Preseason Cup 1966

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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View  Western Suburbs 9 (J. Mowbray try; D. Barsley 2, K. Bray goals) defeated Balmain 6 (K. Barnes 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 4th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 7-6.   Referee: Bill Kelly.   Crowd: 14,082.
Western Suburbs: Bray, Barsley, McGuinness, Armstrong, Mowbray; Malone, Thomas; Kelly (C), Thornton, Meaney, Dimond, Hayes, Cody. Int: Goodman, Allison.
Balmain: Barnes (C), Irvine, Browne, Moraschi, Mara; Jones, Fagan; Sullivan, Boland, Piper, Clothier, Beetson, Provan.
View  South Sydney 14 (R. Coote 2, M. Cleary, B. McCarthy tries; K. Longbottom goal) drew with Manly 14 (B. Bradstreet, F. Yakich tries; B. Batty 4 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 4th March.   Kickoff: 9:00 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 6-5.   Scrums: Manly 11-6.   Penalties: South Sydney 12-8.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 14,082.
South Sydney: Longbottom, James, Branighan, Moses, Cleary; Lisle (C), Jones; Morgan, Anderson, O'Neill, Sattler, McCarthy, Coote. Int: Powell.
Manly: Batty, Yakich, McTaggart, Gibson, Yakich; Fulton, Stanton; Hamilton, Jones, Veivers, Day (C), Morgan, Bradstreet. Int: Tennant.
View  Newtown 19 (B. Carnegie, B. Lanigan, G. Wilson tries; B. Lanigan 5 goals) defeated St George 7 (K. Ryan try; E. Rasmussen 2 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 11-2.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 6,129.
Newtown: Graham, Torrens, Keyes, Moore, Lanigan; Carnegie, Nobbs; Quinn (C), Jeffreys, Olive, Cuneo, Wilson, Allen. Int: Hatton.
St George: Langlands, Lumsden, Maddison, Smith, King; Pollard, Evans; Gourley, Walsh (C), Ryan, Rasmussen, Huddart, Raper. Int: Gorton.
View  North Sydney 30 (K. Irvine 3, L. Diett, E. Sladden, R. Warner tries; F. Griffiths 6 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 6 (G. Barnes 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 7-6.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 2,737.
North Sydney: Griffiths (C), Irvine, Maher, Ambrum, Sladden; Diett, Camden; Wilson, Warner, Weier, Doak, Gudgeon, Barnes.
Eastern Suburbs: Dickenson, Morgan, Saddler (C), Hensby, Gallagher; Barnes, McMullen; Higham, Ashcroft, Matthews, Scott, Ashley, Geraghty.
View  Canterbury 9 (G. Taylforth try; G. Taylforth 3 goals) defeated Parramatta 6 (A. Brown 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 7-0.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 6,695.
Parramatta: Thornett (C), Brown, Rushworth, Pickup, Very; Lingard, Gillon; Armour, Rayner, Johnstone, Hambly, Thornett, Lynch.
Canterbury: Johns, Ross, McManus, Gartner, Reynolds; Toohey, Kidd; Hall, Brown, Glen, Harding, Taylforth, Pearman (C).

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