NSWRFL 1956

Round 7

South Sydney Rabbitohs 39 def. Balmain Tigers 4

NSWRFL 1956
Round 7
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
39
4 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11326
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 5th May, 1956
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Cliff Brown
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 50,557
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 2
Scrums 23 14
Penalties 14 18
Souths Scoresheet Balmain
Jack RAYNER 2 T    
Kevin TURNER 2      
Col DONOHOE      
Johnny DOUGHERTY      
Ian MOIR      
 
Bernie PURCELL 9 G 2 Keith BARNES
Souths Teams Balmain
Clive CHURCHILL 1 FB 1 Keith BARNES
Ian MOIR 2 W 2 Arthur LORIMER
Martin GALLAGHER 3 C 3 Terry McGOVERN
Bob HONEYSETT 4 C 4 Kevin MOSMAN
Kevin TURNER 5 W 5 Les GELFIUS
 
Johnny DOUGHERTY 6 FE 6 Bill HARRIS
Col DONOHOE 7 HB 7 Brian STAUNTON (c)
 
John COTTEE 8 L 8 Gus GRAY
Jack RAYNER (c) 9 2R 9 Ron POTTER
Bernie PURCELL 10 2R 10 Ron MOSES
Denis DONOGHUE 11 FR 11 Bob HEANEY
Ernie HAMMERTON 12 HK 12 Keith AGGETT
Jim RICHARDS 13 FR 13 Jack MOON
 
Jack RAYNER   HC   Norm ROBINSON
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1956 - Game 2 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Out:
Jimmy Fligg (centre)
In:
Martin Gallagher (centre)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1956 - Game 9 vs. Southern Division
Out:
Geoff Hawkey (centre), Maurie Griffiths (front row)
In:
Les Gelfius (wing), Jack Moon (front row)
Changes:
Terry McGovern (wing to centre)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson