Round 17
Canterbury Bankstown 9 lost to Newtown 19
| NSWRFL 1956 Round 17 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11375 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 4th August, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Darcy Lawler (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Belmore (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,000 | |||||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Jim GARTNER | T | 2 | Laurie McMAHON | |||||
| Kevin CONSIDINE | ||||||||
| Greg ELLIS | ||||||||
| Dick POOLE | ||||||||
| John KELL | 3 | G | 2 | Laurie McMAHON | ||||
| Canterbury | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Bill PETLEY | 33 | FB | 15 | Maurie HALL | ||||
| Jim GARTNER | 10 | W | 4 | Laurie McMAHON | ||||
| Col GEELAN (c) | 8 | C | 5 | Kevin CONSIDINE | ||||
| Cec COOPER | 11 | C | 3 | Dick POOLE (c) | ||||
| Brian ROSE | 18 | W | 28 | Dave PARKIN | ||||
| Ron THORNTON | 22 | FE | 17 | Tony BROWN | ||||
| John KELL | 7 | HB | 7 | Bobby WHITTON | ||||
| Nick EVANS | 6 | L | 8 | Peter RYAN | ||||
| Albert PAUL | 5 | 2R | 14 | Henry HOLLOWAY | ||||
| Jack BOWMAN | 4 | 2R | 52 | Ron HOGAN | ||||
| Jack WILLIAMS | 3 | FR | 13 | Les HAMPSON | ||||
| Fred ANDERSON | 2 | HK | 12 | Greg ELLIS | ||||
| Alan LYNCH | 29 | FR | 11 | Don STAIT | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Dick POOLE | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- Round 16 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 18 vs. Eastern Suburbs
No changes.
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- Round 16 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 18 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Ken Watson (wing), Ron Lovett (wing), Bernie Nevin (five-eighth), Jim Evans (second row)
- In:
- Laurie McMahon (wing), Dave Parkin (wing), Tony Brown (five-eighth), Ron Hogan (second row)
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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