Wills Cup 1970

Final

Canterbury Bankstown 20 def. St George Dragons 11

Info On Record

Champions
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
No. Of Teams
14
No. Of Games
32
No. Of Players
310

Final

Wills Cup 1970
Final

Canterbury Bankstown
20
11 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27285
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 22nd March, 1970
Kick Off 3:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don Lancashire (Toowoomba)
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 21,842
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 6
Canterbury Scoresheet St George
Ron RAPER T Phil HAWTHORNE
Ray STRUDWICK      
 
Peter INSKIP 6 G Graeme LANGLANDS
      Dennis PRESTON
 
Ron RAPER FG 2 Phil HAWTHORNE
Canterbury Teams St George
Peter INSKIP 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
Ray STRUDWICK 2 W 2 Geoff CARR
Dennis SCAHILL 3 C 3 Tony BRANSON
Wayne PECKHAM 4 C 4 Dennis PRESTON
Tony BRENTON 5 W 5 Johnny KING
 
Alan BURWELL 6 FE 6 Phil HAWTHORNE
Terry REYNOLDS 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
Ron RAPER (c) 8 L 8 Keith MADDISON
Neville HORNERY 9 2R 9 Barry BEATH
Ron COSTELLO 10 2R 10 Apisai TOGA
Bill NOONAN 11 FR 11 John WITTENBERG
Marty DRISCOLL 12 HK 17 Col RASMUSSEN
Denis BEEBY 16 FR 13 Grahame BOWEN
 
John DARBY 14 B 12 Norm HENDERSON
 
Kevin RYAN   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1970 - Semi Final vs. Souths
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Merv Hicks (front row)
In:
Denis Beeby (front row), John Darby (bench)

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1970 - Semi Final vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Stan Gorton (wing), Leo Foster (centre), Greg Cross (front row)
In:
Geoff Carr (wing), Grahame Bowen (front row)
Changes:
Norm Henderson (hooker to bench), Dennis Preston (bench to centre), Col Rasmussen (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

Merv Hicks withdrew from the Canterbury team and was replaced by Denis Beeby.

Geoff Carr replaced Stan Gorton & Dennis Preston replaced Ken Maddison in the St.George team.

Nev Hornery was injured 28 mins into the 1st half and was replaced by John Darby.

Norm Henderson replaced Col Rasmussen at halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin