1964 NSWRFL season

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1964 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams10
Premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (11th title)
Minor premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (10th title)
Matches played94
Points scored2736
Attendance1197569
Top points scorer(s) North Sydney colours.svg Fred Griffiths (160)
Top try-scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Reg Gasnier (18)

The 1964 NSWRFL season was the fifty-seventh season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership, Australia's first. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between St. George and Balmain.

Contents

Teams

Balmain
Balmain Jersey 1964.png

57th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Harry Bath
Captain: Keith Barnes

Canterbury-Bankstown
Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1963.png

30th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Clive Churchill
Captain: Les Johns

Eastern Suburbs
Eastern Suburbs Jersey 1954.png

57th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Captain-Coach: Nat Silcock Jr. [1]

Manly-Warringah

18th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Tony Paskins
Captain: Barry O'Connell, Tony Paskins

Newtown
Newtown Jersey 1915.png

57th season
Ground: Henson Park
Coach: Allan Ellis
Captain: Tony Brown

North Sydney
North Sydney Jersey 1960.png

57th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Captain-Coach: Fred Griffiths

Parramatta
Parramatta Jersey 1963.png

18th season
Ground: Cumberland Oval
Coach: Ken Kearney
Captain: Ron Lynch

South Sydney
South Sydney Jersey 1959.png

57th season
Ground: Redfern Oval
Coach: Bernie Purcell
Captains: Darrel Chapman, Jim Lisle

St. George
St George Jersey 1959.png

44th season
Ground: Kogarah Jubilee Oval
Captain-coach: Norm Provan

Western Suburbs

57th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Captain: Noel Kelly

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George 181503393154+23930
2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 181404274188+8628
3 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 181206247192+5524
4 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 181116334257+7723
5 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 181107304250+5422
6 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 18909236268-3218
7 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 18819259274-1517
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 185112229331-10211
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 182016190351-1614
10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 181116168369-2013

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 11–9 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 29 August 1964 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack Bradley35,082
St. George colours.svg St. George 42–0 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 5 September 1964 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce33,659
Preliminary Final
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 7–16 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 12 September 1964 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce35,389
Grand Final
St. George colours.svg St. George 11–6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 19 September 1964 Sydney Cricket Ground Col Pearce61,369

Grand Final

St. GeorgePositionBalmain
  1. Graeme Langlands
FB
  1. Keith Barnes (c)
2. Johnny King WG 2. Dick Quinn
3. Reg Gasnier CE 3. Brian Dunlop
4. Billy Smith CE 4. Robert Ridley
5. Eddie Lumsden WG 5. Bob Mara
6. Brian Clay FE 6. Jack Danzey
7. George Evans HB 7. Billy Bischoff Jr.
13. Monty Porter PR 13. Bob Boland
12. Peter Armstrong HK 12. Dick Wilson
11. Kevin Ryan PR 11. George Piper
10. Elton Rasmussen SR 10. Ron Clothier
9. Norm Provan (Ca./Co.) SR 9. Peter Provan
8. Johnny Raper LK 8. Dennis Tutty
Coach Harry Bath

St. George captain-coach Norm Provan was matching up against his younger brother (and former Dragon) Peter, who had moved to the Tigers in 1961.

The Tigers’ defence was strong throughout a dour first half and for the first time in nine grand finals the Dragons trailed at half-time (4–2) with Balmain in the lead after penalty goals from Keith "Golden Boots" Barnes.

The turning point of the match came five minutes into the second half. The Tigers were defending their own line with some desperate tackling when they received a relieving penalty from referee Pearce. Balmain's Bob Boland put in a big punt which at first looked like a good touch finder. To Balmain's horror, Graeme Langlands stretched and then caught the ball with his boots only an inch or two from the touchline. The champion fullback then raced cross-field towards the Balmain line and sent a cut-out pass to Billy Smith 25 yards out from the tryline. The centre made further inroads before channeling a pass to Johnny King who sped down the left wing for 20 yards to score a diving try.

Test winger Johnny King thus kept intact his grand final record with this being his fifth successive try in a decider.

Eighteen-year-old Dennis Tutty stood out for the Tigers, providing reliable cover defence that stopped the Dragons on numerous occasions. For St. George, Smith and Langlands had strong games with Langlands tallying 72 points in his last four games of the season. Brian Clay had by now reclaimed his five-eighth position from Bruce Pollard and excelled just as he had in his five previous Grand Final appearances.

St. George 11 (Tries: King. Goals: Langlands 4.)

Balmain 6 (Goals: Barnes 3.)

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18.

Season notes

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