Jim Morgan

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
David James Morgan
Born
Sunday, 13th June, 1943
Died
Wednesday, 19th October, 2005 (Aged 62 years and 128 days)
Place Of Birth
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Fiery Maitland prop first came to the notice of Sydney scouts after playing in Newcastle's win in the 1964 State Cup final. Joining Souths in 1965, Morgan represented NSW in two matches and was a member of the young Rabbitohs team that played in front of 78,065 fans in the grand final against St George. A non-playing reserve in the Test series against Great Britain in 1966, Morgan would have to wait another four years for his Test jersey. After playing in Souths' victorious grand final team in 1968, Morgan found it difficult to cement a regular first grade spot in a champion forward pack and Easts bought out the final three years of his contract. In 1970 he played for NSW and was selected for the First Test against Great Britain in Brisbane. In a courageous Test debut, Morgan scored two tries despite being kicked to the ground and having his nose smashed by a Cliff Watson head-butt. Not surprisingly, he missed the next Test through injury but played in the deciding Third Test that saw the Ashes lost. After playing in Easts' 1972 grand final loss to Manly, Morgan joined former Roosters coach Don Furner at Queanbeyan. In 1974 he toured NZ with Combined Country and represented NSW again. The following year he captained Country to a win against City in what was a major boil-over at the time. Morgan returned to Easts in 1986 and coached the club's reserve grade team to a grand final win over P’matta.
- 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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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
Tour Matches Newcastle Firsts (AU) 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches NSW Colts 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL 110 10 -   1 32 71 38 1 64.55% List
Interstate Matches 7 - -   - - 5 1 1 71.43% List
NRL Finals 7 2 -   - 6 4 3 0 57.14% List
Craven Mild Cup 18 2 -   - 6 10 7 1 55.56% List
Tour Matches Australia 2 2 -   - 6 1 1 0 50.00% List
Test Series 2 2 -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
The Ashes 2 2 -   - 12 1 1 0 50.00% List
Endeavour Cup 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Monaro 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1970 2 2 -   - 6 1 1 0 50.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newcastle (AU) 1964 4 - -   - - 4 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Colts 1964 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1964, 1974-75 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
NSW Firsts 1965-66, 1970, 1974 8 - -   - - 6 1 1 75.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1968, 1970 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Monaro 1974-75 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Overall1964-1975 20 1 0   0 3 14 5 1 70.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths NSWRFL 1965 10 - -   - - 6 4 0 60.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1966 13 - -   - - 6 7 0 46.15% List
Souths NSWRFL 1967 10 - -   1 2 9 1 0 90.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1968 20 2 -   - 6 14 6 0 70.00% List
Souths NSWRFL 1969 5 1 -   - 3 4 1 0 80.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1970 16 2 -   - 6 9 7 0 56.25% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1971 17 2 -   - 6 8 8 1 47.06% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1972 19 3 -   - 9 15 4 0 78.95% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths 1965-69 58 3 -   1 11 39 19 0 67.24% List
Eastern Suburbs 1970-72 52 7 -   - 21 32 19 1 61.54% List
Overall1965-1972 110 10 0   1 32 71 38 1 64.55% List

Your Say

  • Barry Casey
    20/04/2018

    The two Tests v NZ in 1965 was Manly-Warringah player, John Morgan in the second row, not Jim Morgan

  • Noel Carrig
    13/03/2020

    JIM Morgan was in hospital with a severe infection in the week prior to the 1972 Grand Final with Manly. Artie Beetson and John Armstrong were Easts props in 1972 GF.

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