AMCO Cup 1977

Prelim Round

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 17 lost to Northern Division 26

AMCO Cup 1977
Prelim Round

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
17
26
Northern Division
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27524
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 27th April, 1977
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Adrian Wilson
Venue Newcastle (Newcastle)
Crowd 1,000
Official Player of the Match Bill Monie
Match Stats
Scrums 8 5
Penalties 11 7
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Northern Division
Rick GRIFFITH 2 T 2 John FERGUSON
Robert WHARTON   Ron BURGESS
      Joe CRAIGIE
      Robert GREISE
      Bill MONIE
 
John ANDERSON 4 G 3 Ron BURGESS
 
    FG 2 Ron STARR
Newcastle (AU) Teams Northern Division
John ANDERSON 1 FB 1 Bill MONIE
Paul WILLIAMS 2 W 2 Geoff EMERSON
Lee ANLEZARK 3 C 3 Ron BURGESS
Ziggy NISZCZOT 4 C 4 Robert GREISE
T LAWRENCE 5 W 5 John FERGUSON
 
Garry SHARPE 6 FE 6 Ron STARR
Rick GRIFFITH 7 HB 7 Joe CRAIGIE
 
P JAEGER 8 L 8 Ross HARRIS
Michael BURGESS 9 2R 9 Frank FISH
Mick PITMAN 10 2R 10 Gary HINKLEBEIN
R SPARKS 11 FR 11 John SOUTHAM
Allan DAGWELL (c) 12 HK 12 Terry WELSH (c)
Warren JOWETT 13 FR 13 Ron McKAY
 
K WILSON 14 B 14 Robert DELANEY
Robert WHARTON 15 B 15 G HARRISON
Ken LANTRY 16 B 16 David WELSH
Larry HILL 17 B 17 Dennis CORRIGAN
 
Dave BROWN   HC   Don ADAMS
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1976 - Game 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 6 vs. France
Out:
Jim Batey (fullback), Peter Cootes (wing), Simon Booth (centre), Ron Burgess (centre), Bob Warren (wing), Terry Stevens (five-eighth), Johnny Fairns (halfback), Garry Leo (front row), Brian Anderson (front row), Jeff Roach (second row), Neville Shoemark (second row), Peter Howlett (lock), Warren Scotman (bench), Tom Sheppard (bench), Paul Merlo (bench), Brian Russell (bench)
In:
John Anderson (fullback), Paul Williams (wing), Lee Anlezark (centre), Ziggy Niszczot (centre), T Lawrence (wing), Garry Sharpe (five-eighth), Rick Griffith (halfback), Warren Jowett (front row), R Sparks (front row), Mick Pitman (second row), Michael Burgess (second row), P Jaeger (lock), K Wilson (bench), Robert Wharton (bench), Ken Lantry (bench), Larry Hill (bench)

Northern Division

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1976 - Game 2 vs. Past Christian Bros
Next Game:
AMCO Cup 1977 - Round 1 vs. Auckland
Out:
Col Lewis (fullback), Bill Russell (wing), Jon Sutherland (centre), Douglas White (wing), Rob Laurie (five-eighth), Alan McDonald (halfback), Barry Glass (front row), Peter Boulton (hooker), Richard Tongue (second row), Gary Cook (lock), Gary Sampson (bench), Don Green (bench), Frank Almond (bench)
In:
Bill Monie (fullback), Geoff Emerson (wing), Ron Burgess (centre), John Ferguson (wing), Ron Starr (five-eighth), Joe Craigie (halfback), Ron McKay (front row), Terry Welsh (hooker), Frank Fish (second row), Ross Harris (lock), Robert Delaney (bench), G Harrison (bench), Dennis Corrigan (bench)

Match Notes

Michael Wallace withdrew from the Newcastle team Tuesday night due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Michael Burgess.

Bill Monie was Man of the Match.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin