<iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TP7SRLT" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>

AFL Sydney / North Shore Bombers

Senior Premiership Teams

1961 Premiership Team

Bears 1961 Premiers - Team Positions

Full Backs	Dave Kitchen	Reg Robinson	Peter Croft
Half Backs	Scobie Obrien	Bill Croft	Ian Sharp
Centre		Frank Oliver
Half Forwards	Stuart Whitelaw	Peter Barber	Bob Jenkins
Full Forwards	Ray Chadwick	Phil Prosser	Lionel Byrne (Capt/Coach)

Followers	Ron Biok	John Margetts (Peter Croft)	Barry Woods (Ray Chadwick)
17^th & 18th	Jim Thomas	Dave Hicks

Graeme Parker – (unavailable due to incarceration) - Graeme’s contribution played a major part in us reaching the finals.

Note that in 1961 the Sydney Competition played 16 man sides leaving out the wings in an experiment similar to that tried by the VFA at that time.

POS	TEAM	PTS
1	East Coast Eagles	60
2	Manly Warringah Giants	52
3	Pennant Hills Demons	50
4	St George Dragons	40
5	Sydney University	30
6	UTS Bats	24
7	Western Suburbs Magpies	16
8	North Shore Bombers	12
9	UNSW/ES Bulldogs	4

POS	TEAM	% Won
1	Camden Cats	88.24
2	Blacktown Magic	70.59
3	Manly Warringah Giants	62.50
4	Moorebank Magpies	52.94
5	Penrith Rams	37.50
6	North Shore Bombers	35.29
7	Western Suburbs Magpies	31.25
8	Randwick City Saints	18.75

POS	TEAM	% Won
1	Macquarie University	76.47
2	Holroyd Parramatta Goannas	75.00
3	Wollondilly Knights	64.71
4	Manly Warringah Giants	62.50
5	Campbelltown Blues	61.11
6	Camden Cats	61.11
7	Sydney University	58.82
8	North Shore Bombers	47.06
9	Blacktown Magic	36.11
10	Southern Power	33.33
11	Randwick City Saints	14.71
12	Moorebank Magpies	11.76

POS	TEAM	% Won
1	UTS Bats	92.31
2	Penrith Rams	85.71
3	UNSW/ES Bulldogs	78.57
4	Holroyd Parramatta Goannas	68.75
5	Pennant Hills Demons	60.00
6	Nor-West Jets	42.86
7	Sydney University	40.00
8	Camden Cats	26.67
9	Randwick City Saints	20.00
10	Balmain Tigers	6.67

POS	TEAM	% Won
1	Pennant Hills Demons	88.89
2	UNSW/ES Bulldogs	75.00
3	North Shore Bombers	72.22
4	St George Dragons	55.56
5	Sydney University	33.33
6	Manly Warringah Giants	33.33
7	South Coast Thunder	27.78
8	East Coast Eagles	13.89