Preseason Cup 1963

Final

St George Dragons 17 def. Balmain Tigers 6

Info On Record

Champions
St George Dragons
No. Of Teams
10
No. Of Games
23
No. Of Players
213

Final

Preseason Cup 1963
Final
St George
Dragons
17
6 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27095
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 31st March, 1963
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 23,053
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 0
St George Scoresheet Balmain
Eddie LUMSDEN 3 T Keith BARNES
      Bob MARA
 
Reg GASNIER 4/4 G    
St George Teams Balmain
Graeme LANGLANDS 1 FB 1 Keith BARNES (c)
Eddie LUMSDEN 2 W 2 Ron MACK
Reg GASNIER 3 C 3 William BISCHOFF JNR
Johnny RILEY 4 C 4 Brian DUNLOP
Johnny KING 5 W 5 Bob MARA
 
Brian CLAY 6 FE 6 Frank McGARRY
George EVANS 7 HB 7 Laurie FAGAN
 
John RAPER 8 L 8 Peter PROVAN
Norm PROVAN (c) 9 2R 18 Bob RIDLEY
Elton RASMUSSEN 10 2R 9 Bob BOLAND
Monty PORTER 11 FR 11 George PIPER
Ian WALSH 12 HK 12 Dick WILSON
Kevin RYAN 13 FR 13 Harry RAVEN
 
    B 14 Graeme FERGUSON
 
Norm PROVAN   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1963 - Semi Final vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Brian James (centre), Peter Armstrong (hooker), Garry MacDougall (second row)
In:
Reg Gasnier (centre), Ian Walsh (hooker), Norm Provan (second row)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1963 - Semi Final vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. Newtown
Out:
Bill Wilson (hooker), Dave Cooper (second row)
In:
Dick Wilson (hooker), Peter Provan (lock), Graeme Ferguson (bench)
Changes:
Bob Ridley (lock to second row)

Match Notes

Dave Cooper was a later withdrawal for Balmain and was replaced by Harry Raven at prop with Bob Boland moving back to the 2nd row.

Bob Ridley injured a leg muscle in the 1st half and was replaced at halftime by Graeme Ferguson.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash