New South Wales Country Firsts 14 lost to New South Wales City Firsts 30
| 1983 NSW City vs Country Firsts | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22241 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 21st May, 1983 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Chris Ward | |||||||
| Venue | Newcastle (Newcastle) | |||||||
| Crowd | 17,804 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Peter Sterling | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 11 | |||||
| NSW Country Firsts | Scoresheet | NSW City Firsts | ||||||
| Les BOYD | T | 2 | Steve MORTIMER | |||||
| Greg BRENTNALL | Kerry BOUSTEAD | |||||||
| Steve ELLA | ||||||||
| Steve ROGERS | ||||||||
| Neville ELWIN | 3 | G | 5 | Steve ROGERS | ||||
| Ray BROWN | BIN | Max KRILICH | ||||||
| NSW Country Firsts | Teams | NSW City Firsts | ||||||
| Greg BRENTNALL [Canterbury] |
1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| Robert FRENCH | 2 | W | 2 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] |
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| Neville ELWIN | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ROGERS [St George] |
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| Chris MORTIMER [Canterbury] |
4 | C | 4 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] |
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| Garry WICKS | 5 | W | 5 | Kerry BOUSTEAD [Manly] |
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| Robert LAURIE (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Steve ELLA [Parramatta] |
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| Peter STERLING [Parramatta] |
7 | HB | 7 | Steve MORTIMER [Canterbury] |
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| Rick PATRICK | 8 | L | 8 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
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| Les BOYD [Manly] |
9 | 2R | 9 | Wayne PEARCE [Balmain] |
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| Paul FIELD | 10 | 2R | 10 | Paul McCABE [Manly] |
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| Ross GIBSON | 11 | FR | 11 | Dave BROWN [Manly] |
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| Ray BROWN [Manly] |
12 | HK | 12 | Max KRILICH (c) [Manly] |
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| Peter KELLY [Newtown] |
13 | FR | 13 | Geoff BUGDEN [Parramatta] |
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| B | 14 | Geoff GERARD [Manly] |
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| B | 15 | Pat JARVIS [St George] |
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| Allan THOMSON | HC | Ted GLOSSOP | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Country Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1983 NSW Country Tour - Game 1 vs. South Island
- Next Game:
- 1983 KB Cup - Round 1 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Greg Guider (fullback), Terry McCartney (centre), Ken Kearney (halfback), Tim Sheens (front row), Neil Michell (hooker), Glen Anderson (second row), Peter Ford (lock), Shane Mathews (bench), Peter Johnston (bench)
- In:
- Greg Brentnall (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Peter Sterling (halfback), Peter Kelly (front row), Ray Brown (hooker), Les Boyd (second row), Rick Patrick (lock)
New South Wales City Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1982 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1984 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Out:
- Greg Brentnall (fullback), Michael Cronin (centre), John Ribot (wing), Mick Pattison (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), John Coveney (front row), Ron Hilditch (front row), John Muggleton (second row), Bruce Walker (second row), Peter Mortimer (bench), Alan Thompson (bench), Craig Young (bench), Terry Lamb (bench)
- In:
- Graham Eadie (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Brett Kenny (centre), Steve Ella (five-eighth), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Geoff Bugden (front row), Dave Brown (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Wayne Pearce (second row), Geoff Gerard (bench), Pat Jarvis (bench)
Match Notes
From 1983-1986, Country was allowed to include up to 6 Sydney based players to be selected. Country selectors were given first pick of players, then City selectors could pick from the rest of the Sydney based players regardless of their origins.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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