Wills Cup 1974

Semi Final

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 20 def. Parramatta Eels 0

Wills Cup 1974
Semi Final
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
20
0 Parramatta
Eels
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27406
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 20th March, 1974
Kick Off 7:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Belmore (Sydney)
Crowd 11,586
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 0
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Parramatta
Bill MULLINS 2 T    
Jim PORTER 2      
 
John BRASS 4 G    
Eastern Suburbs Teams Parramatta
Russell FAIRFAX 1 FB 1 Garry THOMAS
Bruce PICKETT 2 W 2 John MORAN
John BRASS 3 C 3 Kevin HOGAN
Jim PORTER 4 C 4 Mark COHEN
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 Mal McMARTIN
 
John PEARD 14 FE 6 Denis PITTARD
Kevin STEVENS 6 HB 7 John KOLC
 
Ron COOTE 9 L 8 John QUAYLE
Pat KELLY 8 2R 16 John PAYNE
Greg BANDIERA 15 2R 10 Denis FITZGERALD
Arthur BEETSON (c) 11 FR 11 Keith CAMPBELL
Elwyn WALTERS 12 HK 12 John McMARTIN
Mick SOUTER 13 FR 13 Bob O'REILLY (c)
 
Mark HARRIS 14 B    
Les HAYES 15 B    
Keith PEIME 16 B    
Ian BAKER 17 B    
 
Jack GIBSON   HC   Dave BOLTON
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Game 4 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Final vs. Souths
Out:
Johnny Mayes (halfback), Graham Olling (second row), Ian Mackay (bench)
In:
Greg Bandiera (second row), Mark Harris (bench), Keith Peime (bench)
Changes:
Kevin Stevens (five-eighth to halfback), Ron Coote (second row to lock), Pat Kelly (lock to second row), John Peard (bench to five-eighth)

Parramatta

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Game 4 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1974 - Playoff vs. Cronulla
Out:
Mick Bellew (fullback), Ron Graham (wing), John Baker (second row), Geoff Gerard (lock)
In:
Denis Pittard (five-eighth), John Quayle (lock)
Changes:
Garry Thomas (centre to fullback), Kevin Hogan (five-eighth to centre), Denis Fitzgerald (bench to second row), Mal McMartin (bench to wing)

Match Notes

Easts lost Johnny Mayes & Graham Olling with injury and were replaced by John Peard with Kevin Stevens moving to half & Greg Bandiera.

John Baker withdrew from the Parramatta and was replaced by John Payne.

Mark Harris replaced Ron Coote at halftime with Jim Porter moving to lock with Harris to the centre.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin