Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- James Albert Whitton
- Born
- Wednesday, 7th December, 1932
- Died
- Friday, 6th June, 2008 (Aged 75 years and 181 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Newtown halfback played in grand final losses to Souths in 1954-55. Whitton represented NSW in three interstate series but narrowly missed selection with the 1956-57 Kangaroos. In the 1960 pre-season, Whitton supported a Newtown players’ strike regarding increased contract payments. After being dropped to reserve grade in 1961 he quit the club and became captain-coach of Wauchope.
- 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 | 171 | 35 | - | 1 | 107 | 93 | 73 | 5 | 54.39% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1954 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1954-55 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1954, 1956, 1959 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Possibles (AU) | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1954-1959 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1951 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1952 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1953 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 46.67% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1954 | 20 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1955 | 20 | 7 | - | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1956 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61.11% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1957 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1958 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1959 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1960 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1951-60 | 171 | 35 | - | 1 | 107 | 93 | 73 | 5 | 54.39% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner
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