Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 9th April, 1945
- Died
- Wednesday, 23rd August, 2023 (Aged 78 years and 135 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 % | ||||
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NRL | 73 | 22 | - | 1 | 67 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 34.25% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1967 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1968 | 20 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1969 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1972 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1973 | 22 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||
Newtown | NSWRFL 1974 | 18 | 4 | - | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 44.44% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Newtown | 1967-70, 1972-74 | 73 | 22 | - | 1 | 67 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 34.25% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
02/07/2020
A very tough & underrated player.
08/07/2020
Toughest player ever ????????
12/08/2021
Very good player, played the game tough but fair.
22/05/2022
Tom was a very good hard player who gave everything, very tough but played fare.
11/07/2022
Played for Port Kembla after leaving Newtown.
01/04/2023
All heart!!
09/04/2023
You never know know who you live next door to.
Today is my neighbour Tom.melville 80th
I had no idea till just recently who tom was in his younger days.
We still see the cheeky lad on his good days
10/04/2023
He was actually born on Friday 9th April, 1943
24/08/2023
Just a note that, sadly, Tom Melville passed away on 23 August 2023 (source Newtown Jets FB page). May he rest in peace.
24/10/2023
Hi - it is Rugby League Review and Newtown Jets website that he died in August 2023
06/01/2024
I also remember Tom running out for port Kembla very good tough forward who came to port after playing for Newtown
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