Balmain Tigers 10–5 Manly-Warringah — Minor Semi-Final, 1961 NRL Finals Series
27 Aug 1961 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 20,842
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1961 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 10–5 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 27 Aug 1961.
Sourcing caveat: Manly's single try is not named by the source (Balmain's 5 goals alone total the recorded 10 points with zero tries, so the unnamed scorer belongs to Manly by elimination) -- reported honestly as an unnamed scorer rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Goals: Keith Barnes (5/6) |
| Manly-Warringah | Goals: Ron Willey (1/2) |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Barnes (c) | Fullback | Ron Willey | 1 |
| 2 | Ron Mack | Wing | Bob Batty | 2 |
| 3 | Gil MacDougall | Centre | Bob Thomson | 3 |
| 4 | William Bischoff Jnr | Centre | Frank Stanton | 4 |
| 5 | Bob Mara | Wing | Brian Allsop | 5 |
| 6 | Alan Mason | Five-Eighth | Ray Quinnell | 6 |
| 7 | Laurie Fagan | Halfback | Peter Burke | 7 |
| 8 | Peter Provan | Lock | Barry O'Connell | 8 |
| 9 | Bob Boland | Second Row | Doug Daley | 9 |
| 10 | Rex Percy | Second Row | Barney McEvoy | 10 |
| 11 | Don Amos | Prop | Rex Mossop (c) | 11 |
| 12 | Bede Goff | Hooker | Fred Jones | 12 |
| 13 | Harry Raven | Prop | Bernie Seymour | 13 |
| Harry Bath | Coach | Ken Arthurson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darcy Lawler |
Match report
Sun 27 Aug 1961, 3:00pm, Sports Ground, Sydney. Halftime: Balmain 2-5.