1962 NSWRFL season

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1962 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams10
Premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (9th title)
Minor premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (8th title)
Matches played94
Points scored2683
Attendance963433
Top points scorer(s) Western Suburbs colours.svg Don Parish (123)
Top try-scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Eddie Lumsden (21)

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.

Contents

The 1962 season was also the last in the playing career of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Brian Carlson.

Teams

Balmain
Balmain Jersey 1953.png

55th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Harry Bath
Captain: Billy Bischoff, Jr.

Canterbury-Bankstown
Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1938.png

28th season
Ground: Belmore Sports Ground
Coach: Eddie Burns
Captain: Ray Beavan, Brian Davies

Eastern Suburbs
Eastern Suburbs Jersey 1954.png

55th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Dick Dunn
Captain: Terry Fearnley

Manly-Warringah
Manly-Warringah Jersey 1961.png

16th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Captain-Coach: Ron Willey

Newtown
Newtown Jersey 1915.png

55th season
Ground: Henson Park
Coach: Allan Ellis
Captain: Tony Brown & Barry Nelson

North Sydney
North Sydney Jersey 1960.png

55th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Robert Sullivan
Captain: Brian Carlson

Parramatta
Parramatta Jersey 1953.png

16th season
Ground: Cumberland Oval
Coach: Ken Kearney
Captain: Ron Lynch

South Sydney
South Sydney Jersey 1959.png

55th season
Ground: Redfern Oval
Coach: Denis Donoghue
Captain: Darrel Chapman

St. George
St George Jersey 1959.png

42nd season
Ground: Jubilee Oval
Captain-coach: Norm Provan

Western Suburbs
Western Suburbs Jersey 1962.png

55th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Captain: Arthur Summons, Kel O'Shea

Regular season

Team123456789101112131415161718F1F2F3GF
Balmain STG
+8
MAN
0
CBY
−17
SOU
−7
WES
−21
NOR
+4
PAR
−9
NEW
−3
EAS
−3
STG
0
MAN
+8
CBY
−5
SOU
−1
WES
−20
NOR
+10
PAR
+5
NEW
−1
EAS
−11
Canterbury-Bankstown NEW
−3
EAS
+24
BAL
+17
MAN
+23
STG
−20
SOU
+5
WES
−12
NOR
−7
PAR
0
NEW
−22
EAS
−5
BAL
+5
MAN
−2
STG
−21
SOU
−2
WES
0
NOR
+12
PAR
+1
Eastern Suburbs MAN
−4
CBY
−24
SOU
0
WES
−13
NOR
−16
PAR
−3
NEW
+2
STG
−3
BAL
+3
MAN
−6
CBY
+5
SOU
+17
WES
+4
NOR
+4
PAR
+15
NEW
−10
STG
+1
BAL
+11
Manly-Warringah EAS
+4
BAL
0
STG
−12
CBY
−23
SOU
+3
WES
−9
NOR
+26
PAR
−3
NEW
−6
EAS
+6
BAL
−8
STG
−12
CBY
+2
SOU
+6
WES
−3
NOR
−11
PAR
+5
NEW
−1
Newtown CBY
+3
SOU
+2
WES
−4
NOR
+8
PAR
+6
STG
−11
EAS
−2
BAL
+3
MAN
+6
CBY
+22
SOU
+12
WES
−7
NOR
+13
PAR
−4
STG
+1
EAS
+10
BAL
+1
MAN
+1
XSTG
−21
WES
−12
North Sydney WES
−3
STG
−8
PAR
0
NEW
−8
EAS
+16
BAL
−4
MAN
−26
CBY
+7
SOU
+1
WES
−13
STG
−25
PAR
−7
NEW
−13
EAS
−4
BAL
−10
MAN
+11
CBY
−12
SOU
0
Parramatta SOU
−7
WES
+2
NOR
0
STG
−21
NEW
−6
EAS
+3
BAL
+9
MAN
+3
CBY
0
SOU
+27
WES
+12
NOR
+7
STG
+11
NEW
+4
EAS
−15
BAL
−5
MAN
−5
CBY
−1
WES
−6
South Sydney PAR
+7
NEW
−2
EAS
0
BAL
+7
MAN
−3
CBY
−5
STG
−17
WES
−5
NOR
−1
PAR
−27
NEW
−12
EAS
−17
BAL
+1
MAN
−6
CBY
+2
STG
−34
WES
−13
NOR
0
St. George BAL
−8
NOR
+8
MAN
+12
PAR
+21
CBY
+20
NEW
+11
SOU
+17
EAS
+3
WES
+8
BAL
0
NOR
+25
MAN
+12
PAR
−11
CBY
+21
NEW
−1
SOU
+34
EAS
−1
WES
+8
XNEW
+21
XWES
+3
Western Suburbs NOR
+3
PAR
−2
NEW
+4
EAS
+13
BAL
+21
MAN
+9
CBY
+12
SOU
+5
STG
−8
NOR
+13
PAR
−12
NEW
+7
EAS
−4
BAL
+20
MAN
+3
CBY
0
SOU
+13
STG
−8
PAR
+6
XNEW
+12
STG
−3
Team123456789101112131415161718F1F2F3GF

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George 181314373194+17927
2 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 181305290230+6026
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 181215299210+8925
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 18927236218+1820
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 18918213230-1719
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 18729228235-716
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 187110234270-3615
8 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 185211237300-6312
9 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 184212263361-9810
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 184212212337-12510

Ladder progression

Team123456789101112131415161718
1 St. George colours.svg St. George 0246810121416171921212323252527
2 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 24468881012141616181820222426
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 2246810121414161618182022232525
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 0233357910121416182020202020
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 001111335579111315151719
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 0246688899911111111121416
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 233355777999111313131515
8 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2333355556888810121212
9 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 0011333577777779910
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2235555555557799910

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 6–0 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 25 August 1962 Sydney Sports Ground Darcy Lawler26,281
St. George colours.svg St. George 30–9 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 1 September 1962 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce36,058
Preliminary Final
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 13–25 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 8 September 1962 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce26,554
Grand Final
St. George colours.svg St. George 9–6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 15 September 1962 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack Bradley41,184

Grand Final

St. GeorgePositionWestern Suburbs
15. Kevin McDonald FB
  1. 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. [1]

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.

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