NSWRFL 1969

Round 10

Balmain Tigers 25 def. St George Dragons 20

NSWRFL 1969
Round 10
Balmain
Tigers
25
20 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12661
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 31st May, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 30,329
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 8
Scrums 13 10
Balmain Scoresheet St George
Len KILLEEN 2 T Barry BEATH
John SPENCER 2   Johnny KING
Sid WILLIAMS   John RAPER
      Apisai TOGA
 
Len KILLEEN 4 G 4 Dennis PRESTON
 
Len KILLEEN FG    
Balmain Teams St George
Bob SMITHIES 1 FB 1 Dennis PRESTON
Sid WILLIAMS 2 W 2 Stan GORTON
Olaf PRATTL 3 C 3 Ken MADDISON
Allan FITZGIBBON 4 C 4 Tony BRANSON
Len KILLEEN 5 W 5 Johnny KING
 
Dave BOLTON (c) 6 FE 6 John RAPER (c)
Keith OUTTEN 7 HB 7 Billy SMITH
 
John SPENCER 10 L 8 Peter FITZGERALD
Greg FRYER 9 2R 9 Apisai TOGA
Joe WALSH 23 2R 10 Barry BEATH
Barry McTAGGART 11 FR 11 Grahame BOWEN
John CRAWFORD 12 HK 12 Norm HENDERSON
Garry LEO 13 FR 13 Keith MADDISON
 
Leo NOSWORTHY   HC   John RAPER
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 9 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 11 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Hal Browne (centre), Peter Provan (lock), Terry Parker (bench)
In:
Joe Walsh (second row)
Changes:
John Spencer (second row to lock), Olaf Prattl (second row to centre), Greg Fryer (bench to second row)

St George

Previous Game:
Round 9 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 11 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), John Wittenberg (front row)
In:
Dennis Preston (fullback), Keith Maddison (front row)

Match Notes

Peter Proven withdrew following Thursday night training with a leg injury Joe Walsh coming into the second row with John Spencer moving to lock.

The clock stopped 21 minutes into the first half and the first half ran for about 50 mins so allowing for injury time they estimate approx 6 mins extra playing time took place in that time Balmain score a try giving them a 13-8 lead at halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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