Wills Cup 1973

Game 2

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 26 def. Penrith Panthers 6

Wills Cup 1973
Game 2
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks		 26
–
6 Penrith
Panthers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27361
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th February, 1973
Kick Off 4:00 PM (local time)
Referee Don MacDonald
Venue Endeavour (Sydney)
Crowd 12,659
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 3
Cronulla Scoresheet Penrith
Ray CORCORAN 2 T Norm GILLIGAN
Tommy BISHOP   John MORAN
Grahame BOWEN      
Greg PIERCE      
Ron TURNER      
Chris WELLMAN      
 
Steve ROGERS 2 G    
 
Tommy BISHOP FG    
 
    OFF Terry GEARY
Cronulla Teams Penrith
Chris WELLMAN 1 FB 1 Wayne MOORE
Ray CORCORAN 2 W 2 John MORAN
Steve ROGERS 3 C 3 Norm GILLIGAN
Paul TAYLOR 4 C 4 Zac OLEJARNIK
Bob WEAR 5 W 5 Ross GANNON
 
Kevin HOGAN 6 FE 6 Grahame MORAN
Tommy BISHOP (c) 7 HB 7 Noel SING
 
Maurie RAPER 8 L 8 Ian McKECHNIE
Greg PIERCE 9 2R 9 Gary HARVEY
Ken MADDISON 10 2R 10 Ron LYNCH (c)
Greg ALLEN 11 FR 11 Terry GEARY
Ron TURNER 12 HK 12 Doug BAYLY
Grahame BOWEN 13 FR 13 Tim SHEENS
 
Fred PAGANO 14 B 14 John WILSON
Fred DENNEHY 15 B 15 Reg WALTON
Gary STEWART 16 B    
 
Tommy BISHOP   HC   Bob BOLAND
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Round 3 vs. Manly
Out:
Steve Edmonds (fullback), Cliff Watson (front row), John Maguire (second row)
In:
Greg Pierce (second row), Fred Pagano (bench), Gary Stewart (bench)
Changes:
Greg Allen (bench to front row), Chris Wellman (bench to fullback)

Penrith

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Game 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Round 3 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Alan Wingate (hooker), Dennis Tutty (second row), Wayne Melville (lock)
In:
Doug Bayly (hooker), Reg Walton (bench)
Changes:
Grahame Moran (centre to five-eighth), Zac Olejarnik (five-eighth to centre), Gary Harvey (bench to second row), Ian McKechnie (bench to lock)

Match Notes

Terry Geary was sent off for punching early in the 1st half.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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