NSWRFL 1973

Round 1

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12 drew with Canterbury Bankstown 12

NSWRFL 1973
Round 1
Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
12
12
Canterbury Bankstown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13155
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th March, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Holman (Melbourne)
Venue Brookvale (Sydney)
Crowd 14,154
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 7
Scrums 12 8
Penalties 15 7
Manly Scoresheet Canterbury
Bob FULTON T Bernie LOWTHER
Ken IRVINE   Terry MURPHY
 
Graham EADIE 3/5 G 3/3 Henry TATANA
 
    OFF Dennis MANTEIT
Manly Teams Canterbury
Graham EADIE 1 FB 1 Garry DOWLING
Ken IRVINE 2 W 2 Don ROGERS
Ray BRANIGHAN 3 C 3 Bernie LOWTHER
Bob FULTON 4 C 16 Terry MURPHY
Bill CLARE 18 W 5 Chris ANDERSON
 
Ian MARTIN 6 FE 6 Peter WINCHESTER
Johnny MAYES 7 HB 7 Phil YOUNG
 
Malcolm REILLY 8 L 8 John PEEK
Terry RANDALL 9 2R 9 John McDONELL
Bill BRADSTREET 10 2R 10 Geoff CONNELL (c)
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 Henry TATANA
Fred JONES (c) 12 HK 12 Barry PHILLIS
Bill HAMILTON 13 FR 13 Dennis MANTEIT
 
Alan MADDALENA 16 B 14 Stan CUTLER
Peter PETERS 24 B 24 Bill NOONAN
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Malcolm CLIFT
   
 

Team Info

Manly

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Playoff vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. St George
Out:
Gary Thoroughgood (centre), Max Brown (centre), Rod Jackson (wing), John Barber (front row), John Payne (second row), John Bucknall (bench)
In:
Ray Branighan (centre), Bill Clare (wing), Ian Martin (five-eighth), John O'Neill (front row), Terry Randall (second row), Malcolm Reilly (lock), Alan Maddalena (bench)
Changes:
Bob Fulton (five-eighth to centre), Peter Peters (second row to bench), Bill Bradstreet (lock to second row)

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Playoff vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Newtown
Out:
Max Cole (wing), Harold Stringer (centre), Dave Cotter (wing), Dave Gandy (five-eighth), Les Hutchings (halfback), Greg Purcell (hooker), Graham Herring (second row), Ray Dodd (bench), Ernie Graham (bench)
In:
Don Rogers (wing), Bernie Lowther (centre), Terry Murphy (centre), Peter Winchester (five-eighth), Phil Young (halfback), Dennis Manteit (front row), Barry Phillis (hooker), Geoff Connell (second row)
Changes:
Chris Anderson (centre to wing), Bill Noonan (front row to bench)

Match Notes

Max Brown had to withdraw from the Manly team due to an incident when trying to catch a ferry at Mosman wharf when he tried to jump onto the ferry and hit the rail and knocked out a tooth and cut his mouth he was replaced by Bill Clare.

Harold Stringer withdrew from the Canterbury team as clearance from his English club Leigh had not been made so Terry Murphy took his place.

Mal Reilly injured his ribs midway through the 2nd half and was replaced by Peter Peters.

Dennis Manteit was sent off for a high tackle 10 mins into the 2nd half, Bill Noonan replaced Henry Tatana in the 2nd half & Stan Cutler replaced Bernie Lowther who had a corked thigh.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson