NSWRFL 1969

Round 12

Balmain Tigers 5 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 22

NSWRFL 1969
Round 12
Balmain
Tigers
5
22 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12673
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 14th June, 1969
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 46,607
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 7
Scrums 5 20
Penalties 13 6
Balmain Scoresheet Souths
Allan FITZGIBBON T 3 Bob McCARTHY
      Bob GRANT
 
Len KILLEEN G 4/8 Eric SIMMS
 
    FG Eric SIMMS
Balmain Teams Souths
Sid WILLIAMS 2 FB 14 Kevin LONGBOTTOM
Terry PARKER 15 W 3 Bob HONAN
Olaf PRATTL 3 C 1 Eric SIMMS
Hal BROWNE 14 C 4 Arthur BRANIGHAN
Len KILLEEN 5 W 5 Brian JAMES
 
Dave BOLTON 6 FE 6 Denis PITTARD
Keith OUTTEN 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT
 
Peter PROVAN (c) 8 L 21 Paul SAIT
Allan FITZGIBBON 4 2R 9 Bob MOSES
John SPENCER 10 2R 10 Bob McCARTHY
Barry McTAGGART 11 FR 11 John O'NEILL
John CRAWFORD 12 HK 12 Elwyn WALTERS
Garry LEO 13 FR 13 John SATTLER (c)
 
George RUEBNER 16 B    
 
Leo NOSWORTHY   HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 11 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 13 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Bob Smithies (fullback), Joe Walsh (second row), Greg Fryer (second row)
In:
Hal Browne (centre), Peter Provan (lock), George Ruebner (bench)
Changes:
Sid Williams (wing to fullback), Allan Fitzgibbon (centre to second row), John Spencer (lock to second row), Terry Parker (bench to wing)

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 11 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 13 vs. Newtown
Out:
Alan Heiler (wing), Ray Branighan (five-eighth), Jim Morgan (front row), George Piggins (hooker), Alan Scott (second row)
In:
Bob Honan (wing), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), John Sattler (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Bob McCarthy (second row)

Match Notes

Balmain selectors made a late change in the morning and dropped Bob Smithies to reserve grade and made some positional changes in a 15 man squad. Sid Williams moved to Smithies fullback spot, Terry Parker moved to the wing, Hal Browne to the centre in Alan Fitzgibbons place who had moved to 2nd row in place of Greg Fryer who was the other man dropped from the 15.

Souths lost Cleary & Coote from their team who had both returned from the New Zealand tour with injuries, Kevin Longbottom came into the team at fullback, Eric Simms moved to the centre & Bob Honan moved from centre to the wing, Sait took Cootes place at lock.

Hal Browne again dislocated his shoulder after 30 mins and was replaced by George Ruebner who went to wing with Parker moving to centre. Browne was expected to have another operation and was expected to miss the rest of the season.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables