Can you pick a Wests Team to beat the St George Grand Final Team of 1963?

This is the Original Lineup as per program

Grand Final
40 minutes each way: time off for injuries

First Grade

Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, August 24, 1963 - 3 pm    

St George

Wests

(White, RedV)
Coach: Norm Provan
(Black and White)
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Full-backs
13 - Graeme Langlands Don Parish - 1
Three-quarters
9 - Ed Lumsden
11 - Reg Gasnier
24 - Bill Smith
17 - Johnny King
John Mowbray - 2
Rob McGuinness - 3
Gil McDougall - 4
Peter Dimond - 5
Five-eighths
21 - Bruce Pollard Arthur Summons (Captain) - 6
Halves
7 - George Evans Don Malone - 7
Forwards
6 - Johnny Raper
5 - Elton Rasmussen
4 - Norm Provan (Captain)
3 - Kevin Ryan
2 - Ian Walsh
1 - Monty Porter
Kevin Smyth - 8
John Hayes - 9
Kel O'Shea - 14
Denis Meaney - 11
Noel Kelly - 12
Jack Gibson -13

Reserves

  Jim Cody 10, Ken Bray 15,
 Dave Barsley 16, Don Hall 17

Referee: D. Lawler Touch Judges: R Brock (Red)
J Martin (Blue)

Have you ever tried to pick the best Wests side ever?
 Well here's your chance to pick your favourite Wests team from the players who played for the Magpies between 1966 and 1969...the Kelly’s Kids era.

There are rules in every game here are the rules:
1) The player must have played for Wests between 1966 – 1969.
2) The player can be chosen from any grade.
3) The player can picked out of position e.g. Steve Winter (lock)
4) Then pick a second Wests side to beat the first. The same player cannot be in both teams…..

Sounds simple but who do you leave out???  The team below is the team I would pick to play the St George side of 1963 and win. Revenge would be sweet.

Tony's Number One side

Grand Final
40 minutes each way: time off for injuries

First Grade

Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, August 24, 1963 - 3 pm    

St George

Wests

(White, RedV)
Coach: Norm Provan
(Black and White)
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Full-backs
13 - Graeme Langlands Tony Ford - 1
Three-quarters
9 - Ed Lumsden
11 - Reg Gasnier
24 - Bill Smith
17 - Johnny King
John Elford - 2
Roy Ferguson - 3
Dave Barsley - 4
Peter Dimond - 5
Five-eighths
21 - Bruce Pollard Barry Glasgow - 6
Halves
7 - George Evans Bruce Beer - 7
Forwards
6 - Johnny Raper
5 - Elton Rasmussen
4 - Norm Provan (Captain)
3 - Kevin Ryan
2 - Ian Walsh
1 - Monty Porter
John Baker - 8
Jim Cody - 9
Barry Bryant - 10
Doug Walkaden - 11
Noel Kelly - 12
Ken Stonestreet -13

Reserves

  John Hayes, Nev Hornery,
 Mick Alchin, John Mowbray


Tony's Number Two side

Grand Final
40 minutes each way: time off for injuries

First Grade

Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, August 24, 1963 - 3 pm    

St George

Wests

(White, RedV)
Coach: Norm Provan
(Black and White)
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Full-backs
13 - Graeme Langlands Peter Flanders - 1
Three-quarters
9 - Ed Lumsden
11 - Reg Gasnier
24 - Bill Smith
17 - Johnny King
Dick Pickett - 2
 John Armstrong - 3
Gil Mc Dougall - 4
 Don Rogers - 5
Five-eighths
21 - Bruce Pollard Tim Murphy - 6
Halves
7 - George Evans Tom Raudonikis - 7
Forwards
6 - Johnny Raper
5 - Elton Rasmussen
4 - Norm Provan (Captain)
3 - Kevin Ryan
2 - Ian Walsh
1 - Monty Porter
Steve Winter - 8
Rod Smith - 9
 John Walsh - 10
 Brian Kowald- 11
 Alan Allison - 12
 J McGrath-13

Reserves

  Colin Lewis, Bob McGuiness,
Jim Maxwell, Garry Gunton.

And our first submission from a great Magpies fan....MAL!!!!

Mal's Number One side

Grand Final
40 minutes each way: time off for injuries

First Grade

Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, August 24, 1963 - 3 pm    

St George

Wests

(White, RedV)
Coach: Norm Provan
(Black and White)
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Full-backs
13 - Graeme Langlands Tony Ford - 1
Three-quarters
9 - Ed Lumsden
11 - Reg Gasnier
24 - Bill Smith
17 - Johnny King
Mick Alchin - 2
Peter Dimond - 3
Gil McDougall - 4
 Dave Barsley - 5
Five-eighths
21 - Bruce Pollard Dennis Pittard - 6
Halves
7 - George Evans Tom Raudonikis - 7
Forwards
6 - Johnny Raper
5 - Elton Rasmussen
4 - Norm Provan (Captain)
3 - Kevin Ryan
2 - Ian Walsh
1 - Monty Porter
Barry Bryant - 8
Nev Hornery - 9
John Hayes - 10
Doug Walkaden - 11
Noel Kelly - 12
Jim Cody -13

'Les from Lidcombe' and his Number One side

Grand Final
40 minutes each way: time off for injuries

First Grade

Sydney Cricket Ground
Saturday, August 24, 1963 - 3 pm    

St George

Wests

(White, RedV)
Coach: Norm Provan
(Black and White)
Coach: Jack Fitzgerald
Full-backs
13 - Graeme Langlands Ken Bray - 1
Three-quarters
9 - Ed Lumsden
11 - Reg Gasnier
24 - Bill Smith
17 - Johnny King
John Mowbray - 2
Barry Glasgow - 3
John Armstrong - 4
 Frank Tagg - 5
Five-eighths
21 - Bruce Pollard Roy Ferguson - 6
Halves
7 - George Evans John Maxwell - 7
Forwards
6 - Johnny Raper
5 - Elton Rasmussen
4 - Norm Provan (Captain)
3 - Kevin Ryan
2 - Ian Walsh
1 - Monty Porter
John Baker - 8
Bill Henson - 9
Glen Brown - 10
Steve Winter - 11
Noel Thornton - 12
Allan Allison -13

Now its your turn …pick your two best sides and email them to us at Kelly Kids and we will feature the teams over the coming weeks.
 Best of luck.   Tony and Greg


The great Peter Dimond!!


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