Craven Mild Cup 1979

Game 1

Balmain Tigers 18 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 17

Craven Mild Cup 1979
Game 1
Balmain
Tigers		 18
–
17 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27597
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th February, 1979
Kick Off 4:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don MacDonald
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 5,820
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 5
Scrums 6 – 6
Penalties 12 – 11
Balmain Scoresheet Western Suburbs
Larry COROWA 2 T Bruce GIBBS
Dennis BENDALL   Tom RAUDONIKIS
Wayne WIGHAM   Wayne SMITH
 
Wayne WIGHAM 3 G 4 Peter DUGGAN
 
Neil PRINGLE OFF Les BOYD
Balmain Teams Western Suburbs
Allan McMAHON 1 FB 1 Wayne SMITH
Wayne MIRANDA 2 W 2 Ian HAMILTON
Dennis BENDALL 3 C 3 Ron GITEAU
Wayne WIGHAM 4 C 14 Ron BRODRICK
Larry COROWA 5 W 15 Peter DUGGAN
 
Percy KNIGHT 6 FE 6 Peter LEMA
Greg OLIPHANT (c) 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
 
Neil PRINGLE 8 L 8 Graeme O'GRADY
Steve LAVERS 9 2R 9 Trevor REARDON
Mick LIUBINSKAS 10 2R 10 Les BOYD
Geoff NAYLOR 11 FR 11 John DONNELLY
Noel MAYBURY 12 HK 12 Ray BROWN
David GRANT 13 FR 13 Bruce GIBBS
 
Peter NINNESS 14 B    
Les MARA 15 B    
Gary SPEARS 16 B    
Guy TULLY 17 B    
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Roy MASTERS
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Round 2 vs. Parramatta

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Round 2 vs. Penrith

Match Notes

John Dorahy was in dispute with Wests management over his contract terms and did not play & Don Moseley was a late withdrawal their places were taken by Ron Broderick & Peter Duggan.

Neil Pringle & Les Boyd were sent off for fighting in the 29th minute.

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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