Interstate Series 1970 Series

Game 2

Queensland Firsts 8 lost to New South Wales Firsts 22

Interstate Series 1970

Queensland Firsts
8
22
New South Wales Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17451
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 23rd May, 1970
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 22,747
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 8
Scrums 17 10
QLD Firsts Scoresheet NSW Firsts
    T 2 John BRASS
      2 Johnny KING
      Ron COOTE
      John COOTES
 
Wayne STEWART 3 G 1/4 Graeme LANGLANDS
Rob THOMPSON   John McDONALD
QLD Firsts Teams NSW Firsts
Ray LAIRD 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
Rob THOMPSON 2 W 15 John COOTES
Max ANDERSON 3 C 3 John McDONALD
[Manly]
Paul COOTE 4 C 4 John BRASS
[Eastern Suburbs]
Wayne STEWART 5 W 5 Johnny KING
[St George]
 
Doug STAPLETON 6 FE 6 Phil HAWTHORNE
[St George]
Les CAHILL 7 HB 7 Les HUTCHINGS
 
Col WEISS (c) 8 L 8 Ron COOTE
[Souths]
Reg CANNON 9 2R 9 John RAPER (c)
Des MORRIS 10 2R 16 Ron COSTELLO
[Canterbury]
Greg VEIVERS 11 FR 11 John WITTENBERG
[St George]
Brian FITZSIMMONS 12 HK 12 Elwyn WALTERS
[Souths]
Ian MASSIE 13 FR 13 Arthur BEETSON
[Balmain]
 
    B 14 Laurie WAKEFIELD
    B 10 Bob McCARTHY
[Souths]
 
Des CROW   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1970 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 5 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Peter Hall (front row)
Changes:
Greg Veivers (bench to front row)

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1970 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 9 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Dave Grimmond (wing), Jim Morgan (front row)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), John McDonald (centre), John Wittenberg (front row), John Raper (second row)
Changes:
Laurie Wakefield (fullback to bench), John Cootes (centre to wing), Bob McCarthy (second row to bench)

Match Notes

John Brass was replaced by Laurie Wakefield in the 2nd half with a neck injury & midway through the 2nd half Bob McCarthy replaced Arthur Beetson due to a corked thigh.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash