NSWRFL 1971

Round 7

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 16 def. North Sydney Bears 14

NSWRFL 1971
Round 7
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
16
14 North Sydney
Bears
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12918
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 9th May, 1971
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Laurie Bruyeres
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 7,331
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 9
Scrums 6 11
Penalties 18 10
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet North Sydney
Mark HARRIS T Owen O'DONNELL
Barry REILLY   Bruce WALKER
 
Allan McKEAN 5 G 4 John BOOBY
Eastern Suburbs Teams North Sydney
Allan McKEAN 1 FB 1 Laurie MORASCHI
Michael CLEARY 2 W 2 John BOOBY
John BALLESTY 3 C 3 Owen O'DONNELL
Mark HARRIS 4 C 4 Rex MURPHY
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 George AMBRUM
 
John PEARD 6 FE 6 Phil FRANKS
Kevin JUNEE (c) 7 HB 7 Johnny FAIRNS
 
Barry REILLY 8 L 8 John McDONELL
Don COLQUHOUN 22 2R 9 Bruce WALKER
Louis NEUMANN 10 2R 10 Peter JACQUES
Arthur BEETSON 11 FR 11 Merv HICKS (c)
Kel BROWN 12 HK 12 Ross WARNER
Jim MORGAN 13 FR 13 Noel CAVANAGH
 
Jim PORTER 18 B    
 
Don FURNER   HC   Merv HICKS
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 8 vs. Canterbury
Out:
John Brass (centre), Kevin Goldspink (second row)
In:
Jim Porter (bench)
Changes:
John Ballesty (five-eighth to centre), John Peard (bench to five-eighth), Don Colquhoun (bench to second row)

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 6 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 8 vs. Newtown
Out:
Graham Williams (halfback), Jim Mills (front row), Warren Evans (second row), Bob Doyle (bench)
In:
Phil Franks (five-eighth), Noel Cavanagh (front row), Merv Hicks (front row)
Changes:
Johnny Fairns (five-eighth to halfback), Peter Jacques (front row to second row)

Match Notes

Kevin Goldspink dropped out of the Easts team midweek with a hamstring problem and was replaced by Don Colquhoun.

Graham Williams pulled out on Saturday with a bruised foot and was replaced by Phil Franks at 5/8 and John Fairns moving to half.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables