Round 17
St George Dragons 23 def. Balmain Tigers 9
| NSWRFL 1956 Round 17 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11377 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 4th August, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 22,382 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 13 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 17 | – | 19 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 15 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| Doug FLEMING | T | Terry McGOVERN | ||||||
| Ross KITE | ||||||||
| Harry MELVILLE | ||||||||
| Kevin O'BRIEN | ||||||||
| Tommy RYAN | ||||||||
| Doug FLEMING | 4/8 | G | 3/4 | Keith BARNES | ||||
| St George | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Doug FLEMING | 1 | FB | 1 | Keith BARNES | ||||
| Ross KITE | 2 | W | 15 | Arthur LORIMER | ||||
| Geoff WEEKES | 17 | C | 3 | Geoff HAWKEY | ||||
| Kevin O'BRIEN | 4 | C | 5 | Kevin MOSMAN | ||||
| Tommy RYAN | 5 | W | 4 | Terry McGOVERN | ||||
| Peter CARROLL | 6 | FE | 19 | Alan MASON | ||||
| Bobby BUGDEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Brian STAUNTON (c) | ||||
| Billy WILSON | 10 | L | 8 | Gus GRAY | ||||
| Norm PROVAN | 9 | 2R | 9 | Ron POTTER | ||||
| Harry MELVILLE | 26 | 2R | 10 | Ron MOSES | ||||
| Kevin BROWN | 13 | FR | 11 | Bob HEANEY | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY (c) | 12 | HK | 12 | Neville WATT | ||||
| Bryan ORROCK | 11 | FR | 13 | Jack MOON | ||||
| Norm TIPPING | HC | Norm ROBINSON | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 16 vs. Western Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Round 18 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Peter Provan (lock)
- In:
- Billy Wilson (lock)
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 16 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 18 vs. Manly
- Out:
- Les Gelfius (wing), Kevin Humphreys (front row)
- In:
- Terry McGovern (wing), Jack Moon (front row)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash

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