Jordon took a total of 230 dismissals in the Sheffield Shield and 283 for all first-class matches. His tally at both Shield and first-class level remained a Victorian record until surpassed by his replacement
Richie Robinson, who himself was later bettered by
Darren Berry. In 1970/71 he managed a career best ten dismissals in a match against South Australia at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground. His only first-class hundred was an innings of 134, also against
South Australia, in the 1963/64 Sheffield Shield. The South Australian bowling attack was led by
Gary Sobers and while he ran through Victoria's batting lineup with six second innings wickets, Jordon resisted with a century before falling LBW to
Neil Hawke. The wicket-keeper captained Victoria in five Sheffield Shield matches during his career, three of them in the 1968/69 season. Jordon came close to playing
Test cricket, touring both
India and
South Africa in 1969/70 as a standby for
Brian Taber. Although he appeared in four of Australia's first-class warm up matches in India and six in South Africa, Jordon was not required for any of the Tests. According to
Ashley Mallett's biography of
Ian Chappell,
Chappelli Speaks Out,
Bill Lawry was considering selecting Jordon to play in the fourth test instead of Taber because of the former's superior batting. Chappell said he would not play in the side if Jordon was picked because the wicketkeeper was a cheat. This was based on an incident during a game on the recent Indian tour when Australia was playing South Zone.
E. A. S. Prasanna was facing
Alan Connolly with Jordon standing up to the stumps – he appeared to miss the ball and his off stump was knocked forward. Jordon appealed and Prasanna eventually walked but Chappell believed the ball had missed Prasanna's stumps and rebounded off Jordon's pads to break the wicket – and that Jordon knew this. Jordon played his
district cricket for
Richmond (one season),
Carlton (ten seasons) and
Fitzroy (five seasons). He also was captain/coach of the Dandenong Cricket Club in the VSDCA in the early 1970s. ==Football==