Career
Club career
Cummings joined Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club as a 12-year-old in 1970. After six seasons with Melbourne he transferred to South Melbourne for a fee of A$8,500 plus proceeeds from a match between the two clubs. He played at South Melbourne until 1981.
International career
Cummings made his international debut for Australia as a 17-year-old in 1975, becoming the youngest player to represent Australia.
After scoring on debut against China he played only more full international match, against Hong Kong in 1976.