1967 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

Avg. attendance5,825Top scorersTriesMonty Porter (3)
Dennis Hewett (3)GoalsTerry Hughes (67)PointsTerry Hughes (139)
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The 1967 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the club's inaugural season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George 22 16 1 5 437 267 +170 33
2 South Sydney 22 16 0 6 422 271 +151 32
3 Canterbury-Bankstown 22 14 1 7 349 269 +80 29
4 Eastern Suburbs 22 13 2 7 269 219 +50 28
5 Manly-Warringah 22 12 2 8 365 271 +94 26
6 Balmain 22 12 2 8 344 258 +86 26
7 Western Suburbs 22 10 2 10 269 255 +14 22
8 North Sydney 22 8 1 13 297 370 -73 17
9 Parramatta 22 8 0 14 309 322 -13 16
10 Newtown 22 7 2 13 274 406 -132 16
11 Penrith 22 5 2 15 203 352 -149 12
12 Cronulla-Sutherland 22 3 1 18 208 486 -278 7

Results

Eastern Suburbs v Cronulla-Sutherland
2 April 1967 Round 1 Eastern Suburbs 5 – 11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sydney Sports Ground
Tries:
Jim Matthews
Goals:
Gwyl Barnes
Tries:
John Hynes
Goals:
Terry Hughes (4)
Attendance: 6,137

Balmain v Cronulla-Sutherland
8 April 1967 Round 2 Balmain 30 – 12 Cronulla-Sutherland Leichhardt Oval
Tries:
Hal Browne (2)
Kevin Yow Yeh
Peter Provan
Goals:
Keith Barnes (9)
Tries:
Alan McRitchie
Dennis Hewett
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Les Samuelson

South Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland
15 April 1967 Round 3 South Sydney 23 – 15 Cronulla-Sutherland Redfern Oval
Tries:
Bob Moses
Brian James
John Sattler
Goals:
Eric Simms (5)
Kevin Longbottom
Field Goals:
Bob Honan
Tries:
Dave Cooper
Goals:
Terry Hughes (6)
Attendance: 8,256
Referee: Phil Elliss

Cronulla-Sutherland v Parramatta
22 April 1967 Round 4 Cronulla-Sutherland 23 – 11 Parramatta Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Jack Danzey
Dave Cooper
Greg Miller
Goals:
Terry Hughes (6)
Field Goals:
Jack Danzey
Tries:
John McMartin
Goals:
Brian Bevan (2)
Frank Glover (2)
Attendance: 5,245
Referee: Keith Page

Western Suburbs v Cronulla-Sutherland
25 April 1967 Round 5 Western Suburbs 19 – 7 Cronulla-Sutherland Lidcombe Oval
Tries:
Barry Bryant
John Hayes
Roy Ferguson
Goals:
Tony Ford (4)
Field Goals:
Barry Glasgow
Tries:
Brian Cox
Goals:
Terry Hughes (2)
Attendance: 5,037
Referee: Phil Elliss

Cronulla-Sutherland v Canterbury-Bankstown
29 April 1967 Round 6 Cronulla-Sutherland 15 – 29 Canterbury-Bankstown Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Dennis Hewett
Goals:
Terry Hughes (5)
Field Goals:
Jack Danzey
Tries:
Dick Webb
John Larcombe
Kevin Goldspink
Leo Toohey
Max Brown
Goals:
George Taylforth (7)
Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Keith Page

Newtown v Cronulla-Sutherland
7 May 1967 Round 7 Newtown 29 – 9 Cronulla-Sutherland Henson Park
Tries:
Brian Moore (3)
Alan Maddalena
Bob Lanigan
Goals:
Bob Lanigan (5)
Field Goals:
Bob Lanigan
Peter Nobbs
Tries:
Alan McRitchie
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Attendance: 3,870
Referee: Col Pearce

Manly-Warringah v Cronulla-Sutherland
14 May 1967 Round 8 Manly-Warringah 39 – 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Brookvale Oval
Tries:
Les Hanigan (5)
Mick Veivers
Bob Batty
Goals:
Bob Batty (8)
Field Goals:
Bob Batty
Tries:
Dennis Hewett
Goals:
Terry Hughes
Attendance: 6,726
Referee: Laurie Bruyeres

St. George v Cronulla-Sutherland
21 May 1967 Round 9 St. George 20 – 9 Cronulla-Sutherland Kogarah Oval
Tries:
Stan Gorton (2)
Barry Beath
Johnny King
Goals:
Dennis Preston (4)
Tries:
Graeme Sams
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Jack Bradley

Cronulla-Sutherland v North Sydney
27 May 1967 Round 10 Cronulla-Sutherland 19 – 13 North Sydney Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Monty Porter (2)
Graeme Sams
Goals:
Terry Hughes (5)
Tries:
Ken Irvine (2)
Lloyd Weier
Goals:
Ken Irvine
Field Goals:
Tommy Smales
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Keith Holman

Cronulla-Sutherland v Penrith
4 June 1967 Round 11 Cronulla-Sutherland 10 – 13 Penrith Sutherland Oval
Goals:
Terry Hughes (5)
Tries:
David Applebee
Maurie Raper
Wayne Peckham
Goals:
Grahame Moran (2)
Attendance: 5,602
Referee: Don Macdonald

Cronulla-Sutherland v Eastern Suburbs
12 June 1967 Round 12 Cronulla-Sutherland 4 – 11 Eastern Suburbs Sutherland Oval
Goals:
Terry Hughes (2)
Tries:
Barry Reilly (2)
Ron Saddler
Goals:
Allan McKean
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Keith Holman

Cronulla-Sutherland v Balmain
17 June 1967 Round 13 Cronulla-Sutherland 6 – 6 Balmain Sutherland Oval
Goals:
Terry Hughes (2)
Field Goals:
Gordon Abercrombie
Tries:
Gary Leo
Kevin Yow Yeh
Attendance: 4,717
Referee: Don MacDonald

Cronulla-Sutherland v South Sydney
24 June 1967 Round 14 Cronulla-Sutherland 14 – 29 South Sydney Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Monty Porter
Ron Dutton
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Field Goals:
Terry Hughes
Tries:
Brian James (2)
Bob McCarthy
Ron Coote
Eric Simms
Goals:
Eric Simms (7)
Attendance: 10,094
Referee: Brian Barry

Parramatta v Cronulla-Sutherland
2 July 1967 Round 15 Parramatta 15 – 10 Cronulla-Sutherland Cumberland Oval
Tries:
Joe Turski
Ron Graham
Len Stacker
Goals:
Len Stacker (3)
Tries:
Jack Danzey
Terry Hughes
Goals:
Terry Hughes (2)
Attendance: 7,625
Referee: Don MacDonald

Cronulla-Sutherland v Western Suburbs
9 July 1967 Round 16 Cronulla-Sutherland 0 – 26 Western Suburbs Sutherland Oval
Tries:
John Elford (2)
Denis Pittard
Peter Dimond
Goals:
Don Parish (7)
Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Don MacDonald

Canterbury-Bankstown v Cronulla-Sutherland
15 July 1967 Round 17 Canterbury-Bankstown 25 – 6 Cronulla-Sutherland Belmore Oval
Tries:
Max Brown (2)
Ron Raper
Dick Webb
George Taylforth
Goals:
George Taylforth (4)
Field Goals:
Ron Raper
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Don MacDonald

Cronulla-Sutherland v Newtown
23 July 1967 Round 18 Cronulla-Sutherland 9 – 22 Newtown Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Ron Dutton
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Tries:
Bob Carnegie
Brian Moore
John Oakley
Bob Lanigan
Goals:
Bob Lanigan (5)
Attendance: 3,049
Referee: Carl Langton

Cronulla-Sutherland v Manly-Warringah
30 July 1967 Round 19 Cronulla-Sutherland 7 – 27 Manly-Warringah Sutherland Oval
Tries:
Warren Ryan
Goals:
Terry Hughes (2)
Tries:
John Morgan (2)
Alec Tennant
Gary Collins
Bob Batty
Goals:
Bob Batty (5)
David Knox
Attendance: 3,717
Referee: Don MacDonald

Cronulla-Sutherland v St. George
5 August 1967 Round 20 Cronulla-Sutherland 6 – 42 St. George Sutherland Oval
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Tries:
Bruce Pollard (2)
Reg Gasnier (2)
George Evans
Graeme Langlands
Johnny King
Dennis Preston
Goals:
Dennis Preston (9)
Attendance: 3,936
Referee: Laurie Bruyeres

North Sydney v Cronulla-Sutherland
13 August 1967 Round 21 North Sydney 30 – 6 Cronulla-Sutherland North Sydney Oval
Tries:
Ken Irvine (4)
Col Greenwood
Dave Wood
Goals:
Keith Russell (6)
Goals:
Terry Hughes (3)
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Keith Page

Penrith v Cronulla-Sutherland
19 August 1967 Round 22 Penrith 22 – 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Penrith Park
Tries:
Wayne Peckham (2)
David Applebee
Geoff Waldie
Goals:
Bob Landers (5)
Tries:
Brian Cox
Goals:
Terry Hughes
Attendance: 2,793
Referee: Brian Barry

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