NSWRFL 1971

Round 6

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 31 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 20

NSWRFL 1971
Round 6
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
31
20 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12911
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 2nd May, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Farrelly
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 8,410
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 12
Scrums 14 9
Penalties 2 8
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Western Suburbs
John PEARD 2 T John BAKER
Arthur BEETSON   Barry BRYANT
Michael CLEARY   Don ROGERS
Mark HARRIS   Ken STONESTREET
Kevin JUNEE      
Louis NEUMANN      
 
Allan McKEAN 5 G 4 Tony FORD
Eastern Suburbs Teams Western Suburbs
Allan McKEAN 1 FB 1 Tony FORD
Michael CLEARY 2 W 2 Don ROGERS
John BRASS (c) 3 C 3 John ELFORD
Mark HARRIS 4 C 4 Tim MURPHY
Bill MULLINS 5 W 18 Wayne MERRY
 
John BALLESTY 6 FE 6 John MAXWELL
Kevin JUNEE 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
 
Barry REILLY 8 L 8 Rod SMITH
Kevin GOLDSPINK 9 2R 9 Barry BRYANT
Louis NEUMANN 10 2R 10 John BAKER
Jim MORGAN 11 FR 11 Jim CODY (c)
Kel BROWN 12 HK 12 Ken STONESTREET
Arthur BEETSON 13 FR 24 George SKEERS
 
John PEARD 19 B    
Don COLQUHOUN 22 B    
 
Don FURNER   HC   Ron WATSON
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Round 7 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Ron Saddler (lock)
In:
Barry Reilly (lock), John Peard (bench), Don Colquhoun (bench)

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Round 7 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Dick Timbs (wing), Roy Ferguson (bench)
In:
Wayne Merry (wing)
Changes:
Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth to halfback), John Maxwell (halfback to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Wests lost Dick Timms with the flu & Steve Winter following Thursday training and were replaced by Wayne Merry & George Skeers.

John Brass torn ankle ligaments just before halftime and was replaced by John Peard with Ballesty moving to centre and Peard to 5/8.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin