1969 NSWRL Premiership - Round 1

South Sydney v Balmain

Sydney Sports Ground

Sat Mar 29, 3:00pm

WIN 15-10

Selected Round 1 Teams

Honan and Moses pulled out during the week. Honan has broken his toe at training. This was South Sydney's first loss in 13 games.

HT     2-9

Walters try
Simms 2 from 4 goals

Crowd        15,838
Referee      A.Neville
Touch Judges R.Dick / G.Benson

Scrums       11-6 (1H  4-2 ) 
Penalties    19-17(1H 13-8 )

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Simms, Eric            -  2/4   -     
Wing -  2 - Cleary, Michael        -  -     -     
Cntr - 19 - Branighan, Ray         -  -     -     
Cntr -  4 - Branighan, Arthur      -  -     -     
Wing -  5 - James, Brian           -  -     -     
5/8  -  6 - Pittard, Denis         -  -     -     
Half -  7 - Grant, Bob             -  -     -     
Lock - 21 - Sait, Paul             -  -     -     
SRow -  8 - Coote, Ron             -  -     -     
SRow - 10 - McCarthy, Bob          -  -     -     
Prop - 11 - O'Neill, John          -  -     -     
Hook - 15 - Walters, Elwyn         1  -     -     
Prop - 13 - Sattler, John          -  -     - (c) 


                                   1  2/4   -

Other First Grade Matches

18-0  Belm Canterbury b Newtown
21-8  SSG  Easts      b St George
22-11 Brok Manly      b Wests      [Ch9 2H]
21-10 Ende Norths     b Cronulla
21-10 Penr Parramatta b Penrith

Judiciary News

No one was sent off.

Reserve Grade - Round 1

v Balmain, 1:45pm

WIN 15-13

Morgan had 8 stitches in his foot.

HT    10-4

Morgan 2, K.Burke tries
K.Longbottom 3 goals

Referee      K.Holman
Touch Judges E.Pepper / R.Morris

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk - 14 - Longbottom, K          -  3     -
Wing - 15 - Heiler, A              -  -     -
Cntr - 30 - Edwards, K             -  -     -
Cntr - 17 - Burke, K               1  -     -
Wing - 18 - Amatto, R              -  -     -
5/8  - 32 - Norgard, G             -  -     -
Half - 20 - Jones, I               -  -     -
Lock - 39 - O'Neill, D             -  -     -
SRow - 22 - Stevens, G             -  -     -
SRow - 23 - Scott, A               -  -     - (c)
Prop - 24 - Lee, D                 -  -     -
Hook - 25 - Piggins, G             -  -     -
Prop - 26 - Morgan, J              2  -     - 

                                   3  3     -

Other Reserve Grade Matches

 8-3  Belm Newtown    b Canterbury
 9-0  SSG  Easts      b St George
14-5  Brok Manly      b Wests
 9-2  Ende Cronulla   b Norths
13-4  Penr Penrith    b Parramatta

Third Grade - Round 1

v Balmain, 12:30pm

LOSS 4-5

HT     2-0

no tries
Moseley 2 goals 

Referee      K.Jeffes
Touch Judges G.Bennett / J.Griffiths

Final Line Up
                                   T  G/A  FG

Flbk - 27 - Moseley, L             -  2     -
Wing - 28 - Stevens, W             -  -     -
Cntr - 29 - Kosta, S               -  -     -
Cntr - 48 - Storey, R              -  -     -
Wing - 31 - Hall, M                -  -     -
5/8  - 44 - Larkin, T              -  -     -
Half - 33 - Dwyer, P               -  -     -
Lock - 34 - Dykes, J               -  -     -
SRow - 35 - Strumer, R             -  -     -    
SRow - 36 - Lawrence, S            -  -     - 
Prop - 37 - Gorman, R              -  -     - (c)
Hook - 38 - Day, S                 -  -     -
Prop - 41 - Burke, A               -  -     -  

                                   -  2     -

Other Third Grade Matches

 5-5  Belm Canterbury d Newtown
14-6  SSG  Easts      b St George
10-10 Brok Manly      d Wests
21-2  Ende Cronulla   b Norths
15-12 Penr Parramatta b Penrith


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