Wills Cup 1973

Final

Newtown Jets 17 def. St George Dragons 15

Wills Cup 1973
Final
Newtown
Jets
17
15 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27379
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 17th March, 1973
Kick Off 8:45 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 13,180
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 15
Newtown Scoresheet St George
Tom MELVILLE T Lindsay DRAKE
Brian MOORE   Ted GOODWIN
Mark ROBERTSON   Graeme LANGLANDS
 
Ken WILSON 4 G 2 Graeme LANGLANDS
      Ted GOODWIN
Newtown Teams St George
Barry COX 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
Mark COHEN 19 W 18 Geoff CARR
Dave OLIVERI 3 C 3 Bob CLAPHAM
John BONHAM 4 C 2 Ted GOODWIN
John BRADSTOCK 5 W 5 John CHAPMAN
 
Ken WILSON 6 FE 6 Tony BRANSON
Des O'CONNOR (c) 7 HB 7 Mark SHULMAN
 
Neil PRINGLE 8 L 8 Lindsay DRAKE
Gary SULLIVAN 9 2R 9 Peter FITZGERALD
Peter PARRY 16 2R 19 Rod REDDY
Tom MELVILLE 11 FR 11 Inosi TOGA
Mark ROBERTSON 12 HK 16 Col RASMUSSEN
Dennis GARDINER 13 FR 13 Harry EDEN
 
Brian MOORE 17 B 18 John PEARD
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Graeme LANGLANDS
   
 

Team Info

Newtown

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Semi Final vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Lionel Williamson (wing), Paul Dawson (second row)
In:
Mark Cohen (wing), Peter Parry (second row)

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1973 - Semi Final vs. Manly
Next Game:
Game 1 vs. Balmain
Out:
Roy Ferguson (centre), Gary Pethybridge (centre), Brian Norton (front row), Russell Cox (hooker), Barry Beath (second row), Steve Edge (bench)
In:
Geoff Carr (wing), Bob Clapham (centre), Harry Eden (front row), Col Rasmussen (hooker), John Peard (bench)
Changes:
Ted Goodwin (wing to centre), Rod Reddy (lock to second row), Lindsay Drake (bench to lock)

Match Notes

Newtown lost captain Lionel Williamson & Paul Dawson before the game they were replaced by Mark Cohen & Peter Parry with Des O'Connor taking over the captaincy.

St.George lost Gary Pethybridge, Barry Beath & Russell Cox on Friday they were replaced by Geoff Carr, Rod Reddy & Col Rasmussen.

Brian Moore replaced Dave Oliveri at halftime.

John Peard replaced Lindsay Drake at halftime with Tony Branson moving to lock.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin