State Championships 1945

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  St George 16 (W. Mussing 3, B. McRitchie tries; N. Watts 2 goals) defeated Central Newcastle 12 (A. Cody, R. Greaves tries; R. Crossley 3 goals) at Newcastle Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 9th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 9-7.   Referee: Jack O'Brien.   
Central Newcastle: Crossley, Lulham, Cody, Sharpe, Bouquet; Myers, Crossley; Eveleigh, Lynch, Greaves, Haslam, Marshall (C), Bartlett.
St George: Holt, Mussing, Watts, Ross, Campbell (C); Vaughan, Quinn; McRitchie, James, Healy, McPherson, Madden, Craigie.
View  Kurri Kurri 11 (D. Booker, J. Jones, W. Kirkwood tries; W. Kirkwood goal) defeated Balmain 5 (B. Conlon try; S. Ponchard goal) at Kurri Kurri Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 10th June.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Kurri Kurri 8-2.   Referee: Ray Smyth.   
Kurri Kurri: Anderson, Tucker, Kirkwood, Booker, White; Madge (C), Jones; Perry, Laverack, Mason, Stoddart, Sweeney, Thompson.
Balmain: Conlon, Paterson, Jorgenson, Leo, Patton (C); Devery, Ponchard; Buckley, Kidd, Spencer, Ryan, Campbell, Murphy.
View  Eastern Suburbs 33 (J. Hunter 2, P. Tierney 2, L. Cooper, S. Lisle, W. Rees tries; D. Dunn 6 goals) defeated NSW Group 10 8 (A. Beasley, C. Hollingsworth tries; B. Barry goal) at Bathurst Showground.
Date: Sun, 10th June.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 13-2.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 12-7.   Referee: George Bishop.   
NSW Group 10: Kennerson, Gardiner, Hollingsworth, Cutting, Beasley; Burke, Scoular; Bell (C), Ellis, Kennif, Barry, Peat, Garlick.
Eastern Suburbs: Bulgin, Cooper, Hunter, Tierney, O'Brien; O'Connell (C), Lisle; Dykes, Watt, Rollason, Rees, Hobson, Dunn.
View  North Sydney 35 (C. McMahon 2, J. Bliss, R. Harrison, K. Kirkwood, B. McLean, R. Pearson tries; D. Deitz 7 goals) defeated NSW Group 7 11 (B. Burford try; H. Longbottom 3, J. Livermore goals) at Wollongong Showground.
Date: Sun, 10th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Referee: Tom McMahon Jnr.   Crowd: 3,360.
NSW Group 7: Longbottom, Beazley, Clifford, Lindsay, Livermore; Oliver, Hasson (C); Purdie, MacDonald, Duff, Miller, King, Burford.
North Sydney: Deitz, Bliss, Hall, McMahon, Collins; Harrison (C), McLachlan; McKinnon, Facer, Doran, Kirkwood, Pearson, McLean.
View  Wests Newcastle 10 (K. Banks, C. Leibke tries; O. Screen 2 goals) defeated South Sydney 2 (L. Bell goal) at Erskineville Oval.
Date: Sun, 10th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Wests Newcastle 5-2.   Referee: K Rowan.   
South Sydney: Bell, Wunsch, Lawrence, Brown, Curry; Thompson, Kennedy; Griffiths, Bray, Hinson (C), Armstrong, Willcocks, Slattery.
Wests Newcastle: Screen (C), McPhail, Percival, Maddison, Hain; Anderson, Freeman; Tarrant, Banks, Sanderson, Maddison, Leibke, Wilson.
View  Canterbury 28 (R. Bailey 3, B. Farrar 3, H. Hall, V. Whale tries; L. Bennett, R. Kirkaldy goals) defeated Cessnock 9 (A. Ryan try; E. Smith 2, C. McCallum goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 17th June.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 17-6.   Referee: Harold Gillard.   Crowd: 5,000.
Canterbury: Jones, Bennett, Bailey, Whale, Mitchell; Hall, Endycott; Burns, Kirkaldy, Holmes, Farrar, Kilham (C), Anderson.
Cessnock: Smith, Knipe, Ridgway, Ryan, Foster; McCallum (C), Hodge; Alexander, Barnard, Shippen, Grills, Norley, Norley.
View  Western Suburbs 21 (J. Seery 2, F. Yanz Jnr 2, J. Snare tries; K. Ibbett 3 goals) defeated Souths Newcastle 7 (A. Watsford try; F. Ball 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Mon, 18th June.   Kickoff: 1:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 6-4.   Referee: Richard Lewis.   Crowd: 20,000.
Western Suburbs: Martin, Snare, Maxwell, Andrews, Yanz Jnr; Bennett, Russell; Seery, Waldon, Walsh (C), Milton, Ibbett, Clues.
Souths Newcastle: Ball, Parker, Dick, Johns, Watsford; Payton, Pritchard; McInnes, Gibb, Winney, Parker, Hines, McKinnon (C).
View  Newtown 14 (A. Stewart 4 tries; T. Kirk goal) defeated Waratah-Mayfield 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Mon, 18th June.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 3-0.   Referee: R Gilmour.   Crowd: 20,000.
Newtown: Kirk, Jacobson, Goodwin, Kadwell, Stewart; Nevin, Bugden; McLennan, Brailey, Farrell (C), Mullard, Narvo, Cahill.
Waratah-Mayfield: Skelly, Blake, Ainsworth (C), Wilson, Mackie; Tonks, Fraser; Tranter, Williams, Eddy, Wylie, Burgess, Moore.