Wills Cup 1974

Final

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 43 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 0

Info On Record

Champions
Sydney Roosters
No. Of Teams
12
No. Of Games
28
No. Of Players
268

Final

Wills Cup 1974
Final
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
43
0 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27409
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 24th March, 1974
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 15,629
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 0
Scrums 10 7
Penalties 2 6
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Souths
Pat KELLY 3 T    
Mark HARRIS 2      
Bill MULLINS 2      
Bruce PICKETT      
Elwyn WALTERS      
 
John BRASS 8/9 G    
Eastern Suburbs Teams Souths
Russell FAIRFAX 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
Bruce PICKETT 2 W 2 Tom MOYLAN
John BRASS 3 C 3 Tom MOONEY
Mark HARRIS 14 C 4 Ross BIRRELL
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 Owen O'DONNELL
 
Kevin STEVENS 6 FE 6 Jeff WITHERS
Johnny MAYES 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT (c)
 
Jim PORTER 4 L 8 Rod URQUHART
Pat KELLY 9 2R 9 Gary STEVENS
Greg BANDIERA 15 2R 10 Bob BOLIN
Arthur BEETSON (c) 11 FR 11 Steve REILLY
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 14 George PIGGINS
Mick SOUTER 13 FR 13 Harry EDEN
 
John PEARD 14 B 15 Barry WOOD
Keith PEIME 15 B 16 Peter BROWN
    B 17 Jeff WILLIAMS
    B 18 Steve MAGNUS
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Semi Final vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Penrith
Out:
Ron Coote (lock), Les Hayes (bench), Ian Baker (bench)
In:
Johnny Mayes (halfback)
Changes:
Jim Porter (centre to lock), John Peard (five-eighth to bench), Kevin Stevens (halfback to five-eighth), Mark Harris (bench to centre)

Souths

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Semi Final vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Bob McCarthy (second row)
In:
George Piggins (hooker), Barry Wood (bench), Peter Brown (bench), Jeff Williams (bench)
Changes:
Steve Magnus (hooker to bench), Bob Bolin (bench to second row)

Match Notes

This match was scheduled to be played on Saturday night but due to extreme weather was postponed to Sunday.

George Piggins was replaced by Steve Magnus after 16 minutes with a calf injury.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin