Round 1
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 8 def. Balmain Tigers 7
| 1970 Wills Cup Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27263 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 21st February, 1970 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Holman (Melbourne) | |||||||
| Venue | Redfern (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,816 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 15 | – | 9 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| John BRASS | T | George RUEBNER | ||||||
| Kevin JUNEE | ||||||||
| Allan McKEAN | G | Len KILLEEN | ||||||
| Syd WILLIAMS | ||||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Allan McKEAN | 1 | FB | 1 | Bob SMITHIES | ||||
| Bill MULLINS | 2 | W | 2 | George RUEBNER | ||||
| John BRASS (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Terry PARKER | ||||
| Ron SADDLER | 4 | C | 4 | Allan FITZGIBBON | ||||
| Alan CARDY | 5 | W | 5 | Len KILLEEN | ||||
| John PEARD | 6 | FE | 6 | Keith OUTTEN | ||||
| Kevin JUNEE | 7 | HB | 7 | Dave BOLTON (c) | ||||
| Harry EDEN | 8 | L | 8 | Greg FRYER | ||||
| Bert ZARA | 9 | 2R | 9 | Joe WALSH | ||||
| Graham MAYHEW | 10 | 2R | 10 | Geoff CONNELL | ||||
| Jim HALL | 11 | FR | 11 | Barry McTAGGART | ||||
| Bill SCHULTZ | 12 | HK | 12 | Peter BOULTON | ||||
| John WALKER | 13 | FR | 13 | Garry LEO | ||||
| Jim PORTER | 14 | B | 14 | Syd WILLIAMS | ||||
| John BALLESTY | 15 | B | 15 | Hal BROWNE | ||||
| Ian BAKER | 16 | B | 16 | Arthur BEETSON | ||||
| B | 17 | Olaf PRATTL | ||||||
| Don FURNER | HC | Leo NOSWORTHY | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Round 2 vs. Manly
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1970 Wills Cup - Round 2 vs. Canterbury
Match Notes
Graham Mayhew left the field injured after 17 mins and was replaced by Ian Baker.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash

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