NSWRFL 1971

Round 1

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 42 def. North Sydney Bears 3

NSWRFL 1971
Round 1
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
42
3 North Sydney
Bears
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12882
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 28th March, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Endeavour (Sydney)
Crowd 5,502
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 0
Scrums 7 12
Penalties 11 7
Cronulla Scoresheet North Sydney
Dave COOPER 2 T Phil FRANKS
Kevin HOGAN 2      
Dave COTTER      
Kevin DIXON      
John MAGUIRE      
Greg PIERCE      
 
George TAYLFORTH 9 G    
 
    OFF John GREW
      Ross WARNER
Cronulla Teams North Sydney
Greg PIERCE 1 FB 1 Barry GLASGOW
Ray CORCORAN 2 W 2 George AMBRUM
Paul TAYLOR 3 C 3 Owen O'DONNELL
Bob WEAR 4 C 4 Dave WOOD
Dave COTTER 5 W 5 Phil FRANKS
 
Kevin HOGAN 6 FE 6 Bob DOYLE
Tommy BISHOP (c) 7 HB 7 Graham WILLIAMS
 
John MAGUIRE 26 L 8 John GREW
Dave COOPER 9 2R 9 Noel CAVANAGH
Kevin DIXON 10 2R 10 John McDONELL
George TAYLFORTH 11 FR 11 Jim MILLS
Ron TURNER 12 HK 12 Ross WARNER
Mick SOUTER 13 FR 13 Merv HICKS (c)
 
Fred DENNEHY 24 B 14 John PAYNE
 
Tommy BISHOP   HC   Merv HICKS
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Final vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Penrith
Out:
Les Bell (wing), Rod Urquhart (lock), Barry Andrews (bench)
In:
Ray Corcoran (wing)
Changes:
John Maguire (bench to lock)

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Round 4 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Graham Arrand (wing), Mick Simmons (second row), Peter Jacques (bench), Peter Mullins (bench), Mal McLachlan (bench)
In:
Phil Franks (wing), John Payne (bench)
Changes:
John McDonell (lock to second row), John Grew (bench to lock)

Match Notes

Rod Urquhart dropped out of the Cronulla team following a training injury on Friday when he injured his leg and was replaced by John Maguire.

Tommy Bishop left the with head injuries 9 mins from fulltime and was replaced by Fred Dennehy.

Merv Hicks left the field with a broken arm an injury he carried into the game and was replaced by John Payne, John Grew & Ross Warner were both sent off within a minute of each other late in the game both for high tackles.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables