | - | 29 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 39.39% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Northern Div/N.Coast | 1937 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Group 4 | 1938 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| New England | 1946 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1936-1946 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1935 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1936 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1941 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Sydney | 1935-36 | 24 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | 1941 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1935-1941 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 41.94% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Neil Pollock, Tim Costello
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual

Your Say
13/11/2019
Jack Abel was captain-coach of Cowra in 1938
09/07/2020
Never got to talk to dad about his playing days. Now at 63 feel as though I have missed out on something very special.
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