1957 Grand Final

St George 31 (Clay 2, Ryan, Fifield, Lumsden tries, Bath 8 goals) defeated
Manly-Warringah 9 (Burke try, Willey 3 goals)

Played on Sat Sep 21, 1957 3pm at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Referee: Darcey Lawler, Crowd: 54,399.

Manly-Warringah (Ron Willey, Ray Ritchie, Ray Quinnell, Bill Lloyd, George Hugo, Kevin Diett, Peter Burke, George Hunter (c), Rex Mossop, Doug Daley, Denis Meaney, George Lenon, Roy Bull, Coach: )

St George (Brian Graham, Tom Ryan, Jack Fifield, R Smith, Eddie Lumsden, P Carroll, R Bugden, Brian Clay, Norm Provan, Harry Bath, K Brown, Ken Kearney (c), Bryan Orrock, coach: )

This was Manly's 2nd grand final loss since coming into the competition in 1947.

To see the 1961 round 2 Manly v Souths match, click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWzm1MjvrY

To support the Sea Eagles, click: http://www.mwse.com.au

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[mwidunn]

Way too short to give any appreciation for how the game was played back then.

[PrinceAndrew100]

Wow never knew there was colour footage from those days, great clip thanks.