Eastern Suburbs Roosters 20–11 Canterbury-Bankstown — Preliminary Playoff, 1960 NRL Finals Series
9 Aug 1960 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 21,308 (shared gate with the same-day Western Suburbs v Balmain preliminary playoff)
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Playoff, 1960 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 20–11 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 9 Aug 1960.
Sourcing caveat: Eastern Suburbs' named scorers (2 tries + 3 goals = 12) fall 8 points short of the recorded 20 -- a large, unreconciled gap likely reflecting further unlisted tries. Canterbury's figures reconcile exactly.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Brian Wright (2) Goals: Bob Landers (3) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Ron Thornton Goals: Brian Davies (4) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Clifford | Fullback | Bill Petley | 13 |
| 2 | Ken Ashcroft | Hooker | Ken Rowlands | 10 |
| 39 | Peter Gallagher | Centre | John Russell | 20 |
| 17 | Doug Ricketson | Centre | Dick Pickett | 21 |
| 10 | Bob Landers | Wing | Ron Dick | 19 |
| 8 | Billy McNamara | Five-Eighth | Ray Gartner | 8 |
| 7 | Bruce Ranier | Halfback | Ron Thornton | 7 |
| 6 | Dick See | Lock | Col Brown | 24 |
| 4 | Don Hardy | Second Row | Kevin Brown | 4 |
| 5 | Brian Wright | Second Row | Barry Nelson | 3 |
| 14 | Jack Gibson (c) | Prop | Bob Ambrose | 29 |
| 15 | Bob McDonagh | Prop | Fred Anderson | 2 |
| 42 | Boyce Beeton | Wing | Brian Davies (c) | 1 |
| Dick Dunn | Coach | Eddie Burns | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Col Pearce |
Match report
Tue 9 Aug 1960, 1:30pm, Sports Ground, Sydney. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 15-7.