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Country Carnival 1957

Game 1

St George Dragons 42 def. Newcastle Firsts (AU) 23

Country Carnival 1957
Game 1
St George
Dragons		 42
–
23
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/51987
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 11th May, 1957
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee Darcy Lawler (Sydney)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 19,142
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 – 21
Scrums 17 – 16
Penalties 14 – 10
St George Scoresheet Newcastle (AU)
Harry BATH T John CHAPPLE
Bobby BUGDEN   Rees DUNCAN
Peter CARROLL   Ivan WOLFE
Jack FIFIELD      
Eddie LUMSDEN      
Harry MELVILLE      
Norm PROVAN      
Geoff WEEKES      
 
Harry BATH 6/9 G 7/9 Don HOWIE
Doug FLEMING 3      
St George Teams Newcastle (AU)
Doug FLEMING 13 FB 1 Johnny SLADE
Eddie LUMSDEN 25 W 2 Don ADAMS
Geoff WEEKES 22 C 3 Alec PERKINS
Jack FIFIELD 23 C 4 John CHAPPLE
Tommy RYAN 11 W 5 Ivan WOLFE
 
Peter CARROLL 8 FE 6 Rees DUNCAN
Bobby BUGDEN 7 HB 7 Bob BANKS
 
Brian CLAY 6 L 8 Don HOWIE
Norm PROVAN 5 2R 9 Bill OWENS
Harry MELVILLE 4 2R 10 Rex ELVIN
Kevin BROWN 1 FR 11 Fred BROWN (c)
Ken KEARNEY (c) 2 HK 12 Harry GIBB
Harry BATH 3 FR 13 Jack MANTLE
 
Ken KEARNEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

St George

Previous Game:
Round 5 vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Round 6 vs. Eastern Suburbs

No changes.

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Maori Tour 1956 - Game 7 vs. NZ Maori
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1958 - Game 1 vs. St George
Out:
Russ Naughton (fullback), Neil McDonnell (centre), Hugh Banks (centre), Brian Carlson (wing), Warren Foley (five-eighth), Bob Scott-Murray (halfback), Cecil Bull (front row), Norm Crosdale (hooker), T Shepherd (front row), Don Schofield (second row), Bill Smith (lock)
In:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Alec Perkins (centre), John Chapple (centre), Ivan Wolfe (wing), Rees Duncan (five-eighth), Bob Banks (halfback), Jack Mantle (front row), Harry Gibb (hooker), Fred Brown (front row), Rex Elvin (second row), Don Howie (lock)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson