Jim Matthews

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 25th January, 1938
Current Age
86 years and 63 days

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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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 87 11 52   4 145 31 52 4 35.63% List
Craven Mild Cup 12 - 5   1 12 3 9 0 25.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 2 - 1   1 4 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Southern Division 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW City Firsts 1963 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Southern Division 1970 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1963-1970 2 0 0   0 - 1 1 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury NSWRFL 1962 3 - 2   - 4 0 2 1 0.00% List
Canterbury NSWRFL 1963 12 2 1   - 8 5 7 0 41.67% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1964 14 2 -   - 6 2 12 0 14.29% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1965 4 - 2   - 4 0 4 0 0.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1966 11 1 4   - 11 0 11 0 0.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1967 23 2 17   2 44 13 8 2 56.52% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1968 20 4 26   2 68 11 8 1 55.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury 1962-63 15 2 3   - 12 5 9 1 33.33% List
Eastern Suburbs 1964-68 72 9 49   4 133 26 43 3 36.11% List
Overall1962-1968 87 11 52   4 145 31 52 4 35.63% List

Your Say

  • Alan Hanson
    19/05/2023

    Not a lot is known about Jimmy Mathews. A tough tackling five-eighth, he played with Canterbury in 1962-1963. In 1966 he was playing reserve grade for Easts when Jack Gibson plucked him out to captain the side in '67-'68. I think that says it all.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin