Round 1
Canterbury Bankstown 10 lost to Western Suburbs Magpies 29
| 1956 NSWRFL Round 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11294 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 2nd April, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Darcy Lawler (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Belmore (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 16 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 21 | – | 18 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| T | 2 | Kel O'SHEA | ||||||
| Ernie HILLS | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Ian JOHNSTON | ||||||||
| John KELL | 5 | G | 7 | George BAIN | ||||
| Canterbury | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Fred DUNN | 13 | FB | 1 | George BAIN | ||||
| Eric GILLIGAN | 12 | W | 2 | Cliff SMAILLES | ||||
| Cec COOPER | 11 | C | 3 | Harry WELLS (c) | ||||
| Jim GARTNER | 10 | C | 4 | Ian JOHNSTON | ||||
| Roy FREEBODY | 9 | W | 5 | Ernie HILLS | ||||
| Col GEELAN (c) | 8 | FE | 6 | Darcy HENRY | ||||
| John KELL | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN | ||||
| Les McDERMOTT | 24 | L | 8 | Don MEEHAN | ||||
| Albert PAUL | 5 | 2R | 9 | Kel O'SHEA | ||||
| Jack BOWMAN | 4 | 2R | 10 | Neville CHARLTON | ||||
| Jack WILLIAMS | 3 | FR | 11 | Mark PATCH | ||||
| Fred ANDERSON | 2 | HK | 12 | Bede GOFF | ||||
| Kev O'CALLAGHAN | 1 | FR | 13 | Ron WATSON | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Jack WALSH | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. Balmain
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. North Sydney
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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