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National Panasonic Cup 1985

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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>  Manly 22 (R. Brown, N. Cleal, C. Close, D. Shearer tries; N. Elwin 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 14 (D. McKinnon, F. Teasdell tries; L. Kelly 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 6th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 6-2.   Scrums: Manly 5-4.   Penalties: 15-all.   Referee: Giles O'Donnell.   
Manly: Elwin, Shearer, Close, Rodgers, Davis; Hasler, Blake; Ryan, Brown, Poulsen, McCabe, Cleal, Vautin (C). Int: Melrose, Barkley, Daley, Haggett.
North Sydney: Casey, Simons, Brockwell, Dennis, Kelly; Cox, McCaffery; Cross, Honeywood, McKinnon, Graham (C), Teasdell, Burns. Int: Lyons, Tait, Wright, Wurth.
>  St George 10 (B. Johnston, G. Wynn tries; P. Morris goal) defeated South Sydney 8 (T. Murphy try; N. Baker 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 10th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 6-2.   Scrums: 13-all.   Penalties: St George 10-6.   Referee: Chris Ward.   Crowd: 8,022.
St George: Burgess, Johnston, O'Connor, Beattie, Morris; Morris, Haddock; Jarvis, Jones, Young (C), Walsh, Wynn, O'Grady. Int: Linnane, Ritchie, Johns, Fifita.
South Sydney: Djura, Biles, McCarthy, Neville, Pobjie; Baker, Coleman; Ayliffe, Montgomery, Akkary, Rampling, Boyle (C), Chisholm. Int: Evans, Hardy, Murphy, Longbottom.
>  Penrith 18 (G. Alexander, W. Fenton, B. Gonzales tries; M. Levy 3 goals) defeated Parramatta 10 (D. Price try; M. Cronin 3 goals) at Carrington Park.
Date: Wed, 13th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 8-6.   Scrums: Penrith 8-7.   Penalties: 13-all.   Referee: Graeme West.   Crowd: 7,500.
Penrith: Levy, Lobb, Wolffe, Burnes, Gonzales; Izzard, Alexander; Gerard, Simmons (C), Goodwin, Howell, Zivanovic, Fenton. Int: Connor, Clements, Trudgett, Houghton.
Parramatta: Liddiard, Broughton, Cronin, Ella, Atkins; Quinn, Eden; Jurd, Stewart, Mares, Price, Laurie, Price (C). Int: Mara, Mansfield, Settree, Bugden.
>  Illawarra 22 (S. Greenland, B. Hetherington, G. Mackey, D. Moon tries; J. Dorahy 3 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 (G. Leggett try; W. Portlock 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 20th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Illawarra 8-0.   Scrums: Illawarra 7-5.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 10-8.   Referee: Martin Weekes.   Crowd: 800.
Illawarra: Dorahy, Moon, Browne, Hetherington (C), McIndoe; Pattison, Kelly; Smith, O'Connor, Greenland, Reddy, Carberry, Selby. Int: Mackey, McPherson, Wicks, Worthington.
Eastern Suburbs: Portlock, McKellar, Bell, Leggett, Ferguson; Filipaina, Hastings; Brown (C), Masterman, Simpkins, Dunn, McGahan, Tobin. Int: Spina, Riley, Mackay, McLean.
>  Canterbury 16 (C. Mortimer, P. Mortimer tries; C. Mortimer 3 goals; T. Lamb 2 field goals) defeated Canberra 6 (R. Giteau 3 goals) at Eric Weissel Oval.
Date: Wed, 27th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: 6-all.   Scrums: Canterbury 12-8.   Penalties: Canberra 13-8.   Referee: Steve Asbury.   Crowd: 8,500.
Canterbury: Potter, Mortimer, Mortimer, Farrar, O'Brien; Lamb, Mortimer (C); Tunks, Johnstone, Battese, Brohman, Folkes, Langmack. Int: Gillespie, Gearin, Johnston, Mullane.
Canberra: Davis, Carey, Aldous, Bellamy, Giteau (C); Henjak, O'Sullivan; Ellis, Hoffman, Grant, Elliott, Atkins, Gilbert. Int: Kinna, Walker, Regan, Britt.
>  Western Suburbs 32 (B. Clark, J. Cogger, T. Cogger, G. Duval, G. Webster tries; L. Epifania 6 goals) defeated Auckland 10 (A. Sinclair, P. Tuimavave tries; J. Ropati goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 3rd April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 8-6.   Referee: Mick Stone.   
Western Suburbs: Epifania, Lawson, Robbins, Wigham, Duval; Cogger, Clark; Leabeater (C), Fallah, Clark, Clarke, Geelan, Cogger. Int: Gale, Keehan, McArthur, Webster.
Auckland: Williams, Bourneville, Tuimavave, Ropati, Kemble; Cooper, Friend; Coyle, Hooker, Curran, Howells, Ackland, Wright (C). Int: Tongahai, Sinclair, Bell, Lovett.
>  Cronulla 24 (J. See 2, P. Merlo tries; D. Carney 6 goals) defeated NSW Country Firsts 4 (G. Randall 2 goals) at Scully Park.
Date: Wed, 10th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 12-4.   Referee: Steve Asbury.   Crowd: 3,400.
NSW Country Firsts: Billingham, McMahon, Hughes, Clarke, Cusack; Stephens, Ward; McLeod, Randall, Hogan, Kelly, Keevill, Martine (C). Int: Eagar, Tuckwell, Schofield, French.
Cronulla: Ettingshausen, Gardner, Carney, See, Smith; McNamara, Wakefield; Merlo, Borg, Sorensen (C), Dimond, Woodbury, Hatch. Int: Coles, Russell, McGaw, Quinn.
>  Balmain 33 (D. Brooks 2, B. Elias, S. Gale, M. Marketo tries; R. Conlon 6 goals; S. Gale field goal) defeated Brisbane Firsts 16 (S. Boys, T. Dwyer tries; J. Ribot 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 17th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 8-6.   Scrums: Balmain 6-4.   Penalties: Balmain 13-8.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 7,500.
Balmain: Jack, Davidson, Conlon, Hanrahan, Gartner; Bridge, Gale; Hemsley, Elias, Roach, Brooks, Hardwick, Pearce (C). Int: Ryan, Pethybridge, Marketo, Owens.
Brisbane Firsts: Scott, Ribot, French, Jackson, Boys; Lewis (C), Foster; Niebling, Conescu, Dowling, Green, French, Lindner. Int: Dwyer, Coyne, Rix, Smith.

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