NSWRFL 1973

Round 16

Newtown Jets 7 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 8

NSWRFL 1973
Round 16
Newtown
Jets
7
8 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/13242
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 8th July, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Danzey Jnr
Venue Henson (Sydney)
Crowd 3,909
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 5
Scrums 11 14
Penalties 11 5
Newtown Scoresheet South Sydney
Tom MELVILLE T 2 Tom MOYLAN
 
John BONHAM 2 G 1/3 Eric SIMMS
Newtown Teams South Sydney
John FLOYD 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
Lionel WILLIAMSON (c) 2 W 2 Tom MOYLAN
Brian MOORE 3 C 3 Tom MOONEY
Henry WILLIAMSON 4 C 4 Jeff WITHERS
Ron FOGARTY 5 W 5 Keith EDWARDS
 
John BONHAM 6 FE 6 Denis PITTARD (c)
Des O'CONNOR 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT
 
Gary SULLIVAN 8 L 8 Rod URQUHART
Graham MATTHEWS 9 2R 9 Gary STEVENS
Paul DAWSON 10 2R 10 Paul SAIT
Tom MELVILLE 11 FR 11 Jim HALL
Mark ROBERTSON 12 HK 12 George PIGGINS
Col CASEY 13 FR 22 Herbie TIMMS
 
Bruce PICKETT 18 B 36 Brian WALL
Dennis GARDINER 26 B    
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Newtown

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Round 17 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Neil Pringle (lock), John Bradstock (bench), David Bell (bench)
In:
Graham Matthews (second row), Bruce Pickett (bench), Dennis Gardiner (bench)
Changes:
Gary Sullivan (second row to lock)

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 15 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 17 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Ross Birrell (centre), Bob McMillan (halfback), Steve Reilly (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Bob McCarthy (second row), Darrell Bampton (bench)
In:
Jeff Withers (centre), Bob Grant (halfback), Herbie Timms (front row), George Piggins (hooker), Rod Urquhart (lock), Brian Wall (bench)
Changes:
Keith Edwards (centre to wing), Tom Mooney (wing to centre), Paul Sait (lock to second row)

Match Notes

Steve Reilly withdrew from the Souths team on Thursday with a calf injury and was replaced by Herbie Timms, Bob McMillan failed a fitness test on Friday and was replaced by Bob Grant.

Bruce Pickett replaced Ron Fogerty late in the 2nd half.

Brian Wall replaced Bob Grant with 10 mins remaining due to a shoulder injury.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables