Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John D Campbell
- Nickname(s)
- Dinny
- Born
- Monday, 22nd July, 1889
- Died
- Tuesday, 30th August, 1966 (Aged 77 years and 38 days)
Biography
Easts RU centre represented NSW against NZ, the Maoris and Queensland, before playing in all three Tests against the All Blacks in 1910, including the Wallabies' first ever Test win against NZ. Campbell turned professional the following year and played in Easts' 11-8 win over Glebe which secured the club's first premiership. He also represented NSW in consecutive years before going to England.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Played in 3 Rugby Union tests for the Wallabies in 1910.
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 | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 34 | 18 | - | 1 | 56 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 79.41% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
City Cup | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1910-12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1911-12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1910-1912 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1910 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1911 | 16 | 3 | - | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1912 | 11 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.91% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1921 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
North Sydney | NSWRFL 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1910-12, 1921 | 33 | 18 | - | 1 | 56 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 81.82% | List | |||
North Sydney | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1910-1922 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 79.41% | List |
Contributions:
Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
Your Say
23/12/2018
First Australian player to play for Leeds .
Had a benefit match against Dewsbury on 29 December 1920.
08/01/2024
Played 4 games in WW1 as a guest for Hunslet as a guest from Leeds, although these games are officially "friendlies"
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