Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 7th March, 1931
- Died
- Monday, 24th August, 2020 (Aged 89 years and 171 days)
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bill Middleton
Biography
Norths centre had a brief but historic impact on the international rugby league scene in 1950. Middleton came to Norths from Bermagui on the South Coast of NSW in 1948. Two years later, at age 21, he was selected in the third interstate match that propelled him into Australia's Test team. Middleton played in all three Tests against Great Britain and, in the Third and deciding Test, gave the final pass to winger Ron Roberts to score the try that gave Australia the Ashes for the first time in 30 years. His brief rep career ended after another appearance for NSW in 1951.
- 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 % | ||||
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| NRL | 91 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 27 | 60 | 4 | 29.67% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1950 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1950, 1954 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1950 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1950-51 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1951, 1953 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1950-1954 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1948 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1949 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31.25% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1950 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14.29% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1951 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15.38% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1952 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1953 | 19 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 52.63% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1954 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 45.45% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | 1948-54 | 90 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 27 | 59 | 4 | 30.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1948-1956 | 91 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 27 | 60 | 4 | 29.67% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Tim Costello
Your Say
18/06/2011
Keith Middleton was only 19 years old when he played in his first test match for Australia against England. I am just old enough to have read and heard about it at that time, as much was made about it in the general media. He probably also represented NSW prior to his 1st. test match. I remember listening to the vital 3rd test in that series in which he set Ron Roberts up with a pass that gave him a clear passage to score the winning try.There is not much about him on the web, its a pity, because he deserves more recognition.
17/08/2020
Keith Midddleton was an absolute gentleman who unfortunately passed away in August 2020 at age 89.
17/08/2020
I believe Keith passed away recently
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