City Cup 1959

Game 2

Balmain Tigers 29 def. Canterbury Bankstown 12

City Cup 1959
Game 2
Balmain
Tigers
29
12
Canterbury Bankstown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27045
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 2nd August, 1959
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 4,690
Match Stats
Scrums 16 13
Balmain Scoresheet Canterbury
Laurie FAGAN 2 T Eric GILLIGAN
Bob MARA   Ron THORNTON
Alan MASON      
Doug WALTON      
 
Keith BARNES 6 G 3 Ken ROWLANDS
Bill MARSH      
 
    OFF Kevin BROWN
Balmain Teams Canterbury
Keith BARNES (c) 1 FB 1 Dick McDERMOTT
Ron MACK 2 W 2 Eric GILLIGAN
William BISCHOFF JNR 3 C 3 Ross KITE
Alan MASON 4 C 4 Ken ROWLANDS
Bob MARA 5 W 5 Noel COLLIE
 
Doug WALTON 6 FE 6 Ray GARTNER
Laurie FAGAN 7 HB 7 Ron THORNTON
 
Kevin SMYTH 8 L 8 Nick EVANS
Jack SINCLAIR 9 2R 9 Kevin BROWN
Ray SWANSON 10 2R 10 Brian DAVIES (c)
Bill MARSH 11 FR 11 Barry NELSON
Ian McCARTHY 12 HK 12 Fred ANDERSON
Harry RAVEN 13 FR 13 Bob AMBROSE
 
John O'TOOLE   HC   Cec COOPER
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
City Cup 1959 - Game 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
City Cup 1959 - Round 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Neville Watt (hooker)
In:
Ian McCarthy (hooker)

Canterbury

Previous Game:
City Cup 1959 - Game 1 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Bill Petley (fullback)
In:
Dick McDermott (fullback)
Changes:
Brian Davies (front row to second row), Barry Nelson (second row to front row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin