Peter Jones

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Peter Anthony Jones
Born
Saturday, 15th August, 1942
Current Age
81 years and 227 days
Place Of Birth
Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Randwick RU centre made a sensational Australian Test debut against England as a 20-year-old in 1963 before touring South Africa with the Wallabies. Jones switched codes to play with Balmain in the mid 1960s but, after representing NSW in 1965, chose to sit out much of the 1969 season (along with Dennis Tutty and Laurie Moraschi) in protest of the NSWRL's transfer system. Jones missed the Tigers’ grand final win over Souths that year and although he returned briefly in 1970 his playing career had all but finished.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 75 10 -   - 30 44 30 1 58.67% List
NRL Finals 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 10 - -   - - 5 4 1 50.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Balmain Tigers 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1965 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1966 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1967 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1965-1967 4 1 0   0 3 3 1 0 75.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1964 8 - -   - - 4 4 0 50.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1965 11 2 -   - 6 7 4 0 63.64% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1966 16 3 -   - 9 11 5 0 68.75% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1967 19 4 -   - 12 10 8 1 52.63% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1968 16 1 -   - 3 9 7 0 56.25% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1970 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1964-68, 1970 75 10 -   - 30 44 30 1 58.67% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    27/11/2020

    Selected to play five eighth for NSW in 1965, Jones would have been an automatic selection for an Australian Rugby League team if there had been one selected that year and therefore become a dual international in Rugby Union and Rugby League. However, quite inexplicably, there was no international series played that year.

    The following year, 1966, Jones broke his thumb playing five eight for City Firsts, which put him out of contention for the state games and the international series against the touring Great Britain side again denying him a more than probable chance of achieving dual international honors. His team mate Arthur Beetson made his debut for Australia against Great Britain in the third test that year.

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