Lang Park
Wed Jul 4, 7:30pm
LOSS 9-11
Manly fielding their weakest line-up of the season, last night ended the jinx of their clashes with South Sydney this year. Manly hung on grimly to defeat Souths 9-11 in their Amco Cup clash at Lang Park, Brisbane. Both sides scored a try in a dour match and goal kickers decided the issue. Manly hooker John Gray won the match with an easy penalty goal 10 minutes from full-time after Souths were penalised for a scrum breach. It was a tight match all the way. At quarter-time it was nil all, at half-time Manly led 2-7 and three-quarter time Manly 9-7. A cowd of about 3,000 saw South Sydney kick off at Lang Park. Manly without seven regular first graders, took a while to settle intotheir rhythm. Souths full-back Erick Fergusen missed with a penalty kick in the second minute. Souths also made further changes to their side when hooker Ken Stewart was a last minute replacement for Arthur Katinis. Manly hooker John Gray missed with his first two penalty attempts to leave the score 0-all at quarter time.. The first points of the game came in the second minute of the second quarter when Gray kicked a penalty goal from in front of the posts after Souths were caught offside. Three minutes later second-rower Bruce Walker was in for the first try of the game. Gray cobverted the try with a good goal to put Manly ahead 0-7. Souths first points of the game came in the eighth minute of the second quarter when Fergusen kicked a wide angled penalty goal. South Sydney lock Trevor Barnes who scored Souths' try midway through the third quarter when he pulled through two tackles after the Rabbitohs won a scrum, won the man of the match award. He finished one point ahead of Manly half Alan Thompson who had a terrific game highlighted by a try saving tackle on Souths prop John Peek.
20 min 0-0
22 min 0-2
25 min 0-7
28 min 2-7
50 min 7-7
60 min 7-9
9-9
70 min 9-11
Barnes try
Fergusen 3 from 4 goals
Crowd 3,000
Referee D.MacDonald
Penalities -
Scrums -
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Fergusen, Eric - 3/4 -
Wing - 2 - Swift, Jim - - -
Cntr - 3 - Bishop, Glen - - -
Cntr - 4 - Berne, John - - -
Wing - 5 - Corak, Denis - - -
5/8 - 6 - Laurie, Rocky - - -
Half - 7 - Wright, Gary - - -
Lock - 8 - Barnes, Trevor 1 - -
SRow - 9 - Bampton, Darrell - - - (c)
SRow - 10 - Sait, Paul - - -
Prop - 11 - Peek, John - - -
Hook - 16 - Stewart, Ken - - -
Prop - 13 - Tunks, Peter - - -
1 3/4 -
Other FG Matches
Judiciary News
No one was sent off.