State Championships 1944

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Kurri Kurri 17 (V. Madge, B. Sweeney, E. Tucker tries; W. Kirkwood 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 7 (E. Bennett try; B. Andrews 2 goals) at Kurri Kurri Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Halftime: 7-all.   Referee: Austin Shiner.   
Kurri Kurri: Madge, White, Kirkwood, Madge, Tucker; O'Brien, McCullouch; Hamilton, Laverack, Perry, Harrison, Sweeney, Metcalf (C).
Western Suburbs: Martin, Brown, Cardy, Andrews, Bugden; Bennett (C), Russell; Taylor, Spence, Piper, Peime, Lucas, Clues.
View  Souths Newcastle 19 (K. Dick, A. Gibbs, J. Sims tries; F. Ball 4, R. Cook goals) defeated Canterbury 18 (G. Elley, R. McCarter, F. Sponberg, A. Watsford tries; R. McCarter 3 goals) at New Lambton Oval.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Halftime: 8-all.   Referee: George Bishop.   
Souths Newcastle: Ball, Johns, Sims, Quinn, Cook; Barry, Barry (C); Briggs, Hume, Hines, Gibbs, McKinnon, Dick.
Canterbury: Johnson (C), Harris, Bailey, Payne, Watsford; McCarter, Collins; Burns, Kirkaldy, Allison, Willan, Elley, Sponberg.
View  Eastern Suburbs 35 (S. Hobson 2, W. O'Connell 2, M. Evans, D. Fry, A. Schafer tries; T. Allen 7 goals) defeated Cessnock 8 (C. McCallum 4 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Kickoff: 1:45 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 12-8.   Referee: A Jones.   Crowd: 15,385.
Eastern Suburbs: Allen, Evans, Schafer, Tierney, Martin; O'Connell, Lisle; Hawkins, Gulliver, Rollason, Hobson, Fry, Pierce (C).
Cessnock: Smith, Kembrey, Halverson, Barnard, McCallum; Mouatt, Hodge; Grills, Barnard, Alexander, Norley (C), Norley, Metcalfe.
View  Balmain 71 (P. Devery 3, S. Ponchard 3, J. Spencer 3, A. Patton 2, T. Bourke, D. Buckley, F. Dreise, J. Hampstead, K. Parkinson, A. Smith tries; C. Millar 7, T. Bourke, F. Dreise, S. Ryan goals) defeated Norths Newcastle 7 (K. Whitmore try; L. Oliver 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 22-2.   Referee: Harold Gillard.   Crowd: 4,147.
Balmain: Millar, Parkinson, Bourke, Devery, Patton (C); Ponchard, Dreise; Buckley, Freney, Spencer, Ryan, Smith, Hampstead.
Norths Newcastle: Lobley, Morrisby, Boswell, Robertson (C), Hogg; Askey, Bridges; Whitmore, Maguire, McGaw, Gill, Belcher, Oliver.
View  Waratah-Mayfield 24 (T. Redmond 4, N. Randell, J. Williams tries; W. Conlon 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 13 (J. Bliss, F. Dhu, G. Scully tries; S. Ridgway 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 11-10.   Referee: Richard Lewis.   Crowd: 15,385.
North Sydney: Ridgway, Dhu, Hall, Hyde (C), Bliss; McLachlan, McMahon; McKinnon, Facer, McCabe, Scully, Langton, Gallagher.
Waratah-Mayfield: Conlon (C), Randell, Ling, Wilson, Redmond; Tonks, Fraser; Tranter, Williams, Sereng, Wylie, Burgess, Hall.
View  St George 31 (J. Lindwall 3, N. Watts 2, L. Doyle, J. Metcalf tries; L. Doyle 2, N. Watts 2, J. Lindwall goals) defeated Wests Newcastle 18 (F. Brown, J. Rogers, G. Sanderson, E. Sutherland tries; O. Screen 2, F. Brown goals) at Hurstville Oval.
Date: Sat, 17th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 19-2.   Referee: R Gilmour.   Crowd: 3,995.
St George: Pullen, Lindwall, Watts, McHugh, Campbell; Doyle, Cox; Mulheron, McGovern, McRitchie, Metcalf (C), Kelly (C), Hale.
Wests Newcastle: Screen (C), Iles, Brown, Maddison, Peattie; Sutherland, Thomas; Anderson, Rogers, Maddison, Sanderson, Foster, Tarrant.
View  Newtown 37 (N. Jacobson 3, L. Smith 3, J. Brailey, S. Goodwin, K. Phillips tries; B. Raby 5 goals) defeated NSW Group 10 10 (J. Champion, T. Morris tries; J. Champion, C. Russell goals) at Lithgow Showground.
Date: Sun, 18th June.   Halftime: Newtown 14-3.   
NSW Group 10: Weekes, Henderson, Champion, Hauville, Morris; Hollingsworth, Sheehan; Purdie, Cunningham (C), Bell, Peat, Russell, Garlick.
Newtown: Raby, Jacobson, Nevin, Smith, Goodwin; Kadwell, Scoular; Montgomery, Brailey, Farrell (C), Phillips, Narvo, Burford.
View  South Sydney 40 (J. Wunsch 3, F. Curry 2, J. Armstrong, C. Kennedy, J. Parker, J. Walsh, J. Whitfield tries; D. Fullerton 3, J. Armstrong, F. Bonner goals) defeated NSW Group 7 26 (N. Duff 2, R. Stead 2, H. Longbottom, A. Taylor tries; H. Longbottom 3, V. Reynolds goals) at Wollongong Showground.
Date: Sun, 18th June.   Halftime: South Sydney 19-10.   Crowd: 3,800.
NSW Group 7: Reynolds, Longbottom (C), Ralston, Stead, Taylor; Oliver, Soper; Beasley, Burford, Perry, Duff, Mulligan, Cameron.
South Sydney: Bonner, Curry, Fullerton, Lawrence Jnr, Wunsch; Kennedy, Thompson; Parker, Whitfield, Walsh (C), Armstrong, Lane, Brown.