Round 2
St George Dragons 5 lost to Eastern Suburbs Roosters 11
| 1974 Wills Cup Round 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27390 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 3rd March, 1974 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 4:00pm (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:
- 1974 Wills Cup - Game 1 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- 1974 Wills Cup - 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:
- 1974 Wills Cup - Game 1 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- 1974 Wills Cup - 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.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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