Wills Cup 1972

Game 2

Canterbury Bankstown 7 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 4

Wills Cup 1972
Game 2

Canterbury Bankstown
7
4 Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27334
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 26th February, 1972
Kick Off 8:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don MacDonald
Venue Belmore (Sydney)
Crowd 9,302
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 2
Canterbury Scoresheet Cronulla
Terry MURPHY T    
 
Greg PURCELL G Barry ANDREWS
Ron RAPER   Greg PIERCE
Canterbury Teams Cronulla
Garry DOWLING 1 FB 1 Greg PIERCE
Johnny RHODES 2 W 2 Ray CORCORAN
Johnny GREAVES (c) 3 C 3 Eric ARCHER
Geoff FOSTER 4 C 4 Paul TAYLOR
Ray STRUDWICK 5 W 5 Peter O'BRIEN
 
Les EWING 17 FE 6 Kevin HOGAN (c)
Les HUTCHINGS 7 HB 7 Fred DENNEHY
 
Mick TRYPAS 8 L 8 Rod URQUHART
Ron RAPER 14 2R 9 Ken MADDISON
Ron COSTELLO 10 2R 10 Dave COOPER
Bill NOONAN 11 FR 11 Alan KENNINGTON
Greg PURCELL 12 HK 12 Ron TURNER
Ray PAYNE 13 FR 13 Denis BEEBY
 
Terry MURPHY 15 B 14 Cliff WATSON
Alwyn WALTERS 16 B 15 Barry ANDREWS
Bernie LOWTHER 18 B    
Henry TATANA 19 B    
 
Bob HAGAN   HC   Peter ARMSTRONG
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Game 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Round 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Alan Burwell (five-eighth), Dennis Manteit (front row), Graham Herring (second row)
In:
Les Ewing (five-eighth), Ray Payne (front row), Ron Raper (second row), Alwyn Walters (bench), Bernie Lowther (bench), Henry Tatana (bench)

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Game 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1972 - Round 3 vs. Manly
Out:
Chris Wellman (fullback), Bob Wear (centre), Dave Cotter (wing), Denis Stapleton (front row), Maurie Raper (lock), John Maguire (bench)
In:
Peter O'Brien (wing), Denis Beeby (front row), Alan Kennington (front row), Rod Urquhart (lock)
Changes:
Cliff Watson (front row to bench), Greg Pierce (bench to fullback), Paul Taylor (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Canterbury lost Alan Burwell & Graham Herring they were replaced by Les Ewing & Ron Raper.

Cliff Watson replaced Alan Kennington just before halftime.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin