Cronulla-Sutherland 20–11 Newtown — Preliminary Final, 1973 NRL Finals Series
8 Sep 1973 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 30,649
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1973 NRL finals series: Cronulla-Sutherland 20–11 Newtown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 8 Sep 1973.
Sourcing caveat: Cronulla's named scorers (3 tries + 4 goals = 17) fall 3 points short of the recorded 20, likely a 4th try not captured by the source. Newtown's figures reconcile exactly.
Scorers
| Cronulla-Sutherland | Tries: Greg Pierce; Steve Rogers; Chris Wellman Goals: Steve Rogers (4) |
| Newtown | Tries: John Floyd Goals: John Bonham (4) |
Team sheets
| Cronulla-Sutherland | Newtown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Fisher | Fullback | John Floyd | 1 |
| 2 | Steve Edmonds | Wing | Lionel Williamson (c) | 2 |
| 3 | Steve Rogers | Centre | Peter Gordon | 3 |
| 4 | Eric Archer | Centre | Brian Moore | 4 |
| 5 | Bob Wear | Wing | Bruce Pickett | 5 |
| 6 | Chris Wellman | Five-Eighth | John Bonham | 6 |
| 7 | Tommy Bishop (c) | Halfback | Steve Hansard | 7 |
| 8 | Greg Pierce | Lock | David Bell | 8 |
| 9 | John Maguire | Second Row | Neil Pringle | 9 |
| 10 | Ken Maddison | Second Row | Paul Dawson | 10 |
| 11 | Grahame Bowen | Prop | Tom Melville | 11 |
| 12 | Ron Turner | Hooker | Doug Kemister | 12 |
| 13 | Greg Allen | Prop | Col Casey | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Gary Stewart | Ian Sartori | 27 | |
| 18 | Paul Taylor | Peter Parry | 29 | |
| Tommy Bishop | Coach | Jack Gibson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Keith Page |
Match report
8 Sep 1973, SCG. Halftime: Cronulla 18-4 Newtown.