Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Matthew Phillip McCoy
- Nickname(s)
- Killer
- Born
- Thursday, 20th December, 1923
- Died
- Tuesday, 20th February, 2007 (Aged 83 years and 62 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Wolumla, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Originally from Bega where he was a local bookmaker, Matt ‘Killer’ McCoy was a great centre for St George in the period after World War II. McCoy served in the Pacific as an anti-artillery gunner during World War II and played rugby league in Darwin. McCoy modeled his game on Australian Test captain Ron Bailey and returned to Sydney in 1945 and had a season with Easts. After the war he returned to the South Coast where he captain-coached Bega to premiership honours and represented Country in 1947. At St George in 1948 he captained the club and proved his class at rep level by kicking seven goals for City against Country in pouring rain in 1949. After winning the premiership with Saints that year, McCoy toured NZ with the Australian team and appeared in two Tests. A tough, robust centre who gave great service to his wingers, a knee injury cut short his time with St George and he saw out the remainder of his career in North Queensland.
- 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 | 67 | 26 | 66 | - | 210 | 41 | 21 | 5 | 61.19% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | 11 | - | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 5 | 2 | 15 | - | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 7 | 9 | 14 | - | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales XIII | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Central Queensland | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 1949 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Australia | 1949 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 15 | 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 % | |||
| Fighting Services II | 1945 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1947 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1949, 1951 | 6 | 3 | 23 | - | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1949, 1951 | 2 | - | 9 | - | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW XII | 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Central QLD | 1954, 1958 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1945-1958 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1945 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1948 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1949 | 19 | 11 | 52 | - | 137 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 73.68% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1950 | 7 | 2 | 9 | - | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.43% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1951 | 19 | 9 | 4 | - | 35 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 57.89% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1952 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1945 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| St George | 1948-52 | 65 | 26 | 65 | - | 208 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 61.54% | List | |||
| Overall | 1945-1952 | 67 | 26 | 66 | 0 | 210 | 41 | 21 | 5 | 61.19% | List | |||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Michael Borg
Your Say
Jed Piper says: Matt McCoy captain-coached Leeton in Group 20 NSW in 1955 and 1956. Leeton were beaten in the Grand Final by Griffith in 1955 and did not make the finals in 1956. (21/09/2016)
Bruce Hartley says: In 1953 Matt McCoy because of a knee injury dropped out of first grade football but took up a coaching role in the St George Junior League with local club Arncliffe Scots. However he eventually decided to play and assisted the team to take out the local A Grade competition. His return to junior football eventually brought about a rule change in the district that would only allow grade players return to play in the Junior League if they had played a limited number of first grade games. (25/05/2020)
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