Craven Mild Cup 1979

Final

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 12 def. Balmain Tigers 9

Craven Mild Cup 1979
Final
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters		 12
–
9 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27613
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 17th March, 1979
Kick Off 8:00 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Cook
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 16,865
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 – 0
Scrums 11 – 8
Penalties 11 – 13
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Balmain
    T Mick LIUBINSKAS
 
Ken WRIGHT 6 G 3 Wayne MIRANDA
Eastern Suburbs Teams Balmain
Russell FAIRFAX 1 FB 1 Allan McMAHON
Ian SCHUBERT 2 W 2 Wayne MIRANDA
Ken WRIGHT 3 C 3 Dennis BENDALL
Gavin MILLER 4 C 4 Wayne WIGHAM
Kerry BOUSTEAD 5 W 5 Larry COROWA
 
Bob FULTON (c) 6 FE 6 Les MARA
Kevin HASTINGS 7 HB 7 Greg OLIPHANT (c)
 
John MACKAY 9 L 8 Gary SPEARS
Gary METCALFE 15 2R 9 Steve LAVERS
John HARVEY 10 2R 10 Mick LIUBINSKAS
Royce AYLIFFE 11 FR 11 Geoff NAYLOR
Arthur MOUNTIER 12 HK 12 Guy TULLY
Bob O'REILLY 13 FR 13 Rod MORRIS
 
Greg OWENS 14 B 14 Peter NINNESS
Paul JELFS 16 B 15 Frank MARINO
Mark HARRIS 17 B 16 Neil PRINGLE
Des O'REILLY 18 B 17 Percy KNIGHT
 
Bob FULTON   HC   Ron WILLEY
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Game 3 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Balmain
Out:
Kevin Stevens (lock)
In:
Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Gary Metcalfe (second row), Des O'Reilly (bench)
Changes:
Mark Harris (centre to bench), Ken Wright (five-eighth to centre), John Mackay (second row to lock)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Craven Mild Cup 1979 - Game 3 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Gary Webster (bench)
In:
Neil Pringle (bench)

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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