NSWRFL 1973

Round 2

North Sydney Bears 8 lost to Balmain Tigers 11

NSWRFL 1973
Round 2
North Sydney
Bears
8
11 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13161
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 1st April, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Richie Humphreys
Venue North Sydney (Sydney)
Crowd 9,055
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 4
Scrums 8 14
Penalties 10 13
North Sydney Scoresheet Balmain
    T John SPENCER
 
Barry GLASGOW 4 G 4 Michael ROSS
North Sydney Teams Balmain
Barry GLASGOW 1 FB 1 Michael ROSS
George VARELA 2 W 2 Paul CROSS
Mal McLACHLAN 3 C 3 Geoff STARLING
Terry DOUGLAS 4 C 4 Bob BOLIN
George AMBRUM (c) 5 W 5 Glen CAPELIN
 
Keith OUTTEN 19 FE 6 Tim MURPHY
Gary PRETTI 7 HB 7 Jeff SHIELD
 
Bruce WALKER 8 L 8 John SPENCER (c)
Dave COOPER 9 2R 9 Joe WALSH
Eddie HEATLEY 10 2R 10 Vic QUERIN
Brian ANDERSON 11 FR 11 Greg FRYER
Bruce FOYE 25 HK 12 Peter BOULTON
Steve WINTER 13 FR 13 Garry LEO
 
Keith HARRIS 22 B 24 Bruce DOUST
    B 25 Dick JEFFERY
 
Noel KELLY   HC   Leo NOSWORTHY
   
 

Team Info

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. St George
Out:
Ross Warner (hooker)
In:
Bruce Foye (hooker), Keith Harris (bench)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 3 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Mark Tonks (fullback), Mal McMartin (wing), Trevor Ryan (centre), Peter Kachel (bench), Ray Black (bench)
In:
Michael Ross (fullback), Paul Cross (wing), Peter Boulton (hooker), Vic Querin (second row), Bruce Doust (bench)
Changes:
Dick Jeffery (hooker to bench), John Spencer (second row to lock), Geoff Starling (lock to centre)

Match Notes

Norths lost Tim Pickup again on Thursday still troubled by a hamstring injury and was once again replaced by Keith Outten, Ross Warner was a late withdrawal with an elbow injury and was replaced by Bruce Foye.

Peter Boulton injured his hamstring early in the 1st half but played through to just after halftime when he was replaced by Dick Jeffery.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables