City vs Country 1988

NSW City Origin 20 def. NSW Country Origin 18

Match Info

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17257
Date
Wednesday, 11th May, 1988
Status
Completed
Referee
Eddie Ward
Venue
Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney)
Crowd
11,965
Official Player of the Match
David Trewhella

Team Info

NSW City Origin

Previous Game:
City vs Country 1987 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country
Next Game:
City vs Country 1989 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country
Out:
Brett Kenny (centre), Eric Grothe (wing), Pat Jarvis (front row), Paul Sironen (second row), Paul Langmack (lock)
In:
Phil Blake (wing), Andrew Ettingshausen (wing), Cliff Lyons (five-eighth), Ian Roberts (front row), Greg Alexander (bench), Phil Daley (bench)
Changes:
Michael O'Connor (wing to centre), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to lock), Steve Folkes (bench to second row)

NSW Country Origin

Previous Game:
City vs Country 1987 - Game 1 vs. NSW City
Next Game:
City vs Country 1989 - Game 1 vs. NSW City
Out:
Garry Jack (fullback), John Allanson (wing), Chris Mortimer (centre), Mark Laurie (five-eighth), David Boyle (front row), Mal Cochrane (hooker), Noel Cleal (second row), Ron Gibbs (lock)
In:
John Dorahy (fullback), John Ferguson (wing), Laurie Daley (centre), Chris O'Sullivan (five-eighth), Royce Simmons (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Dunn (second row), David Trewhella (lock), Paul Upfield (bench), Ashley Gilbert (bench)

NSW City Origin 		20 – 18
NSW Country Origin

Match Stats

Halftime Score 8 – 16
Scrums 8 – 9
Penalties 5 – 12

Match Scoresheet

Terry LAMB 2 T John FERGUSON
Jonathan DOCKING      
Michael O'CONNOR      
 
Michael O'CONNOR 2/4 G 7/7 John DORAHY
 
    BIN Peter KELLY

Teams

Jonathan DOCKING
[Cronulla]
 1 FB 1 John DORAHY
[North Sydney]
Phil BLAKE
[Souths]
 2 W 2 John FERGUSON
[Canberra]
Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly]
 3 C 3 Laurie DALEY
[Canberra]
Mark McGAW
[Cronulla]
 4 C 4 Andrew FARRAR
[Canterbury]
Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN
[Cronulla]
 5 W 5 Brian JOHNSTON
[St George]
 
Cliff LYONS
[Manly]
 6 FE 6 Chris O'SULLIVAN
[Canberra]
Des HASLER
[Manly]
 7 HB 7 Peter STERLING (c)
[Parramatta]
 
Terry LAMB
[Canterbury]
 8 L 8 David TREWHELLA
[Eastern Suburbs]
Wayne PEARCE (c)
[Balmain]
 9 2R 9 Les DAVIDSON
[Souths]
Steve FOLKES
[Canterbury]
 10 2R 10 Paul DUNN
[Canterbury]
Peter TUNKS
[Canterbury/Leeds]
 11 FR 11 Steve ROACH
[Balmain]
Ben ELIAS
[Balmain]
 12 HK 12 Royce SIMMONS
[Penrith]
Ian ROBERTS
[Souths]
 13 FR 13 Peter KELLY
[Penrith]
 
Greg ALEXANDER
[Penrith]
 14 B 14 Paul UPFIELD
[Illawarra]
Phil DALEY
[Manly]
 15 B 15 Ashley GILBERT
[Canberra]
 
John PEARD   COACH   Warren RYAN

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

 
 

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson