Round 1
Canterbury Bankstown 18 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 15
| 1971 Wills Cup Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27293 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 20th February, 1971 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Keith Page | |||||||
| Venue | Belmore (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,379 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 5 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Wayne PECKHAM | T | Ian BAKER | ||||||
| Ron RAPER | Kevin JUNEE | |||||||
| Bill MULLINS | ||||||||
| Peter INSKIP | 6 | G | 3 | Allan McKEAN | ||||
| Canterbury | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Peter INSKIP | 14 | FB | 1 | Allan McKEAN | ||||
| Ray STRUDWICK | 2 | W | 2 | Jim PORTER | ||||
| Johnny GREAVES (c) | 3 | C | 3 | John BRASS (c) | ||||
| Johnny RHODES | 4 | C | 4 | Mark HARRIS | ||||
| Alan JAMES | 5 | W | 5 | Bill MULLINS | ||||
| Alan BURWELL | 6 | FE | 6 | John PEARD | ||||
| Les HUTCHINGS | 7 | HB | 7 | Kevin JUNEE | ||||
| Ron RAPER | 8 | L | 8 | Barry REILLY | ||||
| Neville HORNERY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Laurie FREIER | ||||
| Ron COSTELLO | 10 | 2R | 10 | Ian BAKER | ||||
| Bill NOONAN | 11 | FR | 11 | Jim MORGAN | ||||
| Marty DRISCOLL | 12 | HK | 12 | Peter MOSCATT | ||||
| Norm THOMAS | 13 | FR | 13 | Kevin GOLDSPINK | ||||
| Graham TUCKER | 15 | B | 14 | John BALLESTY | ||||
| Ray PAYNE | 16 | B | 15 | Syd WILLIAMS | ||||
| Phil CHARLTON | 17 | B | 16 | John QUAYLE | ||||
| Wayne PECKHAM | 18 | B | 17 | Jim HALL | ||||
| Bob HAGAN | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 2 vs. St George
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1971 Wills Cup - Round 2 vs. North Sydney
Match Notes
Les Johns withdrew from the Canterbury team and was replaced by Peter Inskip.
Laurie Freier suffered a knee injury in the 1st minute of the game and replaced by John Quayle.
Nev Hornery was sent off for a deliberate elbow to the head of John Quayle just after halftime and Jim Hall was sent off 7 minutes from fulltime for punching.
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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