Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Don Patrick Adams
- Nickname(s)
- Bandy
- Born
- Thursday, 15th February, 1934
- Died
- Wednesday, 4th March, 2020 (Aged 86 years and 18 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Australia vs New Zealand 1956, 1956/57 France vs. Australia
- Interstate Series
- 1956
Known Family Links
- Son
- David Adams
- Grandson
- Adam Clydsdale
- Great grandnephew
- Jock Madden
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Newcastle Firsts (AU) | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Coalfields | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 18 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 5 | 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 | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1953-60, 1962 | 14 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42.86% | 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, 1958-59 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Northern Division | 1957 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1957, 1959 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1953-1962 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 40.63% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates
Your Say
20/09/2011
As a kid in the 50's my favourite player was Bandy Adams......a great Maitland player...
20/11/2017
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
15/06/2019
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.
Can you help to verify or deny?
09/03/2020
My boyhood hero , a legend in the Hunter
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