Game 4
Queensland Firsts 11 lost to New South Wales Firsts 29
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17445 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 29th June, 1968 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,153 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 15 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 17 | – | 9 | |||||
| QLD Firsts | Scoresheet | NSW Firsts | ||||||
| Ron CHAPMAN | T | 2 | Bob FULTON | |||||
| Arthur BEETSON | ||||||||
| Kevin JUNEE | ||||||||
| Dick THORNETT | ||||||||
| Peter LOBEGEIGER | 4/7 | G | 6 | Eric SIMMS | ||||
| FG | Eric SIMMS | |||||||
| QLD Firsts | Teams | NSW Firsts | ||||||
| Peter LOBEGEIGER | 1 | FB | 1 | Eric SIMMS [South Sydney] |
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| Bruce COLES | 2 | W | 2 | Johnny RHODES [Canterbury] |
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| John McDONALD (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] |
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| Barry DOWLING | 4 | C | 4 | Ron SADDLER [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Ron CHAPMAN | 5 | W | 5 | George RUEBNER [Balmain] |
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| Eric GELLING | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON [Manly] |
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| Col REYNOLDS | 7 | HB | 7 | Kevin JUNEE [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Col WEISS | 8 | L | 8 | John RAPER (c) [St George] |
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| Geoff CONNELL | 9 | 2R | 9 | Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] |
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| Ian MASSIE | 10 | 2R | 10 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] |
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| Dennis MANTEIT | 11 | FR | 11 | Arthur BEETSON [Balmain] |
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| Brian FITZSIMMONS | 12 | HK | 12 | Fred JONES [Manly] |
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| Peter HALL | 13 | FR | 13 | John WITTENBERG [St George] |
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| Gary PEARSON | 15 | B | ||||||
| Des CROW | HC | Harry BATH | ||||||
Team Info
Queensland Firsts
- Previous Game:
- Interstate Series 1968 - Game 3 vs. NSW Firsts
- Next Game:
- Interstate Series 1969 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
- Out:
- Kevin Martin (wing), Barry Gills (centre)
- In:
- Ron Chapman (wing), Dennis Manteit (front row)
- Changes:
- Gary Pearson (front row to bench), Barry Dowling (bench to centre)
New South Wales Firsts
- Previous Game:
- Interstate Series 1968 - Game 3 vs. QLD Firsts
- Next Game:
- Interstate Series 1969 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
- Out:
- Don Pascoe (wing), Brian James (wing), Tony Branson (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Allan Thomson (second row), Allan Fitzgibbon (lock)
- In:
- Eric Simms (fullback), Ron Saddler (centre), Bob Fulton (five-eighth), Kevin Junee (halfback), John Raper (lock)
- Changes:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback to centre), Johnny Rhodes (centre to wing), George Ruebner (centre to wing), Elton Rasmussen (bench to second row)
Match Notes
Jeff Marshall, Barry Dowling & Mick Retchless were non-playing reserves for Qld.
Tony Branson & Allan Thomson were non-playing reserves for NSW.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash

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