St. George 15–14 North Sydney Bears — Minor Semi-Final, 1954 NRL Finals Series
28 Aug 1954 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 32,397
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1954 NRL finals series: St. George 15–14 North Sydney Bears, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 28 Aug 1954.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's individual match page shows non-standard jersey numbers for St George (e.g. 23, 53, 37) that do not fit a normal 1-13 scheme, likely internal database IDs rather than genuine match-day numbers. Positions and player order are reported as reliable; jersey numbers are omitted (left blank) for St George as unverified.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Gittoes; Hole; Kite Goals: Kite (3/4) |
| North Sydney Bears | Tries: Burge; Martin Goals: Arkey (4/4) |
Team sheets
| St. George | North Sydney Bears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney (c) | Hooker | Arkey | 1 | |
| Orrock | Prop | O'Brien | 2 | |
| Birks | Prop | Martin | 3 | |
| Provan | Second Row | Sullivan (c) | 4 | |
| Wilson | Second Row | Toole | 5 | |
| Pert | Lock | Stewart | 6 | |
| Bugden | Halfback | Burge | 7 | |
| McNamara | Five-Eighth | Diversi | 8 | |
| Hole | Wing | Haslam | 9 | |
| Lees | Centre | Lay | 10 | |
| Gittoes | Centre | Waters | 11 | |
| Kite | Wing | Evenden | 12 | |
| O'Brien | Fullback | Strong | 13 | |
| Ken Kearney | Coach | Rex Harrison | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Jack O'Brien |
Match report
28 Aug 1954, 3:15pm, SCG. Halftime: St George 10, North Sydney 7. Billy Wilson (St George) suffered an injury during the match (reported by RLP as a broken arm) but returned to play after receiving stitches to a cut eyebrow - reported as stated by the source without further embellishment, since the detail reads unusually.