Manly-Warringah 37–9 Western Suburbs Magpies — Semi-Final, 1951 NRL Finals Series
8 Sep 1951 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 29,444
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1951 NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 37–9 Western Suburbs Magpies, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 8 Sep 1951.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's individual match page states goals "Keith Cullen and Bobby Dimond (1 each) for Western Suburbs" - this conflicts with the round-summary (no Wests goals listed) and does not reconcile with the 9-point score (3 tries x 3 = 9 exactly; adding 2 goals would make 13). This looks like the individual-page summarizer confusing try-scorers with goal-scorers. The round-summary (no Wests goals) is used here as it reconciles.
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Willoughby (3); Brown (2); Bull; O'Connell; Rowles; Simmons Goals: Rowles (5) |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | Tries: Cullen; Dimond; Worne |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | Western Suburbs Magpies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaumont | Fullback | Worne | 1 |
| 2 | Lumsden | Wing | Dimond | 2 |
| 3 | Simmons | Centre | Fitzgerald | 3 |
| 4 | Willoughby | Centre | Cullen | 4 |
| 5 | Rowles | Wing | Bain | 5 |
| 6 | O'Connell (c) | Five-Eighth | Trevena | 6 |
| 7 | Arthurson | Halfback | Holman | 7 |
| 8 | Hunter | Lock | McLean (c) | 8 |
| 9 | Herbert | Second Row | Long | 9 |
| 10 | Hubbard | Second Row | Hansen | 10 |
| 11 | Brown | Prop | Stait | 11 |
| 12 | Schubert | Hooker | Hornery | 12 |
| 13 | Bull | Prop | Hooper | 13 |
| Wally O'Connell | Coach | Jeff Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | George Bishop (Goulburn) |
Match report
8 Sep 1951, SCG. Halftime: Manly 11, Western Suburbs 6.