Round 1
Balmain Tigers 30 def. Eastern Suburbs 13
| City Cup 1959 Round 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27042 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 26th July, 1959 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,667 | |||||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| William BISCHOFF JNR | T | Bruno D'ADAM | ||||||
| Laurie FAGAN | Barry O'CONNELL | |||||||
| Bob MARA | Bill RONEY | |||||||
| Harry RAVEN | ||||||||
| Kevin SMYTH | ||||||||
| Ray SWANSON | ||||||||
| Keith BARNES | 6 | G | 2 | Brian ALLSOP | ||||
| Balmain | Teams | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||
| Keith BARNES (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Barry O'CONNELL | ||||
| Ron MACK | 2 | W | 2 | Brian ALLSOP | ||||
| William BISCHOFF JNR | 3 | C | 3 | Bill RONEY | ||||
| Alan MASON | 4 | C | 4 | Bob LANDERS | ||||
| Bob MARA | 5 | W | 5 | Ray BEAVEN | ||||
| Doug WALTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Billy McNAMARA (c) | ||||
| Laurie FAGAN | 7 | HB | 7 | Bruce RANIER | ||||
| Kevin SMYTH | 8 | L | 8 | Dick SEE | ||||
| Jack SINCLAIR | 9 | 2R | 9 | Jack GIBSON | ||||
| Ray SWANSON | 10 | 2R | 10 | Barry FLETCHER | ||||
| Bill MARSH | 11 | FR | 11 | Ron POTTER | ||||
| Neville WATT | 12 | HK | 12 | Bruno D'ADAM | ||||
| Harry RAVEN | 13 | FR | 13 | Cec MALONEY | ||||
| John O'TOOLE | HC | Dave BROWN | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 18 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- City Cup 1959 - Round 2 vs. Canterbury
No changes.
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 18 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Ken Dawson (front row), Ross Quirk (hooker)
- In:
- Cec Maloney (front row), Bruno D'Adam (hooker)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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