Wills Cup 1973

Game 2

St George Dragons 22 def. Eastern Suburbs Roosters 2

Wills Cup 1973
Game 2
St George
Dragons
22
2 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27360
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th February, 1973
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Endeavour (Sydney)
Crowd 12,659
St George Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Gary PETHYBRIDGE 2 T    
Tony BRANSON      
Russell COX      
Graeme LANGLANDS      
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 3 G Allan McKEAN
 
Billy SMITH FG    
St George Teams Eastern Suburbs
Graeme LANGLANDS (c) 1 FB 1 Allan McKEAN
Ted GOODWIN 2 W 2 Mick ALCHIN
Gary PETHYBRIDGE 3 C 3 Harry CAMERON
Bob CLAPHAM 4 C 4 Mark HARRIS
John CHAPMAN 5 W 5 Bill MULLINS
 
Tony BRANSON 6 FE 6 John BRASS
Billy SMITH 7 HB 7 Kevin JUNEE
 
Graeme SAMS 8 L 8 Ron COOTE (c)
Peter FITZGERALD 9 2R 9 Laurie FREIER
Rod REDDY 10 2R 22 Ric McCARTHY
Inosi TOGA 11 FR 11 Arthur BEETSON
Col RASMUSSEN 12 HK 25 Kel BROWN
Brian NORTON 13 FR 13 John ARMSTRONG
 
Russell COX 14 B 14 Steve BULLOW
Lindsay DRAKE 15 B 15 Kerry COLLIEN
Barry BEATH 16 B 16 Terry STEVENS
Ken BATTY 17 B 17 Ian BAKER
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   Tony PASKINS
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 3 vs. Souths
Out:
Kevin MacFarlane (wing), Roy Ferguson (centre)
In:
Barry Beath (bench), Ken Batty (bench)
Changes:
Russell Cox (hooker to bench), Gary Pethybridge (bench to centre), Col Rasmussen (bench to hooker), Ted Goodwin (bench to wing)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 3 vs. North Sydney
Out:
Eric Ferguson (fullback), Peter Moscatt (hooker), Greg Bandiera (second row), P Lewis (bench), Les Hayes (bench), Graham Olling (bench)
In:
Allan McKean (fullback), Ric McCarthy (second row), Steve Bullow (bench), Kerry Collien (bench), Terry Stevens (bench), Ian Baker (bench)
Changes:
Kel Brown (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

This match was scheduled to be played on Saturday at 8:30pm at Redfern Oval but an industrial dispute by worker at South Sydney Council meant the venue could not be used and it was transferred to Endeavour Field on Sunday at 2pm.

Easts lost Greg Bandiera & Peter Moscatt with the flu on Thursday night and they were replaced by Ric McCarthy & Kel Brown.

Lindsay Drake replaced Graeme Sams in the 1st half due to a leg injury, at halftime Russell Cox replaced Col Rusmussen, & Barry Beath replaced Inosi Toga then 10 minutes from fulltime Ken Batty replaced Gary Pethybridge.

Arthur Beetson suffered a badly cut head in the 1st half and was replaced by Steve Bullow , at halftime Kerry Collien replaced Mick Alchin and late in the game Terry Stevens replaced John Brass.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin