Eastern Suburbs Roosters 16–9 Canterbury-Bankstown — Minor Semi-Final, 1960 NRL Finals Series
21 Aug 1960 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 18,455
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1960 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 16–9 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 21 Aug 1960.
Sourcing caveat: Eastern Suburbs' named scorers (1 try + 5 goals = 13) fall 3 points short of the recorded 16, likely a second unnamed try. Canterbury's named scorers (2 tries + 2 goals = 10) overshoot the recorded 9 by 1 point -- an internally inconsistent source that could equally mean only 1 try was scored (which would undershoot by 2 instead); genuinely ambiguous and reported honestly rather than forced either way.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Boyce Beeton Goals: Bob Landers (5) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Ken Rowlands; Brian Davies Goals: Bill Petley (2) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | John Andrew | Fullback | Bill Petley | 13 |
| 42 | Boyce Beeton | Wing | Ken Rowlands | 10 |
| 39 | Peter Gallagher | Centre | Clive Gartner | 11 |
| 17 | Doug Ricketson | Centre | John Russell | 20 |
| 10 | Bob Landers | Wing | Ken Peet | 18 |
| 8 | Billy McNamara | Five-Eighth | Ray Gartner | 8 |
| 7 | Bruce Ranier | Halfback | Ron Thornton | 7 |
| 6 | Dick See | Lock | Col Brown | 24 |
| 4 | Bob Heffernan | Second Row | Kevin Brown | 4 |
| 5 | Brian Wright | Second Row | Kevin Cox | 5 |
| 14 | Jack Gibson (c) | Prop | Bob Ambrose | 29 |
| 2 | Ken Ashcroft | Hooker | Fred Anderson | 2 |
| 15 | Bob McDonagh | Prop | Brian Davies (c) | 1 |
| Dick Dunn | Coach | Eddie Burns | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darcy Lawler |
Match report
Sun 21 Aug 1960, 2:45pm, Sports Ground, Sydney. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 9-0. Won after extra time.