City vs Country (Firsts) 1970

New South Wales City Firsts 22 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 18

City vs Country (Firsts) 1970

New South Wales City Firsts
22
18
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22228
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 16th May, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Don Lancashire (Toowoomba)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 35,794
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 11
Scrums 18 13
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Ron COOTE 2 T Les HUTCHINGS
Johnny KING   Bruce STEWART
Brian MOORE      
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 5 G 3 Laurie WAKEFIELD
      Dennis MOUNT
 
    FG Dennis MOUNT
      John RAPER
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 Laurie WAKEFIELD
Johnny KING
[St George]
2 W 2 Bruce STEWART
John McDONALD
[Manly]
3 C 3 Lionel SIMMONS
Brian MOORE
[Newtown]
4 C 4 John COOTES
Ray BRANIGHAN
[Souths]
5 W 5 Dave GRIMMOND
 
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
6 FE 6 Graham LYE
[Parramatta]
Billy SMITH
[St George]
7 HB 7 Les HUTCHINGS
 
Ron COOTE
[Souths]
8 L 8 Terry PANNOWITZ
Bob McCARTHY
[Souths]
9 2R 9 Ken THOMPSON
Arthur BEETSON
[Balmain]
10 2R 10 John RAPER (c)
John WITTENBERG
[St George]
11 FR 11 Paul QUINN
Elwyn WALTERS
[Souths]
12 HK 12 Kel BROWN
John O'NEILL
[Souths]
13 FR 13 Dennis MOUNT
[Parramatta]
 
    B 30 Brian SULLIVAN
 
Harry BATH   HC   Arthur SUMMONS
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1969 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1971 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Les Johns (fullback), Michael Cleary (wing), Eric Simms (five-eighth), Dennis Ward (halfback), John Sattler (front row), John Spencer (second row), Ron Saddler (bench), Bob Honan (bench)
In:
Brian Moore (centre), Ray Branighan (wing), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), John O'Neill (front row), Arthur Beetson (second row)
Changes:
Graeme Langlands (centre to fullback)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1969 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1971 - vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Gary Collins (fullback), Don Pascoe (wing), Peter Dimond (centre), Bruce Delaney (front row), David McKenzie (hooker), Noel Morris (second row), Ron Costello (second row)
In:
Laurie Wakefield (fullback), Bruce Stewart (wing), Lionel Simmons (centre), Dennis Mount (front row), Kel Brown (hooker), John Raper (second row), Ken Thompson (second row), Brian Sullivan (bench)

Match Notes

Brian Sullivan replaced Des Mount just before halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson