Fred Jones

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 9th December, 1942
Died
Saturday, 20th March, 2021 (Aged 78 years and 101 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

South Coast product came up through the Manly juniors and, except for the 1964 season that he spent at Tumbarumba, played his heart out with the Sea Eagles for fourteen seasons. The rugged hooker broke into rep football in 1968, playing for NSW and then Australia in the World Cup, and ended the year with Manly's grand final loss to Souths. In 1970 Jones suffered another grand final defeat before captaining the club to their first premiership title two years later. A diamond in the rough he was a try-scorer in the club’s 19-14 grand final win over Easts in 1972 and was named in Australia's World Cup squad that went to France at the end of the year. After a four-year absence Jones played in all three interstate matches in 1973 and capped a memorable year by leading Manly to a bruising win over Cronulla in the grand final. In 1974 he became the first Manly player to be granted a testimonial season but his career came to a close the following year after budding champion Max Krilich, (whom Jones had kept in reserve grade for many seasons) secured the club's top rake position.
- 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 %  
NRL 241 25 -   1 77 150 84 7 62.24% List
NRL Finals 16 1 -   - 3 8 8 0 50.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 49 6 -   - 18 27 17 5 55.10% List
Tour Matches Riverina 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 5 - -   - - 4 0 1 80.00% List
World Cup 3 1 -   - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 4 2 -   - 6 3 1 0 75.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1968 3 1 -   - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1968 3 1 -   - 3 3 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Riverina 1964 2 1 -   - 3 1 1 0 50.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1967-68 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1968-69, 1973 4 2 -   - 6 3 1 0 75.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1969-71 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Overall1964-1973 11 3 0   0 9 8 3 0 72.73% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Manly NSWRFL 1961 8 - -   - - 5 3 0 62.50% List
Manly NSWRFL 1962 17 - -   - - 7 9 1 41.18% List
Manly NSWRFL 1963 10 - -   - - 2 8 0 20.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1965 15 1 -   - 3 5 10 0 33.33% List
Manly NSWRFL 1966 20 2 -   - 6 12 8 0 60.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1967 22 1 -   - 3 12 8 2 54.55% List
Manly NSWRFL 1968 21 2 -   1 8 14 6 1 66.67% List
Manly NSWRFL 1969 24 1 -   - 3 15 9 0 62.50% List
Manly NSWRFL 1970 22 5 -   - 15 15 6 1 68.18% List
Manly NSWRFL 1971 21 4 -   - 12 16 5 0 76.19% List
Manly NSWRFL 1972 24 4 -   - 12 20 3 1 83.33% List
Manly NSWRFL 1973 23 5 -   - 15 18 4 1 78.26% List
Manly NSWRFL 1974 8 - -   - - 6 2 0 75.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1975 6 - -   - - 3 3 0 50.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Manly 1961-63, 1965-75 241 25 -   1 77 150 84 7 62.24% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    25/04/2015

    was a legend coached me as a kid brought me down to hardbord from Belrose good memories..

  • Phil Durrant
    14/08/2019

    Fred Jones the man was tough and a top hooker winning over 50% of scrums in his career in big league they called the scrum authority packing down in over 10,000 scrums. I always had faith in his ability to win the ball for Manly and a very capable leader on the field and highly respected. Fitting he was captain for the clubs first premiership in 1972. What always impressed me was the way Fred flexed his arms prior to passing the football. I tried for years to do that but just never achieved that ability like the master Fred Jones. Loved your work Fred.

  • Anonymous
    06/03/2022

    Fred loved having a beer with Ron Costello at shellharbour bowling club. Nice bloke to get along with.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Alan Whiticker, Bill Bates