Wills Cup 1973

Game 2

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 14 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 2

Wills Cup 1973
Game 2
Manly Warringah
Sea Eagles
14
2 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27359
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th February, 1973
Kick Off 8:30 PM (local time)
Referee Gary Cook
Venue Brookvale (Sydney)
Crowd 11,289
Manly Scoresheet Western Suburbs
Ian MARTIN T    
Malcolm REILLY      
 
Ray BRANIGHAN 4 G Neville SINCLAIR
 
Fred JONES OFF Shayne DAY
Manly Teams Western Suburbs
Graham EADIE 1 FB 1 Tony FORD
Ken IRVINE 2 W 2 Allan ASHMORE
Ray BRANIGHAN 3 C 3 Stephen KNIGHT
Gary THOROUGHGOOD 15 C 4 Robbie PARKER
Max BROWN 5 W 5 Russell MULLINS
 
Ian MARTIN 6 FE 6 Neville SINCLAIR
Johnny MAYES 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS (c)
 
Malcolm REILLY 8 L 8 John BAKER
Terry RANDALL 9 2R 9 John ELFORD
Bill BRADSTREET 10 2R 10 Barry BRYANT
John O'NEILL 11 FR 11 John O'BRYAN
Fred JONES (c) 12 HK 12 Shayne DAY
Bill HAMILTON 13 FR 13 Jim MURPHY
 
Bill CLARE 14 B 14 Ted WALTON
Steve SYMONDS 16 B    
John PAYNE 17 B    
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Don PARISH
   
 

Team Info

Manly

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Round 3 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Bob Fulton (centre), John Barber (front row), John Bucknall (second row), Max Krilich (bench)
In:
John O'Neill (front row), Bill Bradstreet (second row), Steve Symonds (bench)
Changes:
Gary Thoroughgood (bench to centre)

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Round 3 vs. Balmain
Out:
John Heyward (five-eighth)
In:
Ted Walton (bench)
Changes:
Neville Sinclair (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Bob Fulton withdrew from the Manly team with a leg injury and was replaced by Gary Thoroughgood.

John Heyward was a late withdrawal for Wests and was replaced by Nev Sinclair.

At halftime Manly replaced Ken Irvine with Bill Clare, Bill Bradstreet with John Payne & Johnny Mayes with Steve Symonds.

Jim Murphy left the field in the 20th min with a facial injury and was replaced by Ted Walton.

Fred Jones & Shane Day were sent of 10 mins from fulltime Jones for head butting and Day for punching Jones was suspended for 2 matches & Day 1.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin