Interstate Series 1968 Series

Game 3

Queensland Firsts 11 lost to New South Wales Firsts 29

Interstate Series 1968

Queensland Firsts
11
29
New South Wales Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17445
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 29th June, 1968
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Col Pearce
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 16,153
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 15
Scrums 8 11
Penalties 17 9
QLD Firsts Scoresheet NSW Firsts
Ron CHAPMAN T 2 Bob FULTON
      Arthur BEETSON
      Kevin JUNEE
      Dick THORNETT
 
Peter LOBEGEIGER 4/7 G 6 Eric SIMMS
 
    FG Eric SIMMS
QLD Firsts Teams NSW Firsts
Peter LOBEGEIGER 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
[South Sydney]
Bruce COLES 2 W 2 Johnny RHODES
[Canterbury]
John McDONALD (c) 3 C 3 Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
Barry DOWLING 4 C 4 Ron SADDLER
[Eastern Suburbs]
Ron CHAPMAN 5 W 5 George RUEBNER
[Balmain]
 
Eric GELLING 6 FE 6 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
Col REYNOLDS 7 HB 7 Kevin JUNEE
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
Col WEISS 8 L 8 John RAPER (c)
[St George]
Geoff CONNELL 9 2R 9 Dick THORNETT
[Parramatta]
Ian MASSIE 10 2R 10 Elton RASMUSSEN
[St George]
Dennis MANTEIT 11 FR 11 Arthur BEETSON
[Balmain]
Brian FITZSIMMONS 12 HK 12 Fred JONES
[Manly]
Peter HALL 13 FR 13 John WITTENBERG
[St George]
 
Gary PEARSON 15 B    
 
Des CROW   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1968 - Game 2 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1969 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Kevin Martin (wing), Barry Gills (centre)
In:
Ron Chapman (wing), Dennis Manteit (front row)
Changes:
Gary Pearson (front row to bench), Barry Dowling (bench to centre)

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1968 - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1969 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Don Pascoe (wing), Brian James (wing), Tony Branson (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Allan Thomson (second row), Allan Fitzgibbon (lock)
In:
Eric Simms (fullback), Ron Saddler (centre), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Kevin Junee (halfback), John Raper (lock)
Changes:
Graeme Langlands (fullback to centre), Johnny Rhodes (centre to wing), George Ruebner (centre to wing), Elton Rasmussen (bench to second row)

Match Notes

Jeff Marshall, Barry Dowling & Mick Retchless were non-playing reserves for Qld.

Tony Branson & Allan Thomson were non-playing reserves for NSW.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin