| New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1961 |
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| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |  St. George (8th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Western Suburbs (4th title) |
| Matches played | 94 |
| Points scored | 2830 (average 30. The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia 106 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,035,273 (average 11,014 per match) |
The 1961 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifty-fourth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first Rugby league football club competition established in Australia History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Ten teams from across Sydney contested during the season. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
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Season summary
Ten Sydney sides participated in the competition with each team meeting all others twice in eighteen regular premiership rounds to reach a top four who battled out four finals.
Sydney's Nine Network made the first live telecast of an Australian match between the Balmain Tigers and the North Sydney Bears from North Sydney Oval on 15 April 1961. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995-96 were one of the founding rugby league football clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. North Sydney Oval is a multi-use sporting facility primarily used for Rugby league (as home ground of the North Sydney Bears) Rugby union and Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The second half of the match was beamed live with former international Ray Stehr the first commentator. Raymond Ernest Stehr ( 24 January, 1913 – 2 June, 1983) was an Australian Rugby league footballer a state and There were only two cameras to capture the action, one positioned on each 25-yard line and cameramen frantically switched lenses depending on where play was located. [1]
The St. George Dragons won their eighth premiership, defeating the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Grand Final. The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia
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| Brian Graham | FB | Don Parish |
| Johnny King | WG | Dave Barsley |
| Dave Brown | CE | Bill Brown |
| Reg Gasnier | CE | Billy Martin |
| Eddie Lumsden | WG | Peter Dimond |
| Brian Clay | FE | Keith Holman |
| Bob Bugden | HB | Arthur Summons |
| Kevin Brown | PR | Neville Charlton (c) |
| Peter Armstrong | HK | Noel Kelly |
| Billy Wilson (c) | PR | Mark Patch |
| Kevin Ryan | SR | Bill Carson |
| Norm Provan | SR | John Hayes |
| Johnny Raper | LK | Kel O'Shea |
| Ken Kearney | Coach | Jack Fitzgerald |
Wests beat St George for the minor premiership on for-and-against and they were both ten points clear of their nearest rivals. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Johnny King (born 1943 Gilgandra New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Reginald William Gasnier AM (born 12 May, 1939 in Kogarah New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Eddie Lumsden (born 28 September 1935 in Kurri Kurri New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Peter Dimond (born in Dapto New South Wales) was an Australian Rugby league footballer who played his club rugby league for the Western Suburbs Magpies Brian 'Poppa' Clay (1935&ndash1987 was an Australian Rugby league player A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Keith Holman is a former Australian Rugby league footballer, a national and state representative half-back whose club career was played with Bob Bugden (born 1936 Murwillumbah New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Arthur Summons (born 13 December 1935 in Sydney, Australia) was an Australian representative Rugby union and Rugby league A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Noel Kelly (born 22 January, 1936) is an Australian former professional Rugby league footballer and coach who played at club state and national A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Kevin James Ryan, born 26 August, 1934 in Ipswich Queensland) is a former Australian state parliamentarian and local Mayor, and a A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Norman Douglas Sommerville Provan (born 1932) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench John Raper MBE (born 12 April 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Kel O'Shea (born 13 July, 1933 in Ayr Queensland) is an Australian former representative Rugby league footballer a second-rower Kenneth Howard Kearney (born 3 May 1924, died 18 August 2006) was an Australian Rugby footballer - a dual-code international player - and later If the Dragons run was to be stopped, this was the chance in legendary half-back Keith Holman's last match. Keith Holman is a former Australian Rugby league footballer, a national and state representative half-back whose club career was played with
With misty rain on the day of the decider, Wests were knuckling down for another tight forward struggle as had been the case the major semi final also played in the wet. However, Saints stunned the Magpies as they ignored the conditions and threw the ball around.
The Dragons backline ran riot. Eddie Lumsden had a tremendous match, scoring three tries while Johnny King also scored another. Eddie Lumsden (born 28 September 1935 in Kurri Kurri New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player Johnny King (born 1943 Gilgandra New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach Brian Clay, the best player on the field, cut loose against the veteran Holman who was playing in the unaccustomed five-eighth role. Brian 'Poppa' Clay (1935&ndash1987 was an Australian Rugby league player In every attacking raid there was an abundance of St George players backing up as the Wests' defence became more and more compressed.
St George scored three tries in a window of fifteen minutes to lead 15-0 at the 26-minute mark. The first was scored after nine minutes when Provan from dummy-half passed to Raper who sent Clay away to the corner. Norman Douglas Sommerville Provan (born 1932) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach John Raper MBE (born 12 April 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer Close to the sideline and fifteen metres before the try line, Clay called Lumsden inside him and snapped a reverse flick pass into the winger's hands enabling him to score untouched.
At the 21-minute mark from a St George scrum win Raper took the ball and ran toward King, he drew three defenders then lofted the ball to King who scored in the corner. Five minutes later a classic backline got the ball through the hands to Dave Brown who drew Barnsley in leaving Lumsden unmarked for his second try.
They took a 17-nil lead to the half-time break and the match appeared theirs. Fifteen minutes into the second half Lumsden scored again. St George then proceeded to lock up the game and Wests could not overcome the tough Dragons defence.
St George won their sixth Grand Final in a row, stunning Western Suburbs by 22-0. It was Bob Bugden's last match for the Dragons. He had featured in all six wins.
St. George 22 (Tries: Lumsden 3, King. Goals: Graham 5. )
Western Suburbs 0
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- ^ Big League, July13 2006 p. 7
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