1961 Eastern Suburbs season

August 2025 February 2014 February 2014 1961 1960 1962 Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 54th New South Wales Rugby League season in 1961 finishing the season in 5th position.Bodman Ryan 10.7810/9781991033444 Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History 2023 Bridget Williams Books 978-1-991033-44-4'Sporting apartheid': rugby union's war against rugby league 2006-09-27 Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain 152–162 10.4324/9780203088357-17 Routledge 978-0-203-08835-7 Details The Eastern Suburbs line-up for the 1961 season was: • John Andrew • Ken Ashcroft • Boyce Beeton • P. Dickenson • Terry Fearnley • Don Fenton • Peter Gallagher • Jack Gibson • Ron Hanson • Ron Keyes 1961 NSWRL ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 16x16px Western Suburbs181503390181+209302 16x16px St. George181503367167+200303 16x16px Manly-Warringah181008294209+85204 16x16px Balmain181008281292-11205 16x16px Eastern Suburbs18918290211+79196 16x16px North Sydney18909273298-25187 16x16px South Sydney187011237325-88148 16x16px Canterbury-Bankstown186111197284-87139 16x16px Newtown185013236436-2001010 16x16px Parramatta183015203365-1626 1961 Premiership Results Round 1 - Sunday, 16 April 1961. Eastern Suburbs 25 defeated South Sydney 11(W. Stokes Try; R. Taylor 4 Goals) played at the Sydney Cricket Ground Round 2 - Sunday, 23 April 1961. Eastern Suburbs 34 defeated North Sydney 21(M. Maher, P. Cuneo, Irvine Tries; Carlson 6 Goals) played at the Sydney Sports Ground. References 1961 Category:1961 in Australian rugby league Category:1961 in rugby league by club Category:1961 in sport in Sydney