AMCO Cup 1976

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Manly 35 (P. Lowe 2, R. Branighan, P. Byrne, R. Jackson, A. Thompson, B. Wilson tries; G. Eadie 7 goals) defeated Newcastle (AU) 17 (P. Cootes, P. Merlo, T. Sheppard tries; R. Burgess 4 goals) at Newcastle International Sports Centre.
Date: Wed, 31st March.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Scrums: Newcastle (AU) 10-6.   Penalties: Newcastle (AU) 14-12.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   
Newcastle (AU): Batey, Cootes, Booth, Burgess, Warren; Stevens, Fairns; Leo, Dagwell, Anderson, Roach, Shoemark, Howlett. Int: Scotman, Sheppard, Merlo, Russell.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Fulton, Jackson; Gartner, Thompson; Willoughby, Krilich, Parkes, Randall, Lowe, Drake. Int: Wilson, Byrne, Hunter, Waller.
View  South Sydney 17 (G. Stevens 2, S. Little tries; S. Little 3, G. Purcell goals) defeated Southern Suburbs 8 (T. Gillogly 4 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 31st March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Southern Suburbs 4-0.   Referee: Ian Smith.   
Southern Suburbs: Graham, Brennan, Grant, Astill, Gillogly; Nunan, Clarke; Tronc, Nunan, Unicombe, Drew, Phelan, Lange. Int: Castles, Clancy, Hasse, Lynch.
South Sydney: Purcell, Lowther, Donnelly, Berne, Fahey; Sait, McMillan; Annabel, Piggins, Souter, Porter, Stevens (C), Reardon. Int: Stewart, Little, Withers, Grant.
View  Past Christian Bros 19 (I. Dauth, N. Harrington, J. Herlihy, P. McNamara, J. Short tries; I. Dauth 2 goals) defeated Penrith 8 (B. Ashurst, V. Humphreys tries; K. Wilson goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 7th April.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Referee: Eddie Ward.   
Past Christian Bros: Power, Dauth, Thomas, Beauchamp, Shelvey; Ryan, Herlihy (C); Harrington, Franklin, McNamara, Wright, Leyden, Rafton. Int: Ricketts, McBeath, Willmett, Short.
Penrith: Wilson, Allsopp, Gigg, West, Quinn; McKechnie, Wickey; O'Reilly, Stephenson, Geary, Ashurst, King, Langmack. Int: Le Brocq, Longhurst, Hughes, Humphreys.
View  North Sydney 5 (J. Rawlins try; J. Gray goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 4 (R. Ayliffe 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 7th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Scrums: North Sydney 12-9.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 10-7.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   
North Sydney: McLachlan, Hope, Van Gulik, Rawlins, Adams; Murphy, Pretti; Hamilton (C), Foye, Makin, Lavis, Gray, Murphy. Int: Tonks, Healey, West, Murphy.
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Pickett, Brass, Harris, Schubert; Markou, Mayes; Ayliffe, Walters, Hedger, Fitzgerald, Reilly, Coote (C). Int: Beetson, Keen, O'Reilly, Windeatt.
View  Canterbury 40 (C. Anderson 3, P. Cassilles, K. Harris, G. Hughes, B. McCarthy, D. Moseley, P. O'Neill, P. Young tries; D. Moseley 5 goals) defeated North QLD 0 at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 7th April.   Kickoff: 8:40 PM.   Scrums: Canterbury 13-7.   Penalties: North QLD 13-6.   Referee: Bernie Pramberg.   
Canterbury: O'Neill, Anderson, Harris, Ryan, Moseley; Hughes, Young; Noonan, Peponis, Peek, McCarthy (C), Hughes, Cassilles. Int: Phillis, Mortimer, Hughes, Winchester.
North QLD: Daisy, Favuro, Michaels, Schultz, Ellul; Roberts, Kynaston (C); Gardiner, Geiger, Wonson, Young, Thinee, Luppi. Int: Hopley, O'Brien, O'Brien, Smart.
View  Auckland 30 (F. Ah Kuoi 3, D. Lepper, K. Sorensen, D. Williams tries; J. Karem 6 goals) defeated Redcliffe 5 (B. Jones try; I. Pearce goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 14th April.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: Auckland 15-3.   Scrums: Auckland 17-11.   
Redcliffe: Russell, Gardiner, Tighe, Pearce, Carige; Williams, Winney; Bullow, Jones, Barber, Bleakley, Mason, Wellman. Int: Leis, Donnelly, O'Connor.
Auckland: Karem, White, Ah Kuoi, Williams, Lepper; Smith, Dowsett; Proctor, Netzler, Hansen, Sorensen, Graham, Conroy. Int: Redmond, O'Hara, Ponga, Leuluai.
View  Cronulla 28 (B. Andrews, D. Chamberlin, P. Khan, G. Pierce, M. Raftery, S. Rogers tries; B. Andrews 4, D. Chamberlin goals) defeated Toowoomba 5 (J. Duke try; B. Collins goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 14th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 18-5.   Scrums: Cronulla 14-4.   Penalties: Toowoomba 13-7.   Referee: Col Turnell.   
Cronulla: Fisher, Raftery, Rogers, Mullane, Chamberlin; Andrews, Purcell; Khan, McMartin, Pagano, Sams, Ryan Jnr, Pierce (C). Int: Lawler, McAlpin, Williams, Beckett.
Toowoomba: Muirhead, Collins, Duncan, Arnold, Weatherall; Smith, Tape; Lindenmeyer, Duke, Sutton, Platz, Connell, Gill. Int: Docherty, Cunningham, Bliss, Arndt.
View  Western Suburbs 21 (L. Boyd, J. Elford, T. Raudonikis, T. Rose, P. Young tries; R. Giteau 3 goals) defeated Monaro 9 (B. Belford try; J. Booby 3 goals) at Seiffert Oval.
Date: Wed, 21st April.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Monaro 7-2.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 13-8.   Penalties: Monaro 12-7.   Referee: Les Ballard.   
Monaro: Booby, Stone, Hughes, Rhoades, Spellman; Gottaas, Marmont; Thomson, Jones, Belford, Thompson, Black, Ballesty (C). Int: Slavin, Moncrieff, Coveney, Vucago.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Rogers, Giteau, Parker, Mullins; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Young, Purcell, Donnelly, Elford, Foster, Boyd. Int: Rose, Blyth, Day, Smith.
View  Parramatta 20 (R. Hilditch, J. Moran, J. Peard, S. Williams tries; J. Peard 4 goals) defeated North Coast 4 (K. Cahill 2 goals) at Oakes Oval.
Date: Wed, 21st April.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 7-4.   Scrums: North Coast 13-5.   Penalties: North Coast 14-9.   Referee: Adrian Wilson.   Crowd: 8,000.
North Coast: Rutley, Gibson, Bourke, Cahill, Kelly; Woods, Casagrande; Leslie, O'Neill, Morton, Woods, Little, Urquhart (C). Int: Wilson, Craig, Thompson, Davis.
Parramatta: Atkins, Porter, Gerard, Wilson, MacFarlane; Peard, Kolc; Olling, Hilditch, Fitzgerald, Jay, Higgs (C), Price. Int: Moran, Sulkowicz, Williams, Webb.
View  Easts 38 (S. Farquhar 2, J. Lang 2, W. Lindenberg 2, R. Morris 2, I. Dargan, G. Naylor tries; N. Crusaux 4 goals) defeated Canterbury 7 (M. Brereton try; L. Hudson 2 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 21st April.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: Easts 16-0.   Scrums: Easts 15-11.   Referee: Eric Carter.   
Easts: Kuhn, Callus, de Bruyn, Farquhar, Nicolau; Bowerman, Lindenberg; Naylor, Lang, Morris, Morris (C), Slingsby, Abbott. Int: Dargan, O'Loughlin, Crusaux, McGuire.
Canterbury: Williams, Hudson, Dickinson, O'Donnell, Brereton; Tait, Wilson (C); Fuller, Rushton, Hogg, Edkins, Bunn, Stone. Int: Paskell, Dalziel, Lawrence, Taie.
View  Newtown 32 (J. Floyd 2, S. Kosta 2, K. Bradstock, P. Dawson, P. Hayward, B. Langdale tries; K. Bradstock 4 goals) defeated Ryde-Eastwood 6 (J. Gibson 2 tries) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 21st April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   
Newtown: Floyd (C), Plummer, Wright, Kosta, Bradstock; Hayward, Hansard; Lucas, Turner, Sullivan, Casey, Dawson, Langdale. Int: Megarrity, Murphy, Kemister, Johnson.
Ryde-Eastwood: Gibson, Capelin, Trudgett, Sams, Cohen; Tilbrook, Hogg; Gollan, Gormley, Brennan, Drady (C), Palmer, Barrett. Int: Alexander, Murphy, May, Cohen.
View  Balmain 26 (M. Fish 2, G. Cox, A. Mountier, F. Ragen, J. Shield tries; G. Roberts 4 goals) defeated Southern Division 9 (R. Stewart try; N. Chesham 2, S. McKenzie goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 28th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 11-5.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   
Balmain: McMahon, Fish, Roberts, Knight, Ragen; Mara, Cox; Cook, Mountier, Manteit, Lavers, Edwards, Bandiera (C). Int: Shield, Tutty, Lockwood, Jensen.
Southern Division: Richardson, Stewart, Sharpe, McKenzie, Eastham; Binskin, Chesham; Warren, Harris, Fitzpatrick, Costello (C), Charlton, Cullen. Int: Dovers, Ritchie, Flack, Downing.
View  Riverina 36 (A. Blakeney 2, G. Cooke 2, P. Bishop, J. Doyle, C. Scott, I. Taskis tries; P. Eisenhauer 6 goals) defeated Fortitude Valley 2 (I. Sommer goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 28th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Riverina 15-2.   Referee: Brother Harris.   
Fortitude Valley: Mills, Svenson, Jones, Robertson, Strutton; Gurnett, Strudwick; Herbert, Abbott, Crilly, Holpen, Sommer, Fitzpatrick (C). Int: Richards, Canavan, Hindmarsh, Browne.
Riverina: Blakeney, Eisenhauer, Saddler, Cooke, Taskis; Murray, Bishop; Dowling, Doyle, Lindsay, Deery, Broad, Howell. Int: Hamilton, Mortimer, Scott, Kelly.
View  Northern Division 16 (G. Cook, R. Laurie, B. Russell, R. Tongue tries; B. Russell 2 goals) defeated Illawarra Firsts 9 (H. Browne try; B. Milthorpe 3 goals) at Scully Park.
Date: Wed, 5th May.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Northern Division 8-7.   
Northern Division: Lewis, Russell, Barnett, Sutherland, Smith; Laurie, McDonald; Southam, Welsh, Shearer, Hinklebein, Tongue, Cook. Int: Greise, Sampson, Almond, Welsh.
Illawarra Firsts: Schofield, Hetherington, Rugg, Browne, McGoldrick; Trudgett, Shirlaw; Young, Annesley, Milthorpe, Maguire, Fitzgibbon (C), Bampton. Int: Maxwell, Stenning, Edwards, Herman.
View  St George 34 (R. Ferguson 2, T. Quirk 2, J. Bailey, M. Cole, R. Reddy, B. Wood tries; T. Quirk 5 goals) defeated Western Division 10 (B. Gibbs, S. Olsen tries; D. Cotter 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 5th May.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 14-10.   Scrums: St George 14-6.   Penalties: St George 8-7.   Referee: Barry Bradstock.   
St George: Quirk, Cole, Finch, Ferguson, Bramley; Bailey, Smith (C); French, Edge, Starkey, Reddy, Wood, Adams. Int: Shulman, Sand, Byrne, Gibson.
Western Division: Riley, Cotter, Kelly, Wilson, Hope; Hilton, Phillips; Gibbs, Davison, Bonner, Cale, Fryer (C), Merritt. Int: Priddis, Olsen, Davis, Ritchie.
View  Wests 17 (G. Oliphant 2, R. Twist tries; W. Stewart 4 goals) defeated Norths 2 (D. Brohman goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 5th May.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Wests 7-2.   Scrums: 15-all.   Penalties: Wests 9-7.   Referee: Stan Scamp.   
Wests: McCarthy, Flesser, Cameron (C), Pirlo, Stewart; Wild, Oliphant; Williamson, Prickett, Green, Williamson, Twist, Carr. Int: Thomas, Ribot, Kelly, Brown.
Norths: Alexander, Smith, Gear, Walker, McMahon; Drew, Dickens; Bernardin, O'Sullivan, Brohman, Fletcher, Trent, Calder (C). Int: Williams, Yewdale, Howard, Hartwig.

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