Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Ivan William Jones
- Born
- Tuesday, 10th November, 1942
- Died
- Sunday, 22nd February, 2015 (Aged 72 years and 104 days)
Biography
Diminutive halfback played in Souths' grand final loss to St George in front of a record SCG crowd in 1965. Jones was also a member of the Rabbitoh side that defeated C’bury in the 1967 grand final, 12-10.
- 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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| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Central Queensland | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Craven Mild Cup | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | ||||
| NRL | 71 | 13 | 6 | - | 51 | 45 | 26 | 0 | 63.38% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1963 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Central QLD | 1964 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1963-1964 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1965 | 21 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1966 | 17 | 5 | 4 | - | 23 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.06% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1967 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.57% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1968 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1969 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| South Sydney | 1965-69 | 70 | 13 | 6 | - | 51 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| Western Suburbs | 1970 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1965-1970 | 71 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 45 | 26 | 0 | 63.38% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Michael Borg, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
29/09/2014
best wishes to Ivan Jones, I had forgotten that Ivan also played for the mighty Western Suburbs Magpies
30/09/2014
mr jones you are the fisrt south sydney player i think of from when i was a child .you werer my hero and you still are you show that red & green spirit and hang to watch the mighty south sydney win the comp for the first time in 40 odd years .
god bless you for all the great memories you have given me .
i met you when i was nine and now im fifty six and will never forget .you all my love john
14/08/2020
Ivan Jones was a very polite and softly spoken man; a real gentleman.
The front bar at the Cauliflower Hotel in Waterloo is named after him.
17/09/2021
Was it a different Ivan Jones who played for South’s Brisbane in the 1963 grand final against Norths
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