Wills Cup 1974

Game 2

St George Dragons 5 lost to Eastern Suburbs Roosters 11

Wills Cup 1974
Game 2
St George
Dragons
5
11 Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27390
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 3rd March, 1974
Kick Off 4:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue Kogarah (Sydney)
Crowd 10,113
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 6
Scrums 15 8
St George Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Barry HULBERT T Bill MULLINS
 
Morrie HUTCHINSON G 4 John BRASS
St George Teams Eastern Suburbs
Morrie HUTCHINSON 21 FB 1 Allan McKEAN
Kevin MacFARLANE 2 W 2 Bruce PICKETT
Robert FINCH 3 C 3 John BRASS
Roy FERGUSON 4 C 1 Jim PORTER
John CHAPMAN 5 W 5 Bill MULLINS
 
Barry HULBERT (c) 6 FE 6 John PEARD (c)
Brian SMITH 7 HB 7 Johnny MAYES
 
Graeme SAMS 8 L 10 Pat KELLY
Peter FITZGERALD 9 2R 9 Laurie FREIER
Lindsay DRAKE 10 2R 22 Graham OLLING
Gary SOUTER 11 FR 11 Arthur BEETSON
Steve EDGE 31 HK 12 Elwyn WALTERS
Russell COX 13 FR 24 Mick SOUTER
 
Brian NORTON 14 B 20 Greg McCARTHY
Bruce STARKEY 15 B 26 Ian BAKER
Paul MILLS 16 B 33 Kevin STEVENS
Dennis CORRIGAN 17 B    
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   Jack GIBSON
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Game 1 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Round 3 vs. Cronulla
Out:
Ted Goodwin (fullback), Gary Pethybridge (centre), Billy Smith (halfback), Col Rasmussen (hooker), Barry Beath (front row), Rod Reddy (second row)
In:
Morrie Hutchinson (fullback), Steve Edge (hooker), Lindsay Drake (second row), Bruce Starkey (bench), Paul Mills (bench), Dennis Corrigan (bench)
Changes:
Brian Norton (front row to bench), Brian Smith (bench to halfback), Robert Finch (bench to centre), Russell Cox (bench to front row), Gary Souter (bench to front row)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Game 1 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Round 3 vs. Newtown
Out:
John Armstrong (front row), Greg Bandiera (lock), Russell Fairfax (bench)
In:
Greg McCarthy (bench), Kevin Stevens (bench)
Changes:
Pat Kelly (second row to lock), Graham Olling (bench to second row), Mick Souter (bench to front row)

Match Notes

St.George lost Col Rasmussen during the week and he was replaced by Steve Edge, Ted Goodwin withdrew the morning of the match due to skin rash and was replaced by Morrie Hutchinson.

Harry Cameron again dropped out of the Easts team with Jim Porter moving to centre and Allan McKean the new fullback, Ron Coote also withdrew with Pat Kelly moving to lock and Graham Olling into the 2nd row. Mick Souter replaced John Armstrong who also withdrew.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin