Semi Final
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 5 drew with Newtown 5
| 1968 Preseason Cup Semi Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27229 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 20th March, 1968 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Page | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,814 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 23 | |||||
| Manly | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Dennis WARD | T | Tom MELVILLE | ||||||
| Bill BRADSTREET | 0/2 | G | 1/4 | Bob LANIGAN | ||||
| Ken DAY | 0/1 | |||||||
| David KNOX | 0/4 | |||||||
| Dennis WARD | 0/1 | |||||||
| Dennis WARD | FG | |||||||
| Manly | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Ron MURRAY | 1 | FB | 1 | Alan MADDALENA | ||||
| Howard WHITAKER | 2 | W | 2 | Dave COTTER | ||||
| Alec TENNANT | 3 | C | 8 | Frank PUDDICK | ||||
| Gil MacDOUGALL | 4 | C | 4 | Bob KEYES (c) | ||||
| Les HANIGAN | 5 | W | 5 | Bob LANIGAN | ||||
| Robert HARDIE | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob CARNEGIE | ||||
| Dennis WARD | 7 | HB | 7 | Ken HAIMES | ||||
| Bill BRADSTREET | 8 | L | 14 | Victor SPINK | ||||
| David KNOX | 9 | 2R | 9 | John OAKLEY | ||||
| Ken DAY (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Tom MELVILLE | ||||
| Mick VEIVERS | 11 | FR | 11 | Paul CUNEO | ||||
| Tony KELLY | 12 | HK | 12 | Clarrie JEFFREYS | ||||
| John MORGAN | 13 | FR | 13 | John STUART | ||||
| Michael McLEAN | 14 | B | 15 | Peter DAY | ||||
| Rob CAMERON | 15 | B | ||||||
| George HUNTER | HC | Dick POOLE | ||||||
Team Info
Manly
- Previous Game:
- 1968 Preseason Cup - Game 4 vs. Balmain
- Next Game:
- 1968 Preseason Cup - Playoff vs. Parramatta
- Out:
- Bob Batty (fullback), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Frank Stanton (halfback), Bill Hamilton (front row), Tony Antunac (second row), Peter Gallagher (bench), Dennis Abernathy (bench)
- In:
- Ron Murray (fullback), Robert Hardie (five-eighth), Dennis Ward (halfback), John Morgan (front row), David Knox (second row), Michael McLean (bench), Rob Cameron (bench)
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- 1968 Preseason Cup - Game 4 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- 1968 Preseason Cup - Final vs. Penrith
- Out:
- Brian Moore (centre), Alf Harris (front row)
- In:
- John Stuart (front row), Victor Spink (lock), Peter Day (bench)
- Changes:
- Frank Puddick (lock to centre)
Match Notes
Victor Spink was a late replacement for Brian Moore with Frank Puddick moving to centre.
Manly replaced Gil MacDougall & Bill Bradstreet at halftime with Michael McLean & Rob Cameron.
Newtown replaced Victor Spink at halftime with Peter Day.
Scores were 5 all at fulltime 10 mins each way extra time was played with no further score. The decision on which team was going to progress to the final was made the following morning on a toss of a coin by NSWRFL assistant secretary Ken McCaffrey the coin fell on "tails" for Newtown to go into the final.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash

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