Craven Mild Cup 1978

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Eastern Suburbs 16 (R. Coote, K. Stevens tries; K. Stevens 5 goals) defeated Newtown 0 at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 11-0.   Scrums: Newtown 19-14.   Penalties: Newtown 11-6.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 4,535.
Eastern Suburbs: Power, Schubert, Harris, Fulton (C), Mullins; Stevens, Hastings; O'Reilly, Connor, Ayliffe, O'Reilly, Coote, Reilly. Int: Murphy, Jones, Taber.
Newtown: Floyd, Hunt, Wright, Hetherington, Pickett; Hayward, Wood (C); Bowden, Walters, Pagano, Howard, Pilon, Ribot. Int: Fogarty, Jensen, Kosta, Sigsworth.
View  Penrith 4 (J. Hindmarsh 2 goals) defeated St George 2 (T. Goodwin goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 4-0.   Scrums: 10-all.   Penalties: Penrith 10-8.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 6,223.
Penrith: Dann, Ryan, Gigg, Moore, Mullins; Hindmarsh, Wickey; Lambert, Stephenson (C), Cale, Sheens, Merlo, Gould. Int: Farragher, Bousfield, Pethybridge, Wilson.
St George: Goodwin, Butler, Quinn, Finch, Chapman; Trudgett, McGregor; Starkey, Edge (C), Young, Stone, Jansen, Reddy. Int: Buckley.
View  Canterbury 15 (P. Mortimer 2, G. Brentnall tries; M. Hughes 3 goals) defeated Balmain 10 (P. Knight, W. Wigham tries; K. Cook, M. Fish goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 7-5.   Scrums: Balmain 10-8.   Penalties: 10-all.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 4,574.
Balmain: McDowell, Corowa, Bendall, Wigham, Fish; Knight, Schell; Cook, Maybury (C), Naylor, Edwards, Grant, Pringle. Int: Lavers, Ninness, Marino, Boland.
Canterbury: Brentnall, Mullane, Ryan, Hughes, Mortimer; Pickup, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis (C), Coveney, Cassilles, Stevens, Hughes. Int: Cutler, Robinson.
View  South Sydney 10 (B. Annabel, J. Peek tries; S. Little 2 goals) defeated Manly 4 (G. Eadie 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Manly 2-0.   Scrums: Manly 13-8.   Penalties: Manly 9-7.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 9,665.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Gartner, Knight; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Krilich, Gray, Randall, Higgs, Martin (C). Int: Drake, Healey, Adams.
South Sydney: Little, Bishop, Laurie, Berne, Fahey; Wright, Sinclair; Sait, Piggins (C), Annabel, McCarthy, Bampton, Peek. Int: Cheeseman, Stewart, Bryant.
View  Western Suburbs 21 (S. Eisenhuth, J. Purcell, W. Smith tries; J. Dorahy 6 goals) defeated Parramatta 10 (M. Levy, G. Owens tries; M. Cronin 2 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 16-5.   Scrums: Parramatta 9-6.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 8-7.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 8,425.
Parramatta: Levy, Glover, Cronin, Sulkowicz, Atkins; Hey, Kolc; Olling, Hilditch, Jay, Gerard, Platz, Price (C). Int: Owens, Murray, Heddles, Hundy.
Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Eisenhuth, Giteau, Smith, Rowles; Moseley, Raudonikis (C); Donnelly, Purcell, Young, Blyth, Foster, Liubinskas. Int: Walsh.
View  North Sydney 13 (P. Craig try; P. Schofield 5 goals) defeated Cronulla 10 (D. Chamberlin, M. Mullane Jnr tries; B. Andrews, G. Cox goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sun, 26th February.   Kickoff: 5:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 7-5.   Scrums: Cronulla 9-8.   Penalties: North Sydney 11-8.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   Crowd: 2,600.
North Sydney: Le Brocq, Schofield, Adams, Adam, Craig; Cudmore, Keogh; Hamilton (C), Foye, Boatswain, Kelly, Hunter, Harris. Int: Gorton, Smith, McKinnon, Long.
Cronulla: Fisher, Bourke, Chamberlin, Raftery, Mullane Jnr; Andrews, Hansard; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Pierce (C). Int: Edmonds, Glossop, Cox.

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