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Interstate Series 1970 Series

Game 4

New South Wales Firsts 32 def. Queensland Firsts 15

Interstate Series 1970

New South Wales Firsts		 32
–
15
Queensland Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17453
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 8th August, 1970
Kick Off 2:45pm (local time)
Referee Sid Volling
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 8,688
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 – 7
Scrums 13 – 18
Penalties 3 – 13
NSW Firsts Scoresheet QLD Firsts
Brian BURKE 2 T John BROWN
Graeme LANGLANDS 2   Reg CANNON
Elwyn WALTERS 2   Rob THOMPSON
Ron COOTE      
Brian MOORE      
 
Ray BRANIGHAN 3/6 G 3 Tony SCOTT
Brian BURKE 1/1      
Graeme LANGLANDS 0/1      
NSW Firsts Teams QLD Firsts
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
 1 FB 1 Tony SCOTT
Ray BRANIGHAN
[South Sydney]
 2 W 2 Doug MUIR
Owen O'DONNELL
[North Sydney]
 3 C 15 Glen HARRISON
Brian MOORE
[Newtown]
 4 C 4 Ron BEAUCHAMP
Dave GRIMMOND 5 W 5 Rob THOMPSON
 
Denis PITTARD
[South Sydney]
 6 FE 14 Doug STAPLETON
Brian BURKE 7 HB 7 John BROWN
 
Ron COOTE
[South Sydney]
 8 L 8 Col WEISS (c)
Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
 9 2R 9 Jim MURPHY
Jim MORGAN
[Eastern Suburbs]
 10 2R 10 Reg CANNON
Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
 11 FR 16 Ian MASSIE
Elwyn WALTERS
[South Sydney]
 12 HK 12 Hugh O'DOHERTY
John O'NEILL
[South Sydney]
 13 FR 13 Des MORRIS
 
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 14 B    
Paul SAIT
[South Sydney]
 15 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC   Des CROW
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1970 - Game 3 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1971 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Mark Harris (centre), Grahame Moran (centre), Ray Corcoran (wing), Terry Reynolds (halfback), Kel Brown (hooker), John Morgan (second row), Ken Thompson (lock)
In:
Ray Branighan (wing), Owen O'Donnell (centre), Brian Moore (centre), Brian Burke (halfback), John O'Neill (front row), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Ron Coote (lock), Tom Raudonikis (bench), Paul Sait (bench)
Changes:
Jim Morgan (front row to second row)

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1970 - Game 3 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1971 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Wayne Stewart (wing), Max Anderson (centre), Graeme Atherton (five-eighth), Brian Fitzsimmons (hooker), Frank Purcell (front row)
In:
Doug Muir (wing), Doug Stapleton (five-eighth), Hugh O'Doherty (hooker), Ian Massie (front row)
Changes:
Glen Harrison (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Tom Raudonikis replaced Dave Grimmond at halftime due to a calf muscle strain and with 10 mins remaining Bob McCarthy left the field with an injured ankle and was replaced by Paul Sait.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash