Canterbury-Bankstown 26–24 St. George — Minor Semi-Final, 1983 NRL Finals Series
10 Sep 1983 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 27,867
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Minor Semi-Final, 1983 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 26–24 St. George, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 10 Sep 1983.
Sourcing caveat: Both sides fall 8 points (2 tries) short of the recorded score after re-verification — Canterbury-Bankstown 18 of 26, St George 16 of 24 — suggesting additional named tries on the source page that could not be captured in extraction. Reported honestly rather than invented.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Andrew Farrar (2) Goals: Tony Armstrong (5/7) |
| St. George | Tries: Graeme Wynn (2) Goals: Steve Gearin (4/6) |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | St. George | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Mortimer | Fullback | Brian Johnson | 1 |
| 2 | Chris Anderson (c) | Wing | Steve Gearin | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Farrar | Centre | Michael O'Connor | 3 |
| 4 | Peter Mortimer | Centre | Michael Beattie | 4 |
| 5 | Tony Armstrong | Wing | Steve Morris | 5 |
| 6 | Garry Hughes | Five-Eighth | Tony Trudgett | 6 |
| 7 | Steve Mortimer | Halfback | Ivan Henjak | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Folkes | Prop | Col Fraser | 8 |
| 9 | Tas Baitieri | Hooker | Graeme Wynn | 9 |
| 10 | Mick Pitman | Prop | Chris Walsh | 10 |
| 11 | Geoff Robinson | Second Row | John Jansen (c) | 11 |
| 12 | Billy Johnstone | Second Row | John Dowling | 12 |
| 13 | John Coveney | Lock | Robert Stone | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Paul Langmack | Steve Rogers | 15 | |
| 22 | Tony Davies | Pat Jarvis | 19 | |
| 23 | Neil Baker | Glenn Burgess | 21 | |
| Ted Glossop | Coach | Roy Masters | ||
Match officials
| Referee | John Gocher |
Match report
Halftime 18-12. Player of the Match: Steve Mortimer.