Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- James Gibbs
- Born
- Friday, 9th April, 1909
- Died
- 1993
- Place Of Birth
- Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Alf Gibbs
- Jack Gibbs
Biography
Souths Newcastle prop, the veteran of 24 interstate matches during the 1930s, first represented Australia on the 1933-34 Kangaroo Tour. Gibbs also toured NZ with Dave Brown’s Australian team in 1935 before making a second Kangaroo Tour in 1937-38. He played in four Tests on tour – two against NZ on the Kangaroos’ first port of call and two against Great Britain. The veteran forward came to C’bury in 1940 and took his place in the team beaten by Easts in the premiership final, 24-14.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| Interstate Matches | 25 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 64.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 39 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
| Test Series | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NRL | 12 | 4 | 5 | - | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1933-35, 1937 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1931, 1933-38 | 33 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 72.73% | List | |||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1934, 1936-37 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Northern Division | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Northern NSW | 1934 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1934 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Southern Division | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1939 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1931-1939 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 64.29% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1940 | 12 | 4 | 5 | - | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Canterbury | 1940 | 12 | 4 | 5 | - | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates
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