Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Died
- Sunday, 4th November, 2018
Biography
Norths prop played two matches for NSW in 1954 and 1957 and was desperately unlucky not to have played for Australia. Evenden was selected as a reserve forward in the Third Test against Great Britain in 1954 but did not get a run.
- 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 | 132 | 23 | - | - | 69 | 69 | 58 | 5 | 52.27% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1954, 1956 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1954 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1954, 1957 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1955, 1957 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1954-1957 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1952 | 21 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1953 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1954 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1955 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1956 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 29.41% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1957 | 17 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1958 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | 1952-58 | 123 | 22 | - | - | 66 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 52.03% | List | |||
| Balmain | 1959-60 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
| Overall | 1952-1960 | 132 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 5 | 52.27% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner
Your Say
23/01/2012
Was a NSW state representative in 1954 and 1957. Reserve for 3rd test versus Great Britain 1954.
04/11/2018
Sadly Don passed away this weekend in a Taree nursing home.
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