St. George 12–7 Parramatta Eels — Preliminary Final, 1963 NRL Finals Series
17 Aug 1963 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 57,973
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1963 NRL finals series: St. George 12–7 Parramatta Eels, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 17 Aug 1963.
Sourcing caveat: St George's lineup numbering as extracted from the source has an apparent inconsistency (Graeme Langlands appears associated with both #1 and #13 across the source's listings) -- reported here as extracted rather than corrected by guesswork.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Reg Gasnier (2) Goals: Graeme Langlands (3) |
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Mike Jackson Goals: Bobby Bugden (2) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Langlands | Fullback | Ken Foord | 2 |
| 2 | Ian Walsh | Hooker | Bill Roney | 3 |
| 3 | Kevin Ryan | Prop | Mike Jackson | 5 |
| 4 | Elton Rasmussen | Second Row | Leo Toohey | 6 |
| 5 | Norm Provan (c) | Second Row | Bobby Bugden | 7 |
| 6 | John Raper | Lock | Ron Lynch (c) | 8 |
| 7 | George Evans | Halfback | Brian Hambly | 9 |
| 9 | Eddie Lumsden | Wing | Dick Thornett | 10 |
| 11 | Reg Gasnier | Centre | Noel Dolton | 11 |
| 12 | Johnny King | Wing | Billy Rayner | 12 |
| 21 | Bruce Pollard | Five-Eighth | Bill McCall | 13 |
| 24 | Billy Smith | Centre | Derek Hallas | 14 |
| 1 | Monty Porter | Prop | Ken Thornett | 15 |
| Norm Provan | Coach | Ken Kearney | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Darcy Lawler |
Match report
Sat 17 Aug 1963, 3:00pm, SCG. Halftime: 7-7.