Preseason Cup 1968

Game 4

Canterbury Bankstown 6 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 13

Preseason Cup 1968
Game 4

Canterbury Bankstown
6
13 South Sydney
Rabbitohs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27227
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 16th March, 1968
Kick Off 8:30 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Bradley
Venue Belmore (Sydney)
Crowd 20,554
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 0
Canterbury Scoresheet Souths
Bob DOYLE T Arthur BRANIGHAN
Col HUGHES   Jim MORGAN
      Greg NORGARD
 
    G 2/6 Eric SIMMS
Canterbury Teams Souths
Les JOHNS 1 FB 1 Eric SIMMS
Col HUGHES 2 W 2 Wayne STEVENS
Johnny RHODES 3 C 3 Jimmy LISLE
Barry REYNOLDS 4 C 14 Arthur BRANIGHAN
Max BROWN 5 W 5 Michael CLEARY
 
Bob DOYLE 6 FE 6 Greg NORGARD
Ross KIDD 7 HB 7 Bob GRANT
 
Barry SMITH 8 L 8 Ron COOTE
Brian WEDGEWOOD 9 2R 9 Alan SCOTT
Kevin GOLDSPINK 10 2R 10 John SATTLER (c)
Kevin RYAN (c) 11 FR 11 John O'NEILL
Col BROWN 12 HK 12 George PIGGINS
Merv HICKS 13 FR 13 Jim MORGAN
 
Terry REYNOLDS 14 B    
Bruce McKINNEY 15 B    
 
Kevin RYAN   HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Game 3 vs. St George
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Clive Gartner (centre), Marty Driscoll (hooker), George Taylforth (second row), Ron Raper (lock), Dick Webb (bench)
In:
Johnny Rhodes (centre), Max Brown (wing), Col Brown (hooker), Terry Reynolds (bench), Bruce McKinney (bench)
Changes:
Barry Smith (centre to lock), Barry Reynolds (wing to centre), Brian Wedgewood (bench to second row)

Souths

Previous Game:
Preseason Cup 1968 - Game 3 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Newtown
Out:
Kevin Longbottom (fullback), Ivan Jones (halfback), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Bob McCarthy (second row), Paul Sait (lock), Gary Stevens (bench)
In:
Arthur Branighan (centre), Bob Grant (halfback), Jim Morgan (front row), George Piggins (hooker), Ron Coote (lock)
Changes:
Eric Simms (centre to fullback), John Sattler (front row to second row)

Match Notes

Crowd record for Belmore Sports Ground.

Max Brown & Mike Cleary were sent off for fighting just before halftime.

Col Brown reinjured a knee after 6 mins of play and was replaced by Bruce McKinney, Terry Reynolds replaced Ross Kidd at halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin