Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Thomas Peter Burke
- Born
- Sunday, 26th November, 1933
- Current Age
- 90 years and 146 days
Known Family Links
- Son
- Brad Burke
- Matt Burke
Biography
Manly halfback toured with the 1959-60 Kangaroos after playing in grand final losses to St George in 1957 and 1959. All four of his sons - Brad, Matt, Daniel and Patrick - went on to play first grade RU for Randwick with the first two also representing Australia in the amateur code.
- 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 | 105 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 51.43% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Craven Mild Cup | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1960 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1956, 1960 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1959-60 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1959-60 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1956-1960 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1955 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1956 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1957 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1958 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1959 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1960 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 58.82% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1961 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1962 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1963 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Manly | 1955-63 | 105 | 21 | - | - | 63 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 51.43% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
11/07/2023
DDid Peter Burke play For a Junior club in the Manly district before playing for the senior club
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