Country Carnival 1958

Game 1

St George Dragons 41 def. Newcastle Firsts (AU) 14

Country Carnival 1958
Game 1
St George
Dragons
41
14
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/53747
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 10th May, 1958
Referee Keith Lyons
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 10
St George Scoresheet Newcastle (AU)
Brian GRAHAM 3 T Fred BROWN
Eddie LUMSDEN 2   W OWENS
Kevin BROWN      
Brian CLAY      
Jack FIFIELD      
Geoff WEEKES      
 
Harry BATH 7 G 4 K GEELAN
St George Teams Newcastle (AU)
Brian GRAHAM 1 FB 1 K GEELAN
Eddie LUMSDEN 2 W 2 Frank THRELFO
Geoff WEEKES 3 C 3 John MONRO
Merv LEES 4 C 4 Neil McDONNELL
Brian MESSITER 5 W 5 Lester BATEY
 
Peter CARROLL 6 FE 6 Don SCHOFIELD
Bobby BUGDEN 7 HB 7 John HEMSWORTH
 
Brian CLAY 8 L 8 Gus GRAY
Monty PORTER 9 2R 9 W OWENS
Harry BATH 10 2R 10 Andy McCALLUM
Kevin BROWN 11 FR 11 Fred BROWN (c)
Ken KEARNEY 12 HK 12 J GORDON
Ray BIRKS 13 FR 13 Colin CURRY
 
Jack FIFIELD 14 B    
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Tommy Ryan (wing), Peter Armstrong (hooker), Norm Provan (second row)
In:
Merv Lees (centre), Brian Messiter (wing), Ken Kearney (hooker), Monty Porter (second row)
Changes:
Jack Fifield (centre to bench)

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Country Carnival 1957 - Game 1 vs. St George
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1958 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Alec Perkins (centre), John Chapple (centre), J Wolfe (wing), Rees Duncan (five-eighth), Bob Banks (halfback), Jack Mantle (front row), Harry Gibb (hooker), Rex Elvin (second row), D Howie (lock)
In:
K Geelan (fullback), Frank Threlfo (wing), John Monro (centre), Neil McDonnell (centre), Lester Batey (wing), Don Schofield (five-eighth), John Hemsworth (halfback), Colin Curry (front row), J Gordon (hooker), Andy McCallum (second row), Gus Gray (lock)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson