Preseason Cup 1968

Playoff

Parramatta Eels 22 def. Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12

Preseason Cup 1968
Playoff
Parramatta
Eels
22
12 Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27231
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 24th March, 1968
Kick Off 1:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 14,359
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 7
Parramatta Scoresheet Manly
Fred PICKUP 2 T Peter GALLAGHER
Bill JONES   Robert HARDIE
Dick THORNETT      
 
Arch BROWN 4 G David KNOX
      Ed WHILEY
 
Dick THORNETT FG Ed WHILEY
Parramatta Teams Manly
Ken THORNETT 1 FB 1 Ron MURRAY
Arch BROWN 2 W 2 Peter GALLAGHER
Fred PICKUP 3 C 3 Alec TENNANT
Barry RUSHWORTH 4 C 4 Michael McLEAN
Joe TURSKI 5 W 5 Les HANIGAN
 
Paul GIBSON 6 FE 6 Robert HARDIE
Brian WINNEY 7 HB 7 Ed WHILEY
 
Mal McMARTIN 8 L 8 Rob CAMERON (c)
Dick THORNETT (c) 9 2R 9 David KNOX
Peter PETERS 10 2R 10 Mick VEIVERS
Bob O'REILLY 11 FR 11 John BUCKNALL
Bill JONES 12 HK 12 Tony KELLY
Mike JONES 13 FR 13 John MORGAN
 
Ivor LINGARD 16 B 14 Adrian ASTORQUIA
 
Ian JOHNSTON   HC   George HUNTER
   
 

Team Info

Parramatta

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Semi Final vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Balmain
Out:
Ron Graham (bench)

Manly

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Semi Final vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Penrith
Out:
Howard Whitaker (wing), Gil MacDougall (centre), Dennis Ward (halfback), Ken Day (second row), Bill Bradstreet (lock)
In:
Peter Gallagher (wing), Ed Whiley (halfback), John Bucknall (front row), Adrian Astorquia (bench)
Changes:
Mick Veivers (front row to second row), Michael McLean (bench to centre), Rob Cameron (bench to lock)

Match Notes

Ivor Lingard replaced Paul Gibson at halftime.

Adrian Astorquia replaced John Morgan at halftime.

At fulltime scores were level at 12 all both captains wanted to toss a coin to decide the result but Ken McCaffery deputy secretary of the NSWRFL had to run onto the field to tell the captains 10 mins extra time each way had to be played.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin