Game 1
St George Dragons 42 def. Newcastle Firsts (AU) 23
| 1957 Country Carnival Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/51987 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 11th May, 1957 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Darcy Lawler (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 19,142 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 9 | – | 21 | |||||
| Scrums | 17 | – | 16 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 10 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Newcastle (AU) | ||||||
| Harry BATH | T | John CHAPPLE | ||||||
| Bobby BUGDEN | Rees DUNCAN | |||||||
| Peter CARROLL | Ivan WOLFE | |||||||
| Jack FIFIELD | ||||||||
| Eddie LUMSDEN | ||||||||
| Harry MELVILLE | ||||||||
| Norm PROVAN | ||||||||
| Geoff WEEKES | ||||||||
| Harry BATH | 6/9 | G | 7/9 | Don HOWIE | ||||
| Doug FLEMING | 3 | |||||||
| St George | Teams | Newcastle (AU) | ||||||
| Doug FLEMING | 13 | FB | 1 | Johnny SLADE | ||||
| Eddie LUMSDEN | 25 | W | 2 | Don ADAMS | ||||
| Geoff WEEKES | 22 | C | 3 | Alec PERKINS | ||||
| Jack FIFIELD | 23 | C | 4 | John CHAPPLE | ||||
| Tommy RYAN | 11 | W | 5 | Ivan WOLFE | ||||
| Peter CARROLL | 8 | FE | 6 | Rees DUNCAN | ||||
| Bobby BUGDEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Brian CLAY | 6 | L | 8 | Don HOWIE | ||||
| Norm PROVAN | 5 | 2R | 9 | Bill OWENS | ||||
| Harry MELVILLE | 4 | 2R | 10 | Rex ELVIN | ||||
| Kevin BROWN | 1 | FR | 11 | Fred BROWN (c) | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY (c) | 2 | HK | 12 | Harry GIBB | ||||
| Harry BATH | 3 | FR | 13 | Jack MANTLE | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY | HC | |||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 5 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Eastern Suburbs
No changes.
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
- Previous Game:
- 1956 Maori Tour - Game 7 vs. NZ Maori
- Next Game:
- 1958 Country Carnival - Game 1 vs. St George
- Out:
- Russ Naughton (fullback), Neil McDonnell (centre), Hugh Banks (centre), Brian Carlson (wing), Warren Foley (five-eighth), Bob Scott-Murray (halfback), Cecil Bull (front row), Norm Crosdale (hooker), T Shepherd (front row), Don Schofield (second row), Bill Smith (lock)
- In:
- Johnny Slade (fullback), Alec Perkins (centre), John Chapple (centre), Ivan Wolfe (wing), Rees Duncan (five-eighth), Bob Banks (halfback), Jack Mantle (front row), Harry Gibb (hooker), Fred Brown (front row), Rex Elvin (second row), Don Howie (lock)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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