NSWRFL 1969

Round 7

Parramatta Eels 19 def. St George Dragons 18

NSWRFL 1969
Round 7
Parramatta
Eels
19
18 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12644
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 11th May, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Les Samuelson
Venue Cumberland (Sydney)
Crowd 12,223
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 4
Scrums 11 14
Parramatta Scoresheet St George
Arch BROWN T Peter FITZGERALD
Peter DELANEY   Denis O'CALLAGHAN
John McMARTIN      
 
Arch BROWN 4 G 4 Graeme LANGLANDS
 
Malcolm MOSS FG John RAPER
      Billy SMITH
Parramatta Teams St George
Malcolm MOSS 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS
Arch BROWN 2 W 2 Tony BRENTON
Barry RUSHWORTH 3 C 3 Max NINNESS
Peter DELANEY 4 C 4 Jeff BELL
Dave IRVINE 5 W 5 Johnny KING
 
John WILSON 6 FE 6 Tony BRANSON
Ivor LINGARD 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
Keith CAMPBELL 8 L 8 John RAPER (c)
Barry LEANEY 11 2R 9 Ken MADDISON
Ron LYNCH (c) 10 2R 48 Denis O'CALLAGHAN
Bill JONES 12 FR 11 Grahame BOWEN
John McMARTIN 14 HK 12 Norm HENDERSON
Bob O'REILLY 13 FR 10 Apisai TOGA
 
Mike JONES 14 B 21 Peter FITZGERALD
 
Ian JOHNSTON   HC   John RAPER
   
 

Team Info

Parramatta

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Souths
Next Game:
Round 8 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Dick Thornett (second row)
In:
Bill Jones (front row), Mike Jones (bench)
Changes:
Barry Leaney (front row to second row)

St George

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 8 vs. Souths
Out:
Dennis Preston (fullback), Phil Hawthorne (five-eighth), John Wittenberg (front row), Keith Maddison (second row)
In:
Jeff Bell (centre), Grahame Bowen (front row), Denis O'Callaghan (second row), Peter Fitzgerald (bench)
Changes:
Graeme Langlands (centre to fullback), Tony Branson (centre to five-eighth), Max Ninness (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Dick Thornett dropped out of the Parramatta team from the 14 man team Barry Leaney moved to 2nd row, Bill Jones to prop and John McMartin hooker.

Leaney withdrew at halftime due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Mike Jones.

John Wittenberg pulled out of the St.George team the morning of the game failing to backup from the City v Country game his place was taken by Dennis O'Callaghan who play 2nd row with Toga moving to prop.

Tony Branson suffered a shoulder injury in the first half and was replaced just before halftime by Peter Fitzgerald with Johnny Raper moving to 5/8 & Fitzgerald at lock.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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