St. George 19–8 Parramatta Eels — Minor Semi-Final, 1971 NRL Finals Series
28 Aug 1971 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 38,157
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1971 NRL finals series: St. George 19–8 Parramatta Eels, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 28 Aug 1971.
Sourcing caveat: St George's named scorers (2 tries + 3 goals = 12) fall 7 points short of the recorded 19 -- a large, unreconciled gap almost certainly reflecting extra-time scoring not fully captured by the source's scoresheet extraction. Reported honestly rather than inventing extra-time scorers.
Scorers
| St. George | Tries: Ted Walton (2) Goals: Graeme Langlands (3) |
| Parramatta Eels | Goals: Keith Campbell (4) |
Team sheets
| St. George | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Langlands (c) | Fullback | Ken Thornett | 1 |
| 2 | Ken Batty | Wing | Terry Scurfield | 2 |
| 3 | Bob Clapham | Centre | Ron Graham | 3 |
| 4 | Ken Maddison | Centre | Peter Langmack | 4 |
| 5 | Geoff Carr | Wing | Kevin MacFarlane | 5 |
| 6 | Tony Branson | Five-Eighth | Graham Lye | 6 |
| 7 | Billy Smith | Halfback | John Wilson | 7 |
| 8 | Ted Walton | Lock | Keith Campbell | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Beath | Second Row | Dick Thornett | 9 |
| 10 | Peter Fitzgerald | Second Row | Ron Lynch (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Keith Maddison | Prop | Denis Fitzgerald | 11 |
| 12 | Col Rasmussen | Hooker | John McMartin | 12 |
| 13 | Harry Eden | Prop | Bob O'Reilly | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Brian Wood | Gary Pethybridge | 14 | |
| 15 | Norm Henderson | Laurie Wakefield | 15 | |
| Jack Gibson | Coach | Ian Walsh | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Keith Page |
Match report
28 Aug 1971, SCG. Halftime: St George 5-2 Parramatta. Scores level 8-8 at full time; extra time (2x10 min) played.