:Jonathan Docking
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Jonathan Docking
|fullname = Jonathan Docking
|image =
|caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|01|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|height = {{convert|172|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|75.5|kg|stlb|0}}
|position = {{rlp|FB}}
|club1 = Cronulla-Sutherland
|year1start = 1984
|year1end = 91
|appearances1 = 161
|tries1 = 57
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 228
|teamA = NSW City
|yearAstart = 1987
|yearAend = 89
|appearancesA = 3
|triesA = 1
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 4
|teamB = New South Wales
|yearBstart = 1987
|yearBend = 88
|appearancesB = 2
|triesB = 1
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 4
|retired = yes
|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jonathan-docking/summary.html Rugby League Project]
}}
Jonathan Docking is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.
Playing career
A Cronulla junior, Docking played for the Sharks for eight seasons between 1984 and 1991, debuting as a 20-year-old.{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Jonathan_Docking.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709090727/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Jonathan_Docking.html |archivedate= 9 July 2008 }} He played over 160 first grade games and scored 57 first grade tries during his career.
Docking played his junior career as a {{rlp|hb}},Clarkson, Alan; 'Young Turks Blitz Bulldogs'; The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 July 1984, p. 68 where he was given a scholarship to the Sharks as a schoolboy in 1982. However, Docking was soon shifted by Cronulla to the {{rlp|fb}} position where he would develop into one of the club's mainstays from the day he led Cronulla to a victory over three-time premiers Parramatta in his fourth appearance in first grade.Fishman, Roland; 'Sharks Learn About Mind Over Matter'; Sydney Morning Herald, 11 June 1984, p. 33 Docking was alongside Gary Belcher and Garry Jack the best broken-field runner in the Winfield Cup for most of his career,Middleton, David (editor); Rugby League 1989-90, p. 114 {{ISBN|0949853321}} with a highlight being his brilliant display against the Brisbane Broncos in a play-off for fifth in 1989.Middleton (editor); Rugby League 1989-90, p. 96
Docking was chosen to represent New South Wales in one match during each of the State of Origin series of 1987 and 1988. However, at the close of the 1991 season, Docking was told by the Sharks that his services were no longer required due to the club's financial problems,Weidler, Danny; 'Troubled Cronulla Dump Players', Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 1991, p. 61 and although he was only 28, no other Winfield Cup club sought Docking's services for 1992.
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
Category:New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Category:New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
Category:People from the Sutherland Shire
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:Rugby league fullbacks
Category:People educated at De La Salle College, Cronulla
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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