Game 1
NSW Group 1 18 lost to Queensland Firsts 29
| 1968 QLD Tour Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/103188 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 12th May, 1968 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | T Grantham | |||||||
| Venue | Queen Elizabeth (Casino) | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 14 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 18 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 5 | |||||
| NSW Group 1 | Scoresheet | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| G HIGGINS | T | 2 | Gary PEARSON | |||||
| John KENNEDY | Peter LOBEGEIGER | |||||||
| Trevor McLAUGHLIN | Dennis MANTEIT | |||||||
| Glen STEWART | Lionel WILLIAMSON | |||||||
| Richard ROBERTS | G | 5 | Peter LOBEGEIGER | |||||
| Kevin WEAVER | Brian BEVAN | |||||||
| Richard ROBERTS | FG | John WHITE | ||||||
| NSW Group 1 | Teams | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| John WALSH (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Peter LOBEGEIGER | ||||
| Kevin JONES | 2 | W | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON | ||||
| Trevor McLAUGHLIN | 3 | C | 3 | Mick RETCHLESS | ||||
| Glen STEWART | 4 | C | 4 | Ray CATTANACH | ||||
| David O'CONNOR | 5 | W | 5 | Jeff DENMAN | ||||
| Russell PARANDES | 6 | FE | 6 | John WHITE | ||||
| Primo CASSAGRANDE | 7 | HB | 7 | Brian BEVAN | ||||
| Richard ROBERTS | 8 | L | 8 | Jeff MARSHALL | ||||
| G HIGGINS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Gary PEARSON | ||||
| L SILL | 10 | 2R | 10 | Geoff CONNELL | ||||
| Pat MORRISSEY | 11 | FR | 11 | Dennis MANTEIT (c) | ||||
| Kevin BYRNES | 12 | HK | 12 | Brian FITZSIMMONS | ||||
| John KENNEDY | 13 | FR | 13 | Peter HALL | ||||
| Kevin WEAVER | 14 | B | ||||||
| Derek BROUWER | 15 | B | ||||||
| HC | Des CROW | |||||||
Team Info
NSW Group 1
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- n/a
Queensland Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1967 Interstate Series - Game 4 vs. NSW Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1968 Interstate Series - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
- Out:
- John McDonald (centre), Reg Cooke (centre), John Gleeson (five-eighth), Abe Wiemers (halfback), Peter Gallagher (front row), Col Weiss (lock), Col Reynolds (bench), Les Geeves (bench)
- In:
- Mick Retchless (centre), Jeff Denman (wing), John White (five-eighth), Brian Bevan (halfback), Peter Hall (front row), Gary Pearson (second row)
- Changes:
- Ray Cattanach (wing to centre), Jeff Marshall (second row to lock)
Match Notes
Group 1 lost fullback Laurie Birmingham on Thursday due the flu and was replaced by John Walsh, captain Gary Dobrich also withdrew and was replaced at halfback by Primo Cassagrande with Graeme Atherton the new captain. Then on the morning of the game 3 players who had played the City Country game in Sydney on Saturday withdrew hooker Bert Elford, five-eighth Graeme Atherton & winger Ian Kennedy they were replaced by Kevin Byrnes, Russell Parandes & Kevin Jones the new captain was John Walsh.
Angelo Crema was originally selected for Qld in the 2nd row but withdrew and was replaced by Gary Pearson.
Derek Brewer replaced Kevin Jones late in the 1st half, Kevin Weaver replaced Richard Roberts at halftime, Russell Parandes left the field with 15 minutes remaining but could not be replaced.
Geoff Connell was carried from the field with 10 minutes to go it seems he was not replaced.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash
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