Wendy Phillips' New Guinea photo album Press F11 to maximize viewing Lae '64: Waratahs Rugby League team, with Bob second from the right in the back row. A bit blurry but it’s the only one we have. See below for a funny story about the ‘64 grand final

After the match, which the Waratahs lost BTW, the New Guinea captain Barry Orchard held a post-match party at his house. Around midnight, well lubricated, they decided what he needed was a swimming pool and proceeded to dig up his front yard. The next morning, when they woke up bleary-eyed and lifted their faces out of the the dirt, a winger Bob remembers as Winkie was missing. Big panic until someone finally remembered what they’d done with him. He had a broken collar bone from a previous match and kept getting in everyone’s way, so one of his teammates (who prefers to remain anonymous) confessed that he'd put a coathanger through the back of his shirt and hung him out of harm’s way in the hall closet. Everyone rushed inside to investigate, and Winkie proved to be still hanging there, sound asleep. He was fortunately none the worse for the experience, much to the relief of our anonymous good Samaritan☺.