City vs Country (Firsts) 1969

New South Wales City Firsts 27 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 20

City vs Country (Firsts) 1969

New South Wales City Firsts
27
20
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22227
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 10th May, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Arthur Neville
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 33,572
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 7
Scrums 16 6
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Michael CLEARY 3 T 2 John COOTES
Johnny KING      
Bob McCARTHY      
 
Eric SIMMS 4 G 5 John COOTES
 
Eric SIMMS FG Les HUTCHINGS
Dennis WARD   Terry PANNOWITZ
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Les JOHNS
[Canterbury]
1 FB 1 Gary COLLINS
Michael CLEARY
[South Sydney]
2 W 2 Don PASCOE
John McDONALD
[Manly]
3 C 3 Peter DIMOND
Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
4 C 4 John COOTES
Johnny KING
[St George]
5 W 5 Dave GRIMMOND
 
Eric SIMMS
[South Sydney]
6 FE 6 Graham LYE
Dennis WARD
[Manly]
7 HB 7 Les HUTCHINGS
 
Ron COOTE
[South Sydney]
8 L 8 Terry PANNOWITZ
Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
9 2R 9 Ron COSTELLO
John SPENCER
[Balmain]
10 2R 10 Noel MORRIS
John SATTLER (c)
[South Sydney]
11 FR 11 Paul QUINN (c)
Elwyn WALTERS
[South Sydney]
12 HK 12 David McKENZIE
John WITTENBERG
[St George]
13 FR 13 Bruce DELANEY
 
Ron SADDLER
[Eastern Suburbs]
17 B    
Bob HONAN
[South Sydney]
16 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC   Don FURNER
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1968 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1970 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Brian James (wing), Johnny Greaves (centre), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Bill Hamilton (front row), Fred Jones (hooker), Dick Thornett (second row), Arthur Beetson (second row), John Raper (lock)
In:
Michael Cleary (wing), John McDonald (centre), Eric Simms (five-eighth), Dennis Ward (halfback), Elwyn Walters (hooker), John Sattler (front row), John Spencer (second row), Bob McCarthy (second row), Ron Coote (lock), Ron Saddler (bench), Bob Honan (bench)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1968 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1970 - vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Peter Inskip (fullback), William Bischoff Jnr (centre), Graeme Atherton (five-eighth), Peter Kelly (front row), Allan Buman (hooker), Ron Crowe (front row), Allan Thomson (second row)
In:
Gary Collins (fullback), John Cootes (centre), Graham Lye (five-eighth), Bruce Delaney (front row), David McKenzie (hooker), Paul Quinn (front row), Noel Morris (second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson