Wills Cup 1977

Game 3

Penrith Panthers 8 lost to North Sydney Bears 20

Wills Cup 1977
Game 3
Penrith
Panthers
8
20 North Sydney
Bears
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27515
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 6th March, 1977
Kick Off 4:00 PM (local time)
Referee Greg Hartley (Sydney)
Venue Penrith Park (Sydney)
Crowd 5,421
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 12
Scrums 8 7
Penalties 12 12
Penrith Scoresheet North Sydney
Glenn WEST 2 T 2 Barry WOOD
      Mick HEALEY
      Mal McLACHLAN
 
Jim HINDMARSH G 4 John GRAY
 
Bob O'REILLY OFF John LONG
Penrith Teams North Sydney
Ray BLACKLOCK 1 FB 1 Mal McLACHLAN
Peter NEWSOME 2 W 2 Mick HEALEY
Ross GIGG 3 C 3 Keith HARRIS
Glenn WEST 4 C 4 Gordon WEST
Terry QUINN 5 W 5 Terry ADAMS
 
Zac OLEJARNIK 6 FE 6 Pat CUDMORE
Terry WICKEY 7 HB 7 Barry WOOD
 
Paul MERLO 8 L 8 Rex MURPHY
John KING 9 2R 9 Bruce WALKER
John DYKES 16 2R 10 John LONG
Bob O'REILLY 11 FR 11 Glen BOATSWAIN
Mike STEPHENSON (c) 12 HK 12 John GRAY
Ross CALE 13 FR 13 Bill HAMILTON (c)
 
Jim HINDMARSH 14 B 14 Jeff SHIELD
Jim REYNOLDS 15 B 15 Neville MAKIN
Frank MARINO 17 B    
Tim SHEENS 18 B    
 
Don PARISH   HC   Bill HAMILTON
   
 

Team Info

Penrith

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1977 - Game 2 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 1 vs. St George
Out:
Bill Ashurst (bench)
In:
Glenn West (centre), Tim Sheens (bench)
Changes:
Jim Reynolds (centre to bench), Paul Merlo (second row to lock), John Dykes (lock to second row)

North Sydney

Previous Game:
Wills Cup 1977 - Game 2 vs. Manly
Next Game:
Wills Cup 1977 - Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Jeff Williams (bench), Paul Keogh (bench)
In:
Neville Makin (bench)

Match Notes

This match was originally scheduled to be played Saturday 5 March but due to bad weather was postponed to Sunday 6 March.

Bill Ashurst was selected but had left the country for England and was replaced by John Dykes.

Bob O'Reilly & John Long were sent off for fighting midway through the 2nd half.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin