Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Andrew John Brown
- Born
- Thursday, 20th February, 1936
- Died
- Friday, 15th April, 2022 (Aged 86 years and 54 days)
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Stan Brown
Biography
Newtown five-eighth was selected for Australia in the first two Tests against Great Britain in 1958 but missed the deciding match of the series because of injury. Brown played in three Tests against NZ the following year and toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos. He made just one Test appearance against France on the tour but played against Italy on the journey home. Brown played in one further Test match against France in 1960 before being selected in Australia's World Cup team. He went on to captain Newtown for six seasons until being released by the club in 1964. Signed by Second Division club Penrith, he captained the Panthers in the opening rounds of the 1967 season before a leg injury ended his career.
- 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 | 119 | 20 | 6 | - | 72 | 57 | 62 | 0 | 47.90% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| World Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1958-60 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63.64% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1958-1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1958-1960 | 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 % | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1957, 1959 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1958-60 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1958-62 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1958, 1960, 1962 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1956-1962 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 65.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1956 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.73% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1957 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1958 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1959 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1960 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1961 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1962 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1963 | 18 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1964 | 10 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Penrith | NSWRFL 1967 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1956-64 | 116 | 20 | 6 | - | 72 | 56 | 60 | 0 | 48.28% | List | |||
| Penrith | 1967 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Overall | 1956-1967 | 119 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 57 | 62 | 0 | 47.90% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Bill Bates
Your Say
19/04/2020
Returned later from injury in the 1967 season, playing out the season in second grade, and stayed on in 1968 as the reserve grade captain-coach.
03/08/2020
“Tony”s real name is Andrew John Brown
As a young fella playing in the back streets of Alexandria he was told by the ice man that he didn’t look like Andrew and that he looked like
a “ Tony”. The name has stuck, possibly helped along by the initial a common to both names
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