Country Carnival 1955

Game 9

Balmain Tigers 48 def. Coalfields 16

Country Carnival 1955
Game 9
Balmain
Tigers
48
16
Coalfields
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/49512
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 8th May, 1955
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Jack O'Brien
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Balmain Scoresheet Coalfields
George FIFIELD 3 T 2 J McVICAR
Terry McGOVERN 2   Alan GLOVER
Ron BATTYE   K McPHERSON
Ted BONSER      
Kevin HUMPHREYS      
Danny JOHNSTON      
Noel RYAN      
 
Jack FIFIELD 5 G 2 Bill SNEDDON
Neville WATT 3      
George FIFIELD      
Balmain Teams Coalfields
Jack FIFIELD (c) 1 FB 1 D BENTLIN
George FIFIELD 2 W 2 K McPHERSON
Geoff HAWKEY 3 C 3 Neil GIBSON
Ted BONSER 4 C 4 Max BAILEY
Terry McGOVERN 5 W 5 J McVICAR
 
Ron DALEY 6 FE 6 M WALTERS
Brian STAUNTON 7 HB 7 Bill SNEDDON (c)
 
Ron BATTYE 8 L 8 Alan GLOVER
Danny JOHNSTON 9 2R 9 Ray NICHOLSON
Neville WATT 10 2R 10 Doug CHAPPLE
Kevin HUMPHREYS 11 FR 11 Mark PATCH
Don SINCLAIR 12 HK 12 Jack GORDON
Noel RYAN 13 FR 13 Bob HEANEY
 
Norm ROBINSON   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 4 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Ray MacFarlane (fullback), Terry Brogan (front row), Bill Marsh (second row)
In:
George Fifield (wing), Noel Ryan (front row), Danny Johnston (second row)
Changes:
Jack Fifield (centre to fullback), Ted Bonser (wing to centre)

Coalfields

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 32 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1956 - Game 3 vs. Manly
Out:
Dave Parkinson (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Colin De Lore (centre), Lester Batey (wing), R Allsop (five-eighth), Bob Banks (halfback), Fred Brown (front row), Bob Crane (hooker), Jack Mantle (front row), Tom Pitman (second row), Doug Hawke (second row), Gus Gray (lock)
In:
D Bentlin (fullback), K McPherson (wing), Neil Gibson (centre), Max Bailey (centre), J McVicar (wing), M Walters (five-eighth), Bob Heaney (front row), Jack Gordon (hooker), Mark Patch (front row), Doug Chapple (second row), Ray Nicholson (second row), Alan Glover (lock)
Changes:
Bill Sneddon (centre to halfback)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash