NSWRFL 1968

Round 1

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 13 def. St George Dragons 10

NSWRFL 1968
Round 1
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
13
10 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12474
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 31st March, 1968
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 21,311
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 10
Scrums 7 18
Penalties 14 10
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet St George
Kevin JUNEE T Phil HAWTHORNE
      Billy SMITH
 
Allan McKEAN 4/5 G Dennis PRESTON
 
Kevin ASHLEY FG Billy SMITH
Eastern Suburbs Teams St George
Allan McKEAN 1 FB 1 Dennis PRESTON
Gary COLLINS 2 W 2 Stan GORTON
Jim MATTHEWS (c) 3 C 3 Graeme LANGLANDS
Ron SADDLER 4 C 4 Tony BRANSON
Bruce STEWART 5 W 5 Johnny KING
 
John PEARD 6 FE 6 Phil HAWTHORNE
Kevin JUNEE 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
Barry REILLY 8 L 8 John RAPER (c)
Kevin ASHLEY 9 2R 9 Elton RASMUSSEN
Graham MAYHEW 10 2R 10 Barry BEATH
Louis NEUMANN 11 FR 11 John WITTENBERG
Bill SCHULTZ 12 HK 12 Norm HENDERSON
John WALKER 13 FR 13 Apisai TOGA
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Norm PROVAN
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Round 4 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Balmain
Out:
Cliff Boyd (fullback), George Fleming (wing), Johnny Mayes (halfback), Cyril Peel (front row), Ken Owens (hooker), John Geraghty (lock)
In:
Allan McKean (fullback), Bruce Stewart (wing), Kevin Junee (halfback), Bill Schultz (hooker), Louis Neumann (front row), Barry Reilly (lock)

St George

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Round 4 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Souths
Out:
Ken Maddison (centre), Peter Turner (hooker), Dick Huddart (second row), Graeme Turner (bench)
In:
Graeme Langlands (centre), Norm Henderson (hooker), Elton Rasmussen (second row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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