1967 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

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NSWRFL Rank

12th

1967 record

Wins: 3; draws: 1; losses: 18

Points scored

For: 208 (22 tries, 67 goals, 4 field goals); against: 486 (88 tries, 104 goals, 7 field goals)

Team information

Coach

Ken Kearney

Captain

Monty Porter

Stadium

Sutherland Oval

Avg. attendance

5,825

Top scorers

Tries

Monty Porter (3)
Dennis Hewett (3)

Goals

Terry Hughes (67)

Points

Terry Hughes (139)

1968 →

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) Allan 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

References

v t e Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Est. 1967 in Cronulla, New South Wales
The club	History Records Players Coaches Supplements saga
Home ground	Endeavour Field Sutherland Oval
Culture	Johnny Mannah Cup Sharkies Leagues Club
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (1)	2016
Seasons (58)	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other competitions	Current NRL Nines NSWRL Women's Premiership Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup NRL Under-20s
Affiliations	Cronulla-Sutherland Cobras Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League Newtown Jets

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