Wills Cup 1971

Game 3

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 23 def. Parramatta Eels 13

Wills Cup 1971
Game 3
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks		 23
–
13 Parramatta
Eels
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27306
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 7th March, 1971
Kick Off 4:00 PM (local time)
Referee Phil McCarroll
Venue Endeavour (Sydney)
Crowd 5,330
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 – 10
Cronulla Scoresheet Parramatta
Bob WEAR 2 T Denis FITZGERALD
Dave COTTER   Peter LANGMACK
      Kevin MacFARLANE
 
Barry ANDREWS 7/10 G 2 Keith CAMPBELL
 
    OFF Graham LYE
Cronulla Teams Parramatta
Greg PIERCE 1 FB 1 Bland LILES
Ray CORCORAN 2 W 2 Peter LANGMACK
Paul TAYLOR 3 C 3 Gary PETHYBRIDGE
Bob WEAR 4 C 4 Tony BUCKPITT
Dave COTTER 5 W 5 Kevin MacFARLANE
 
Barry ANDREWS 6 FE 6 Graham LYE (c)
Tommy BISHOP (c) 7 HB 7 Roy WARBY
 
Chris WELLMAN 8 L 8 Keith CAMPBELL
Dave COOPER 9 2R 9 Dick THORNETT
Kevin DIXON 10 2R 10 Ron LYNCH
Fred TOMLINSON 11 FR 11 Denis FITZGERALD
Ron TURNER 12 HK 12 John McMARTIN
Mick SOUTER 13 FR 13 Bob O'REILLY
 
Kevin HOGAN 14 B    
Rod URQUHART 15 B    
George TAYLFORTH 16 B    
 
Tommy BISHOP   HC   Ian WALSH
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 2 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Round 4 vs. Canterbury
Out:
John Maguire (second row)
In:
Barry Andrews (five-eighth), Fred Tomlinson (front row), Dave Cooper (second row), Chris Wellman (lock)
Changes:
Kevin Hogan (five-eighth to bench), George Taylforth (front row to bench), Rod Urquhart (lock to bench)

Parramatta

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Game 2 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1971 - Round 4 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Terry Scurfield (wing), Barry Rushworth (centre), Dennis Mount (bench), Ron Graham (bench), Chris Coy (bench), John Wilson (bench)
In:
Bland Liles (fullback), Peter Langmack (wing)
Changes:
Tony Buckpitt (fullback to centre)

Match Notes

Graham Lye was sent off for a head high tackle with 14 mins remaining.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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