NSWRFL 1963

Grand Final

St George Dragons 8 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 3

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/12051
Date
Saturday, 24th August, 1963
Status
Completed
Referee
Darcy Lawler
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney)
Crowd
69,860
St George
Dragons 		8 – 3 Western Suburbs
Magpies

Match Stats

Halftime Score 5 – 0

Match Scoresheet

George EVANS T Gil MacDOUGALL
Johnny KING      
 
Reg GASNIER G    

Teams

Graeme LANGLANDS 1 FB 1 Don PARISH
Eddie LUMSDEN 2 W 2 John MOWBRAY
Reg GASNIER 3 C 3 Bob McGUINNESS
Billy SMITH 4 C 4 Gil MacDOUGALL
Johnny KING 5 W 5 Peter DIMOND
 
Bruce POLLARD 6 FE 6 Arthur SUMMONS
George EVANS 7 HB 7 Don MALONE
 
John RAPER 8 L 8 Kevin SMYTH
Elton RASMUSSEN 9 2R 9 John HAYES
Norm PROVAN 10 2R 10 Kel O'SHEA
Kevin RYAN 11 FR 11 Denis MEANEY
Ian WALSH 12 HK 12 Noel KELLY
Monty PORTER 13 FR 13 Jack GIBSON
 
Norm PROVAN   COACH   Jack FITZGERALD

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

 
 

Match Notes

Referee Darcy Lawler was surrounded in controversy following this match. St George's Johnny King was claimed by Wests players to be held before getting to his feet again and scoring a crucial try. Wests' Jack Gibson even went on to claim in later years that Lawler stood to earn £600 if St. George won.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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