NSWRFL 1968

Round 12

St George Dragons 24 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 12

NSWRFL 1968
Round 12
St George
Dragons
24
12 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12539
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th June, 1968
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 19,214
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 7
Scrums 10 12
Penalties 10 9
St George Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Stan GORTON T Kevin JUNEE
Ken MADDISON   Ron SADDLER
 
Dennis PRESTON 5 G Jim MATTHEWS
      Allan McKEAN
 
Phil HAWTHORNE 2 FG Allan McKEAN
Billy SMITH 2      
St George Teams Eastern Suburbs
Graeme LANGLANDS 1 FB 1 Allan McKEAN
Stan GORTON 2 W 2 Cliff BOYD
Phil HAWTHORNE 3 C 3 Jim MATTHEWS (c)
Ken MADDISON 4 C 4 Ron SADDLER
Dennis PRESTON 5 W 5 Les HAYES
 
Tony BRANSON 6 FE 6 John PEARD
Billy SMITH 7 HB 7 Kevin JUNEE
 
John RAPER (c) 8 L 8 Barry REILLY
Barry BEATH 9 2R 9 Kevin ASHLEY
Dick HUDDART 10 2R 10 Louis NEUMANN
John WITTENBERG 11 FR 11 Geoff CHAMBERS
Norm HENDERSON 12 HK 12 Ken OWENS
Elton RASMUSSEN 13 FR 13 John WALKER
 
Dennis BRANDLEY 32 B    
 
Norm PROVAN   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Round 11 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 13 vs. Souths
Out:
Trevor Lake (wing), Graeme Turner (halfback), Grahame Bowen (front row), Keith Maddison (front row), Denis O'Callaghan (lock)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Tony Branson (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Elton Rasmussen (front row), John Wittenberg (front row), John Raper (lock)
Changes:
Dennis Preston (fullback to wing), Dennis Brandley (centre to bench), Phil Hawthorne (five-eighth to centre)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 11 vs. Souths
Next Game:
Round 13 vs. Balmain
Out:
Alan Gill (wing)
In:
Jim Matthews (centre)
Changes:
Les Hayes (centre to wing)

Match Notes

Tony Branson was concussed in the 1st half and didn't return for the 2nd half he was replaced by Dennis Brandley in the centre with Phil Hawthorne moving to 5/8.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash