St. George 31–7 Western Suburbs Magpies — Major Semi-Final, 1960 NRL Finals Series
20 Aug 1960 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 38,407
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Major Semi-Final, 1960 NRL finals series: St. George 31–7 Western Suburbs Magpies, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 20 Aug 1960.
Sourcing caveat: Western Suburbs' single scoring entry (Bill Brown) is listed ambiguously by the source under a 'goals' heading but reconciles arithmetically only if treated as a try -- reported here as a try, consistent with the source's own final scoreline, but flagged since the source's own labeling was inconsistent.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Reg Gasnier (2); Eddie Lumsden (2); Bobby Bugden; Johnny King; Kevin Ryan Goals: Brian Graham (5/8) |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | Tries: Bill Brown Goals: Darcy Russell (2/8) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Western Suburbs Magpies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Wilson | Prop | Darcy Russell | 1 |
| 2 | Kevin Brown | Prop | Ian Moir | 2 |
| 3 | Ken Kearney (c) | Hooker | Harry Wells | 3 |
| 4 | Monty Porter | Second Row | Dick Poole (c) | 4 |
| 6 | John Raper | Lock | John Mowbray | 5 |
| 7 | Bobby Bugden | Halfback | Bill Brown | 6 |
| 8 | Brian Clay | Five-Eighth | Keith Holman | 7 |
| 9 | Eddie Lumsden | Wing | Bill Tonkin | 8 |
| 10 | Reg Gasnier | Centre | Kel O'Shea | 9 |
| 13 | Brian Graham | Fullback | Garry Russell | 10 |
| 14 | Kevin Ryan | Second Row | Denis Meaney | 11 |
| 23 | Dave Brown | Centre | John Dawson | 12 |
| 43 | Johnny King | Wing | Neville Charlton | 13 |
| Ken Kearney | Coach | Dudley Beger | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Col Pearce |
Match report
Sat 20 Aug 1960, 2:45pm, SCG. Halftime: St George 15-2. Bobby Bugden (St George) was sent off.