Playing Career
Summary
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Peter James Dimond
- Born
- Monday, 28th November, 1938
- Died
- Wednesday, 21st April, 2021 (Aged 82 years and 144 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Son
- Craig Dimond
- Brother
- Bobby Dimond
Biography
Bullock-like centre/winger emulated the deeds of older brother Bobby Dimond when, as a teenager, represented Australia in all three Tests against Great Britain in 1958. Originally from Dapto Dimond joined Wests in 1958 and was a devastating runner with the strength of a forward. He played in all four of the club’s grand final losses to St George (1957 & 1961-63), the first of these at five-eighth. A 1963-64 Kangaroo, Dimond played in all six Tests on tour - the highlight being his two tries in the 50-12 ‘Swinton Massacre’ that secured the Ashes. He made one more Test appearance, in the deciding Third Test against Great Britain in 1966, and produced a typically powerful display to help Australia retain the Ashes. Dimond, who holds the career record for tries with Wests (84t), saw out his career with Souths Newcastle and finally Maitland. In 1969 he represented Country and was still playing in the Newcastle competition well into the early 1970s.
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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City vs Country Firsts | 4 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL | 157 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 266 | 98 | 54 | 5 | 62.42% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 4 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 7 | 3 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL Finals | 11 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
City Cup | 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 | 1958, 1962-64, 1966 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1957, 1968-69 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Sydney Firsts | 1958 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1958, 1961, 1964 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1958, 1962-63 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1967 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1957-1969 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1958 | 17 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1959 | 14 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 64.29% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1960 | 14 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1961 | 21 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 76.19% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1962 | 20 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 70.00% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1963 | 15 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.33% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1964 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1965 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1966 | 11 | 2 | 4 | - | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.45% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1967 | 14 | 3 | - | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14% | List | |||
Overall | 1958-1967 | 157 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 266 | 98 | 54 | 5 | 62.42% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | 1958-67 | 157 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 266 | 98 | 54 | 5 | 62.42% | List |
Your Say
roy horrigan says: what a fearsome but great player this bloke was.
no sidestep,went right over the top of opponents.
was out the old sports ground for i think a city v country game when he flattened father cootes and was sent off.the crowd booed him all the way.dont think peter lost any sleep over it.had a great record against the poms.a man as tough as they come.a success in any era. (12/04/2012)
Glenn Giese says: I first saw Peter in 1958 at the old Pratten Park, at Ashfield, and I was 11 years old.
Peter was, and still is, the greatest rugby league winger to ever don a rugby league jersey. Many thanks Peter, for all my boyhood memories of what the great game was once all about. (23/06/2015)
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