Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Monday, 27th December, 1920
- Died
- 1981
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Jim Gibbs
- Jack Gibbs
Biography
Younger brother of 1937-38 Kangaroo tourist Jim Gibbs first played for NSW in 1946 after playing in the Newcastle representative team’s 18-13 win over Gus Risman’s England team. Playing for South Newcastle, Gibbs was one of the most consistent forwards in representative football during the next two years and played for Combined Country against NZ in 1948. The 27-year-old forward was selected on the 1948-49 Kangaroo Tour – the first such tour after the end of the Second World War – and appeared in all five Tests on tour against Great Britain and France and 14 other matches. Gibbs later spent two seasons with Newtown (1949-50) but his career ended in Balmain’s lower grades the following year because of chronic knee injury.
- 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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| City vs Country Firsts | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 20 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 31 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 51.61% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1948-49 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 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 % | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1942-43, 1946-48 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | |||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1946, 1948 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1946-47 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1949 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1942-1949 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 52.63% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1949 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | |||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1950 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newtown | 1949-50 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 51.61% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Your Say
13/10/2012
Glad to see information about my Grandfather Alf. Fond memories watching Rugby League with him.
17/02/2013
Fond memories of a great player. I loved watching Rugby League with my grandfather Alf.
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