Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Matthew Bernard John Bonnyman
- Born
- Sunday, 21st March, 1920
- Died
- Tuesday, 1st April, 1980 (Aged 60 years and 11 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1939
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1942
Additional Notes
Born in Stockton, NSW.
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 | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 5 | 2 | 11 | - | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 58 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 53.45% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 66 | 17 | 13 | - | 77 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 59.09% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1938 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1938-39 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1939 | 5 | 2 | 11 | - | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Thompson's Team | 1940 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1938-1940 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1941 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1942 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1943 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Canterbury | 1940-44 | 58 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 53.45% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, Paul Carter

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