Eastern Suburbs Roosters 20–15 Western Suburbs Magpies — Preliminary Final, 1960 NRL Finals Series
27 Aug 1960 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 29,393
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1960 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 20–15 Western Suburbs Magpies, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 27 Aug 1960.
Sourcing caveat: Eastern Suburbs' named scorers (2 tries + 4 goals = 14) fall 6 points short of the recorded 20. Western Suburbs' named scorers (0 tries + 3 goals = 6) fall 9 points short of the recorded 15. Both large, unreconciled gaps likely reflecting further uncredited tries; no additional scorers are named by the source.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Boyce Beeton (2) Goals: Bob Landers (4/8) |
| Western Suburbs Magpies | Goals: Darcy Russell (3/6) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Western Suburbs Magpies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | John Andrew | Fullback | Darcy Russell | 1 |
| 42 | Boyce Beeton | Wing | John Mowbray | 2 |
| 9 | Bill Roney | Centre | Harry Wells | 3 |
| 17 | Doug Ricketson | Centre | Dick Poole (c) | 4 |
| 10 | Bob Landers | Wing | Peter Dimond | 5 |
| 8 | Billy McNamara | Five-Eighth | Roger Buttenshaw | 6 |
| 7 | Bruce Ranier | Halfback | Keith Holman | 7 |
| 6 | Dick See | Lock | Bill Tonkin | 8 |
| 4 | Bob Heffernan | Second Row | Bill Carson | 9 |
| 5 | Brian Wright | Second Row | Garry Russell | 10 |
| 14 | Jack Gibson (c) | Prop | Denis Meaney | 11 |
| 2 | Ken Ashcroft | Hooker | Bede Goff | 12 |
| 15 | Bob McDonagh | Prop | Neville Charlton | 13 |
| Dick Dunn | Coach | Dudley Beger | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darcy Lawler |
Match report
Sat 27 Aug 1960, 2:45pm, SCG. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7-5.