Round 1
Balmain Tigers 18 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 17
| 1979 Craven Mild Cup Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27597 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 24th February, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 4:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don MacDonald | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,820 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 11 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Larry COROWA | 2 | T | Bruce GIBBS | |||||
| Dennis BENDALL | Tom RAUDONIKIS | |||||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | Wayne SMITH | |||||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | 3 | G | 4 | Peter DUGGAN | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | OFF | Les BOYD | ||||||
| Balmain | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Allan McMAHON | 1 | FB | 1 | Wayne SMITH | ||||
| Wayne MIRANDA | 2 | W | 2 | Ian HAMILTON | ||||
| Dennis BENDALL | 3 | C | 3 | Ron GITEAU | ||||
| Wayne WIGHAM | 4 | C | 14 | Ron BRODRICK | ||||
| Larry COROWA | 5 | W | 15 | Peter DUGGAN | ||||
| Percy KNIGHT | 6 | FE | 6 | Peter LEMA | ||||
| Greg OLIPHANT (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) | ||||
| Neil PRINGLE | 8 | L | 8 | Graeme O'GRADY | ||||
| Steve LAVERS | 9 | 2R | 9 | Trevor REARDON | ||||
| Mick LIUBINSKAS | 10 | 2R | 10 | Les BOYD | ||||
| Geoff NAYLOR | 11 | FR | 11 | John DONNELLY | ||||
| Noel MAYBURY | 12 | HK | 12 | Ray BROWN | ||||
| David GRANT | 13 | FR | 13 | Bruce GIBBS | ||||
| Peter NINNESS | 14 | B | ||||||
| Les MARA | 15 | B | ||||||
| Gary SPEARS | 16 | B | ||||||
| Guy TULLY | 17 | B | ||||||
| Ron WILLEY | HC | Roy MASTERS | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1979 Craven Mild Cup - Round 2 vs. Parramatta
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1979 Craven Mild Cup - Round 2 vs. Penrith
Match Notes
John Dorahy was in dispute with Wests management over his contract terms and did not play & Don Moseley was a late withdrawal their places were taken by Ron Broderick & Peter Duggan.
Neil Pringle & Les Boyd were sent off for fighting in the 29th minute.
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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