Career Stats & Summary
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Don Patrick Adams
- Nickname(s)
- Bandy
- Born
- Thursday, 15th February, 1934
- Died
- Wednesday, 4th March, 2020 (Aged 86 years and 17 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- David Adams
- Grandson
- Adam Clydsdale
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 | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
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| Country Carnival | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Coalfields | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 6 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 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 | 1956 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1956 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1953-58 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
| Coalfields | 1954 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1955-56 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1955-56, 1958 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Northern Division | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1953-1958 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 40.00% | List | |||
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Australian League Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1953-57 | ? | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| Overall | 1953-1957 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||
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Your Say
Brian Newburn says: As a kid in the 50's my favourite player was Bandy Adams......a great Maitland player... (20/09/2011)
steve Doran says: My father Jack Doran marked him in the Grand final in 1951 when he was playing for Northern Suburbs or North Newcastle. Bandy was with Maitland. North won 12 -8. They tell me bandy was fast and elusive, but dad was also extremely quick and got around Bandy to score a try. Newtown chased Jack who was taken down to trial by Herb Narvo. However , Dad declined the offer and stayed in NEWCASTLE TO START Doran Constructions and development company. Steve Doran (20/11/2017)
Barry Tideswell says: A couple of us old drunks were discussing a player who would throw the ball forward in the air and then catch it and score a try. Because of his actions the rules were changed about knocking the ball forward. Bandy Adams name came to mind from me.
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