Round 2
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 10 lost to North Sydney Bears 18
| 1971 Wills Cup Round 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27296 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Thursday, 25th February, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Les Samuelson | |||||||
| Venue | Redfern (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,806 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 13 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | North Sydney | ||||||
| Mark HARRIS | T | George AMBRUM | ||||||
| Syd WILLIAMS | Noel CAVANAGH | |||||||
| Phil FRANKS | ||||||||
| John McDONELL | ||||||||
| Allan McKEAN | 2 | G | 3 | John BOOBY | ||||
| OFF | Jim MILLS | |||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | North Sydney | ||||||
| Allan McKEAN | 1 | FB | 1 | John BOOBY | ||||
| Jim PORTER | 2 | W | 2 | John GREW | ||||
| John BRASS (c) | 3 | C | 15 | Rex MURPHY | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 4 | C | 4 | Barry GLASGOW | ||||
| Bill MULLINS | 5 | W | 5 | George AMBRUM | ||||
| John BALLESTY | 6 | FE | 6 | Phil FRANKS | ||||
| Syd WILLIAMS | 7 | HB | 7 | Johnny FAIRNS | ||||
| Barry REILLY | 8 | L | 8 | John McDONELL | ||||
| Graeme GARDINER | 9 | 2R | 9 | Noel CAVANAGH | ||||
| Ian BAKER | 10 | 2R | 10 | Peter JACQUES | ||||
| Jim MORGAN | 11 | FR | 11 | Merv HICKS (c) | ||||
| Kel BROWN | 12 | HK | 12 | Ross WARNER | ||||
| Kevin GOLDSPINK | 13 | FR | 13 | Jim MILLS | ||||
| Kevin JUNEE | 14 | B | 14 | Leo TOOHEY | ||||
| John WALKER | 16 | B | 16 | Glen WHITNEY | ||||
| John BARRETT | 17 | B | 17 | Warren EVANS | ||||
| Don FURNER | HC | Roy FRANCIS | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 1 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 3 vs. Penrith
- Out:
- John Peard (five-eighth), Peter Moscatt (hooker), Laurie Freier (second row), John Quayle (bench), Jim Hall (bench)
- In:
- Kel Brown (hooker), Graeme Gardiner (second row), John Walker (bench), John Barrett (bench)
- Changes:
- Kevin Junee (halfback to bench), John Ballesty (bench to five-eighth), Syd Williams (bench to halfback)
North Sydney
- Previous Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Game 1 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 3 vs. St George
- Out:
- Laurie Moraschi (fullback), Dave Wood (centre), Owen O'Donnell (centre), Graham Williams (halfback), Kerry Collien (bench), Dave Bridgewater (bench), Dick Harris (bench)
- In:
- John Booby (fullback), Rex Murphy (centre), Johnny Fairns (halfback), Leo Toohey (bench), Glen Whitney (bench), Warren Evans (bench)
- Changes:
- Barry Glasgow (bench to centre)
Match Notes
The program shows Grew in jersey #5 & Ambrum in #2 but video of the game shows them in the jerseys #2 & #5.
Jim Mills sent off for punching 13 mins from fulltime.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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