Balmain Tigers 8–5 Manly-Warringah — Preliminary Final, 1966 NRL Finals Series
10 Sep 1966 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 39,461
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1966 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 8–5 Manly-Warringah, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 10 Sep 1966.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Goals: Keith Barnes (4/4) |
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Bob Fulton Goals: Bob Batty |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Manly-Warringah | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Barnes (c) | Fullback | Bob Batty | 1 |
| 2 | Kevin Yow Yeh | Wing | Paul Gibson | 2 |
| 3 | John Spencer | Centre | Alec Tennant | 3 |
| 4 | Laurie Moraschi | Centre | Peter Gallagher | 4 |
| 5 | Bob Mara | Wing | John McDonell | 5 |
| 6 | Peter Jones | Five-Eighth | Bob Fulton | 6 |
| 7 | Dave Bolton | Halfback | Frank Stanton | 7 |
| 8 | Peter Provan | Lock | Bill Bradstreet | 8 |
| 9 | Garry Leo | Second Row | John Morgan | 9 |
| 10 | Dennis Tutty | Second Row | Tony Antunac | 10 |
| 11 | George Piper | Prop | Mick Veivers | 11 |
| 12 | Dave Cooper | Hooker | Fred Jones | 12 |
| 13 | Bob Boland | Prop | Ken Day (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 25 | Syd Williams | |||
| Harry Bath | Coach | Wally O'Connell | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Col Pearce |
Match report
10 Sep 1966, SCG. Halftime: Balmain 6-2. Balmain's 8 points came entirely from 4 goals with no try scored, confirmed identically on both Rugby League Project pages for this match.