AMCO Cup 1979

Game 1

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19 def. Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 7

AMCO Cup 1979
Game 1
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
19
7 Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27614
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 28th March, 1979
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don MacDonald
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 1,000
Official Player of the Match Ken Wright
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 2
Scrums 11 9
Penalties 9 11
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Manly
Terry MURPHY T Ross WINDSHUTTLE
Ian SCHUBERT      
Ken WRIGHT      
 
Ken WRIGHT 5 G 2 Graham EADIE
Eastern Suburbs Teams Manly
Ian SCHUBERT 1 FB 1 Graham EADIE
Mark HARRIS 2 W 2 Tom MOONEY
Ken WRIGHT 3 C 3 Simon BOOTH
Kerry BOUSTEAD 4 C 4 Russel GARTNER
Greg OWENS 5 W 5 Ross WINDSHUTTLE
 
Bob FULTON (c) 6 FE 6 Martin MEREDITH
Kevin HASTINGS 7 HB 7 Alan THOMPSON
 
Paul JELFS 8 L 8 Bruce WALKER
John MACKAY 9 2R 9 Stephen KNIGHT
Bob SHEENS 10 2R 10 Paul VAUTIN
Gary METCALFE 11 FR 11 Mark WILLOUGHBY
Arthur MOUNTIER 12 HK 12 Max KRILICH (c)
Bob O'REILLY 13 FR 13 Ian THOMSON
 
Kyle CONNOR 14 B 14 Chris MONTGOMERY
Robert LANE 15 B 15 David ADAMS
Terry MURPHY 16 B 16 Greg CROSS
Mal CONNOR 17 B 17 Wayne SPRINGALL
 
Bob FULTON   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Russell Fairfax (fullback), Royce Ayliffe (front row), John Harvey (second row)
In:
Bob Sheens (second row), Paul Jelfs (lock), Kyle Connor (bench), Robert Lane (bench), Terry Murphy (bench), Mal Connor (bench)
Changes:
Ian Schubert (wing to fullback), Greg Owens (centre to wing), Kerry Boustead (wing to centre), Gary Metcalfe (second row to front row), John Mackay (lock to second row), Mark Harris (bench to wing)

Manly

Previous Game:
Round 1 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 2 vs. Newtown
Out:
John Gray (front row), Terry Randall (second row)
In:
Ross Windshuttle (wing), Martin Meredith (five-eighth), Mark Willoughby (front row), Chris Montgomery (bench), Greg Cross (bench)
Changes:
Stephen Knight (wing to second row), Alan Thompson (five-eighth to halfback), David Adams (halfback to bench), Wayne Springall (second row to bench), Paul Vautin (bench to second row)

Match Notes

Ken Wright was Man of the Match.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin