NSWRFL 1972

Round 15

Newtown 16 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 14

NSWRFL 1972
Round 15

Newtown
16
14 Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13103
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th June, 1972
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Richie Humphreys
Venue Henson (Sydney)
Crowd 3,745
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 12
Scrums 16 10
Penalties 10 9
Newtown Scoresheet Cronulla
John BRADSTOCK 2 T 2 Cliff WATSON
Neil PRINGLE      
 
Ken WILSON 3 G 4 Barry ANDREWS
 
Ken WILSON FG    
Newtown Teams Cronulla
John FLOYD 1 FB 1 Chris WELLMAN
Lionel WILLIAMSON (c) 2 W 2 Ray CORCORAN
Peter GORDON 3 C 14 Paul TAYLOR
Ron FOGARTY 4 C 4 Bob WEAR
John BRADSTOCK 5 W 5 Dave COTTER
 
Ken WILSON 6 FE 3 Barry ANDREWS
Des O'CONNOR 7 HB 7 Fred DENNEHY
 
Neil PRINGLE 8 L 6 Maurie RAPER
Paul DAWSON 9 2R 8 John MAGUIRE
Gary SULLIVAN 10 2R 10 Ken MADDISON
Tony REID 11 FR 11 Greg ALLEN
Doug KEMISTER 12 HK 12 Ron TURNER
Dennis GARDINER 13 FR 13 Cliff WATSON (c)
 
Oscar DANIELSON 26 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC   Tommy BISHOP
   
 

Team Info

Newtown

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Round 16 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Kevin Fidock (five-eighth)
In:
Oscar Danielson (bench)
Changes:
Ken Wilson (centre to five-eighth), Ron Fogarty (bench to centre)

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. St George
Next Game:
Round 16 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Steve Edmonds (centre), Brian O'Shea (second row)
In:
Paul Taylor (centre), Bob Wear (centre)
Changes:
Barry Andrews (centre to five-eighth), Maurie Raper (five-eighth to lock), John Maguire (lock to second row)

Match Notes

This match was scheduled to be played on Sat 24th but due to heavy rain Henson Park was flooded and the game postponed to Sun 25th.

Brian O'Shea was a late withdrawal from the Cronulla team the selectors rearranged the team with John Maguire moving from lock to 2nd row, Maurie Raper 5/8 to lock, Barry Andrews from centre to 5/8 and Paul Taylor coming into the team in the centre.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables