Round 5
Newtown 14 def. St George Dragons 4
| NSWRFL 1956 Round 5 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11314 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 25th April, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Cliff Brown | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 28,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 9 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 20 | – | 29 | |||||
| Newtown | Scoresheet | St George | ||||||
| Dick POOLE | T | |||||||
| Ray PRESTON | ||||||||
| Gordon CLIFFORD | 4 | G | 2 | Doug FLEMING | ||||
| Newtown | Teams | St George | ||||||
| Gordon CLIFFORD | 1 | FB | 1 | Doug FLEMING | ||||
| Ray PRESTON | 2 | W | 2 | Ross KITE | ||||
| Kevin CONSIDINE | 3 | C | 3 | Geoff WEEKES | ||||
| Dick POOLE (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Kevin O'BRIEN | ||||
| Laurie McMAHON | 5 | W | 5 | Tommy RYAN | ||||
| Tony BROWN | 6 | FE | 6 | Bobby BUGDEN | ||||
| Bobby WHITTON | 7 | HB | 7 | Johnny HORSLEY | ||||
| Peter RYAN | 8 | L | 8 | Sid PERT | ||||
| Henry HOLLOWAY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Norm PROVAN | ||||
| Frank NARVO | 10 | 2R | 10 | Harry MELVILLE | ||||
| Les HAMPSON | 11 | FR | 11 | Kevin BROWN | ||||
| Greg ELLIS | 12 | HK | 12 | Ken KEARNEY (c) | ||||
| Don STAIT | 13 | FR | 13 | Bryan ORROCK | ||||
| Dick POOLE | HC | Norm TIPPING | ||||||
Team Info
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Balmain
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Manly
- Out:
- Ray Kelly (five-eighth), Frank Farrington (front row)
- In:
- Tony Brown (five-eighth), Don Stait (front row)
- Changes:
- Laurie McMahon (centre to wing), Kevin Considine (wing to centre)
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Merv Lees (centre), Peter Carroll (five-eighth), Billy Wilson (second row)
- In:
- Geoff Weekes (centre), Johnny Horsley (halfback), Harry Melville (second row)
- Changes:
- Bobby Bugden (halfback to five-eighth)
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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