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Jim Paterson

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
James Frederick Paterson
Born
Thursday, 30th August, 1934
Died
Wednesday, 15th May, 2019 (Aged 84 years and 259 days)
Place Of Birth
Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 9 - 9 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 6 2 1 66.67% List
Tour Matches Queensland FirstsQFI - 4 - 4 --- - - - - - - - 1 3 - 25.00% List
Tour Matches North Queensland FirstsNQF - 7 - 7 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 2 5 - 28.57% List
Tour Matches AustraliaAUS - 31 1 32 6-6 - - - 18 - - - 21 10 1 65.63% List
Test Series 3 8 - 8 --- - - - - - - - 5 2 1 62.50% List
Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Interstate Series 2 20 1 21 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 7 14 - 33.33% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  62 2 64 9-9 - - - 27 - - - 31 32 1 48.44% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Australia 1959-61   9 - 9 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 6 2 1 66.67% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
North QLD 1958, 1960, 1962-64, 1966   7 - 7 1-1 - - - 3 - - - 2 5 - 28.57% List
QLD Firsts 1958-61, 1963-66   24 1 25 2-2 - - - 6 - - - 8 17 - 32.00% List

Your Say

  • Paul Carter
    26 Jan 2010 8:12pm

    Paterson was also an Australian Selector in 1973.

  • Bill Brown
    2 Jun 2015 9:09am

    I saw Jim in 1964 when he played in the Herbert River Comp in Ingham. I think he played with Lower Herbert club. I have this enduring memory of Big Jim running wide , dummying and fending and even stepping, to score and win a game. As he was captain coach, he usually spent a lot of time organizing play, but he could impact a game if needed

    The Jim I saw carried a bit of " condition " but there was no hiding his class

  • Family white sheep
    5 Mar 2026 8:30am

    Was good enough to go on Kangaroo tour with players like Noel Kelly, Norm Provan, Reg Gasnier and Johnny Raper. That didnt happen to Queenslanders back then unless you had that "something special" especially if you were from Townsville.

    To get to Sydney you had to find an abandond house, wait for a cyclone, then tap your footy boots together 3 times and say, "There's no place like Sydney"

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Derek Farrar, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates