Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Raymond John Beaven
- Born
- Sunday, 26th July, 1936
- Died
- Thursday, 7th June, 2018 (Aged 81 years and 316 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Yass, 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
- 1961
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1961
- Preseason Cup
- 1962
Biography
Former Easts pivot played with Tumut in 1961 where he gained selection for NSW in two interstate matches. Beaven then toured NZ with the Australian team but although he appeared in four minor matches (scoring 1 try) he did not appear in a Test match. Beaven resumed his Sydney career with C’bury the following year.
- 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 % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Riverina | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 31 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 48.39% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 49 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 53.06% | List | |||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Riverina | 1960, 1963-65 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1961 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1961, 1963 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1960-1965 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1958 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1959 | 12 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1962 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1958-59 | 19 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | 1962 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1958-1962 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 48.39% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Your Say
24 Aug 2013 9:50pm
Ray is my father we spell our surname Beaven
Ray returned to Tumut in 1963 and played out the rest of his career there except for a 2yrs stint as captain coach of Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga in the late 1960s he retired in 1975
13 Feb 2022 7:25pm
A player of untapped talent who was brilliant at evading an opponent and scoring tries one of the best i have witnessed on par with the brilliant John Hobby
His defence was also flawless a complete footballer with great courage ask any Tumut person
13 Jan 2024 9:05am
Ray's correct name is Raymond John Beaven, I should know I'm his son
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