St. George 21–7 Manly-Warringah — Major Semi-Final, 1957 NRL Finals Series
7 Sep 1957 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 39,845
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Semi-Final, 1957 NRL finals series: St. George 21–7 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 7 Sep 1957.
Sourcing caveat: St George's named scorers (Eddie Lumsden 2 tries + Harry Bath 3 goals = 12) fall 9 points short of the recorded 21, roughly 3 further tries unaccounted for despite repeated re-queries. Manly's figures reconcile exactly. This match's source page also returned non-sequential 'jersey numbers' (values like 23, 41, 25) judged unreliable -- likely internal source IDs rather than genuine historical squad numbers -- so both lineups here are recorded by position only, without jersey numbers.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Eddie Lumsden (2) Goals: Harry Bath (3) |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Rex Mossop Goals: Ron Willey (2) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Graham | Fullback | Ron Willey | ||
| Tommy Ryan | Wing | Ray Ritchie | ||
| Jack Fifield | Centre | Ray Quinnell | ||
| Ray Smith | Centre | Bill Lloyd | ||
| Eddie Lumsden | Wing | Noel Boland | ||
| Peter Carroll | Five-Eighth | Kevin Diett | ||
| Bobby Bugden | Halfback | Peter Burke | ||
| Brian Clay | Lock | George Hunter (c) | ||
| Norm Provan | Second Row | Rex Mossop | ||
| Harry Bath | Second Row | Bill Delamare | ||
| Kevin Brown | Prop | Denis Meaney | ||
| Ken Kearney (c) | Hooker | George Lenon | ||
| Bryan Orrock | Prop | Roy Bull | ||
| Ken Kearney | Coach | Ken Arthurson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darcy Lawler |
Match report
7 Sep 1957, 3:00pm, SCG. Halftime: St George 10-7. Scrums St George 16, Manly 11; penalties St George 7, Manly 16.