1962 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1962 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 10 16x16px St. George 9th 16x16px St. George 8th 94 2683 963433 16x16px Don Parish (123) 16x16px Eddie Lumsden (21) South Sydney 3rd 1961 NSWRFL season 1961 1963 NSWRFL season 1963 The 1962 NSWRFL season was the 55th New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first rugby league competition. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's grand final between St. George and Western Suburbs. Season summary The league approved the use of substitutions to replace injured players, on the condition that the replacement player had already appeared in a lower grade match on the same day.Goodman Tom Replacement For Injured R.L. Players Permitted https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b31WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1119%2C3674565 Sydney Morning Herald 13 February 1962 20 The 1962 season was also the last in the playing career of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Brian Carlson. Teams Balmain100px|center 55th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Harry Bath Captain: Billy Bischoff Jr. Canterbury-Bankstown100px|center 28th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Eddie BurnsCaptain: Ray Beavan, Brian Davies Eastern Suburbs100px|center 55th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Dick DunnCaptain: Terry Fearnley Manly-Warringah 16th seasonGround: Brookvale Oval Captain-Coach: Ron Willey Newtown100px|center 55th seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Allan Ellis Captain: Tony Brown & Barry NelsonNorth Sydney100px|center 55th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Bob Sullivan Captain: Brian Carlson Parramatta100px|center 16th seasonGround: Cumberland Oval Coach: Ken KearneyCaptain: Ron Lynch South Sydney100px|center 55th seasonGround: Redfern Oval Coach: Denis DonoghueCaptain: Darrel Chapman St. George100px|center 42nd seasonGround: Jubilee Oval Captain-coach: Norm ProvanWestern Suburbs 55th seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Jack FitzgeraldCaptain: Arthur Summons, Kel O'Shea Regular season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 F1 F2 F3 GF BalmainSTG+8MAN0CBY−17SOU−7WES−21NOR+4PAR−9NEW−3EAS−3STG0MAN+8CBY−5SOU−1WES−20NOR+10PAR+5NEW−1EAS−11 Canterbury-BankstownNEW−3EAS+24BAL+17MAN+23STG−20SOU+5WES−12NOR−7PAR0NEW−22EAS−5BAL+5MAN−2STG−21SOU−2WES0NOR+12PAR+1 Eastern SuburbsMAN−4CBY−24SOU0WES−13NOR−16PAR−3NEW+2STG−3BAL+3MAN−6CBY+5SOU+17WES+4NOR+4PAR+15NEW−10STG+1BAL+11 Manly-WarringahEAS+4BAL0STG−12CBY−23SOU+3WES−9NOR+26PAR−3NEW−6EAS+6BAL−8STG−12CBY+2SOU+6WES−3NOR−11PAR+5NEW−1 NewtownCBY+3SOU+2WES−4NOR+8PAR+6STG−11EAS−2BAL+3MAN+6CBY+22SOU+12WES−7NOR+13PAR−4STG+1EAS+10BAL+1MAN+1XSTG−21WES−12 North SydneyWES−3STG−8PAR0NEW−8EAS+16BAL−4MAN−26CBY+7SOU+1WES−13STG−25PAR−7NEW−13EAS−4BAL−10MAN+11CBY−12SOU0 ParramattaSOU−7WES+2NOR0STG−21NEW−6EAS+3BAL+9MAN+3CBY0SOU+27WES+12NOR+7STG+11NEW+4EAS−15BAL−5MAN−5CBY−1WES−6 South SydneyPAR+7NEW−2EAS0BAL+7MAN−3CBY−5STG−17WES−5NOR−1PAR−27NEW−12EAS−17BAL+1MAN−6CBY+2STG−34WES−13NOR0 St. GeorgeBAL−8NOR+8MAN+12PAR+21CBY+20NEW+11SOU+17EAS+3WES+8BAL0NOR+25MAN+12PAR−11CBY+21NEW−1SOU+34EAS−1WES+8XNEW+21XWES+3 Western SuburbsNOR+3PAR−2NEW+4EAS+13BAL+21MAN+9CBY+12SOU+5STG−8NOR+13PAR−12NEW+7EAS−4BAL+20MAN+3CBY0SOU+13STG−8PAR+6XNEW+12STG−3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 F1 F2 F3 GF Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 16x16px St. George181314373194+179272 16x16px Newtown181305290230+60263 16x16px Western Suburbs181215299210+89254 16x16px Parramatta18927236218+18205 16x16px Eastern Suburbs18918213230-17196 16x16px Canterbury18729228235-7167 16x16px Manly187110234270-36158 16x16px Balmain185211237300-63129 16x16px North Sydney184212263361-981010 16x16px South Sydney184212212337-12510 Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Team1234567891011121314151617181St. George 16 St. George 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 21 21 23 23 25 25 272Newtown 16 Newtown 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 263Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 23 25 254Parramatta 16 Parramatta 0 2 3 3 3 5 7 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 205Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 7 9 11 13 15 15 17 196Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown 0 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 12 14 167Manly 16 Manly-Warringah 2 3 3 3 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 13 13 13 15 158Balmain 16 Balmain 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 129North Sydney 16 North Sydney 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 1010South Sydney 16 South Sydney 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 9 9 9 10 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals 23x23px Western Suburbs6–0 23x23px Parramatta25 August 1962Sydney Sports GroundDarcy Lawler26,281 23x23px St. George30–9 23x23px Newtown1 September 1962Sydney Cricket GroundCol Pearce36,058 Preliminary Final 23x23px Newtown13–25 23x23px Western Suburbs8 September 1962Sydney Cricket GroundCol Pearce26,554 Grand Final 23x23px St. George9–6 23x23px Western Suburbs15 September 1962Sydney Cricket GroundJack Bradley41,184 Grand Final St. GeorgePositionWestern Suburbs 15. Kevin McDonald FB Kevin Bray 2. Eddie Lumsden WG 2. Dave Barsley 3. Reg Gasnier CE 3. Fred Norden 19. Johnny Riley CE 14. Gil MacDougall 5. Johnny King WG 5. Peter Dimond 8. Johnny Raper FE 7. Arthur Summons (c) 21. George Evans HB 6. Don Malone 25. Monty Porter PR 9. John Hayes 12. Ian Walsh HK 12. Noel Kelly 11. Billy Wilson PR 11. Denis Meaney 10. Norm Provan (Ca./Co) SR 13. Jim Cody 9. Kevin Ryan SR 4. Garry Russell 13. Elton Rasmussen LK 8. Kevin Smyth Coach Jack Fitzgerald Wests had finished third on the ladder but won two semi-finals for another crack at their nemesis in a rain-soaked and muddy Grand Final. St George were favoured by a strong breeze in the first half which dropped off in the second half, giving Wests no reciprocal advantage. The only try of the match was scored in the 17th minute after Norm Provan burst through and found Kevin Ryan in support who in turn found Johnny King on the fly. The winger raced 30 yards over sodden ground to score, notching up another Grand Final try in his unblemished consistent record. The score was 7–2 at half time, with the Dragons playing almost all the second half with twelve men after Billy “Bluey” Wilson was sent off. Coady Ben Grand final dramas WA Today Australia Fairfax Digital 2009-09-28 http://blogs.watoday.com.au/executive-style/sportandstyle/bencoady/2009/09/28/grandfinaldra.html 2010-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20181004074123/http://blogs.watoday.com.au/executive-style/sportandstyle/bencoady/2009/09/28/grandfinaldra.html 2018-10-04 dead The match was a tight forward struggle with misdemeanors from both sides. Provan and Rasmussen finished the game needing stitches and Jim Cody and Garry Russell suffered broken noses. Wests did all they could to contain Reg Gasnier with Gill McDougall enjoying some success in hammering Gasnier and keeping him bottled up. Saints' best were Ryan, Ian Walsh and Johnny Raper playing at five-eighth in place of Brian Clay whose injury prone season had ended early with a broken arm. The game is remembered for a couple of off-the-ball incidents which began with Provan being knocked out by Jim Cody five minutes before half time. “Sticks” Provan was carried from the field and didn't return again until well into the second half. Cody escaped any official punishment. Wilson came out as captain in the second half and apparently squared things up in the first seconds after kick-off before the first tackle took place. Accounts differ as to whether “Bluey” Wilson was provoked by Cody before Wilson hit him, but hit him he did and referee Jack Bradley sent Wilson off. With no replacements allowed in those days, St George were reduced to 11 men until Provan returned to the field 15 minutes later. In what can only be described as a heroic defensive effort, St George held out Wests and won the match. The match was Billy Wilson's final game for St George; he had appeared in six of the Grand Final victories. The Larry Writer reference suggests that the send-off may have soured Wilson's relationship with club officials in spite of the victory. Whether true or not, at 35 years of age, the end of Wilson's playing career was looming from the club's perspective and his contract was not renewed. As of the 2015 NRL season, no forward since Wilson has been sent off in a Grand Final. In this game Wilson also became the only man to have been sent off in two grand finals following on from his dismissal by Darcy Lawler in 1953 for fighting with South Sydney's Martin Gallagher. St. George 9 (Tries: King. Goals: McDonald 3.) Western Suburbs 6 ( Goals: Bray 3.) Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals116Eastern Suburbs Bob Landers6490109Western Suburbs Don Parish7440105Manly Ron Willey1510102St. George Brian Graham051090North Sydney Brian Carlson2420 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer21St. George Eddie Lumsden15North Sydney Ken Irvine14St. George Johnny King12St. George Reg Gasnier12Western Suburbs Peter Dimond12Parramatta Ken Foord12Manly Len Wadling12South Sydney Michael Cleary Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer51St. George Brian Graham51Manly Ron Willey49Eastern Suburbs Bob Landers44Western Suburbs Don Parish42North Sydney Brian Carlson References External links Rugby League Tables - Season 1962 The World of Rugby League Writer, Larry (1995) Never Before, Never Again, Pan MacMillan, Sydney Results - 1961-70 at rabbitohs.com.au 1962 J J Giltinan Shield and WD HO Wills Cup at rleague.com NSWRFL season 1962 at rugbyleagueproject.com St. George 1962 season at showroom.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL season