Wills Cup 1970

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  South Sydney 24 (M. Cleary 2, B. Honan, B. McCarthy tries; E. Simms 6 goals) defeated Manly 18 (J. McDonald 2 tries; B. Batty 5 goals; E. Whiley field goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Fri, 20th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 12-9.   Scrums: South Sydney 15-9.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 17,404.
South Sydney: Simms, Cleary, Burke, Honan, Heiler; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, Sait, McCarthy, Coote. Int: Norgard, Withers, Stevens, Scott.
Manly: Batty, Gough, McDonald (C), McTaggart, Hanigan; Stanton, Whiley; Thomson, Jones, Hamilton, Peters, Morgan, Cameron. Int: McKenzie, Ferguson.
View  Western Suburbs 4 (T. Ford 2 goals) drew with Penrith 4 (M. Leary 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Fri, 20th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 4-all.   Referee: Arthur Neville.   Crowd: 6,851.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Alchin, Ferguson, Elford, Rogers; Raudonikis, Maxwell; Winter, Stonestreet (C), Hayes, Baker, Bryant, Smith. Int: Flanders.
Penrith: Leary, Landers, Moran, McMartin, Hatton; Moran, McKechnie; Boland (C), Workman, Delaney, Elliott, Harvey, Kliendienst. Int: Gillon, Fagan, Gibson, Raper.
View  St George 20 (B. Beath, T. Branson, R. Strudwick, J. Wittenberg tries; G. Langlands 2 goals; P. Hawthorne 2 field goals) defeated Canterbury 7 (R. Raper try; P. Inskip 2 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 12-2.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 18,008.
Canterbury: Inskip, Brenton, Peckham, Scahill, Strudwick; Doyle, Kidd; Allison, Brown, Noonan, Thomas, Darby, Raper (C). Int: Hornery, Costello.
St George: Langlands (C), Gorton, Branson, Maddison, King; Hawthorne, Strudwick; Bowen, Henderson, Wittenberg, Maddison, Beath, Fitzgerald. Int: Foster, Bell.
View  Eastern Suburbs 8 (J. Brass, K. Junee tries; A. McKean goal) defeated Balmain 7 (G. Ruebner try; L. Killeen, S. Williams goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 8-5.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 15-9.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 9,816.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Mullins, Brass (C), Saddler, Cardy; Peard, Junee; Walker, Schultz, Hall, Mayhew, Zara, Eden. Int: Porter, Ballesty, Baker.
Balmain: Smithies, Ruebner, Parker, Fitzgibbon, Killeen; Outten, Bolton (C); Leo, Boulton, McTaggart, Connell, Walsh, Fryer. Int: Williams, Browne, Beetson, Prattl.
View  Newtown 14 (B. Moore, G. Sullivan tries; D. Barsley 3, D. Cotter goals) defeated North Sydney 12 (K. Collien, D. Cubis tries; J. Booby 3 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 8-7.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 7,796.
Newtown: Barsley, Cotter, Moore, Keyes, Williamson; Carnegie, O'Connor; Vasta, Robertson, Danielson (C), Raleigh, Renilson, Sullivan. Int: Maddalena, Annesley, Oakley, Reid.
North Sydney: Booby, Irvine (C), Cubis, Collien, Ambrum; Toohey, Williams; Schroder, Warner, Norton, Jacques, Cavanagh, McDonell. Int: O'Donnell, Fairns, Harris, Payne.
View  Wentworthville 12 (B. Devine, K. Foord tries; T. Heiler 2 goals; B. Stiff field goal) defeated Parramatta 8 (K. Campbell 4 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Wentworthville 9-6.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 9,334.
Parramatta: Liles, Turski, Rushworth (C), Delaney, Irvine; Wilson, Lingard; O'Reilly, McMartin, Leaney, Jones, Vincent, Campbell. Int: Wilkinson, Warby, Hayes, Graham.
Wentworthville: Bullivant, Foord, Baldock, Merry, Devine; Heiler, Stiff; Rootes (C), Ashcroft, Jones, Bayley, Heiler, Melville. Int: Ludkin, Abel, Roe, Gonzo.
View  Cronulla 12 (R. Corcoran, R. Urquhart tries; G. Taylforth 3 goals) defeated Sydney Uni 2 (J. Carmody goal) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 5:00 PM.   Halftime: 2-all.   Referee: Ernie Cook.   Crowd: 4,954.
Cronulla: Abercrombie, Corcoran, Pierce, Fleming, Howard; Monie, Bishop (C); Taylforth, Thornton, Wilson, Tomlinson, Maguire, Sams. Int: Wear, Urquhart, Turner, Kennington.
Sydney Uni: Carmody, Spackman, Winchester, Murphy, Lew; Watterson, Begnall; Chadwick (C), Stone, Waterhouse, Cahill, McMahon, King. Int: Purcell, Kean, McLennan, Allebone.

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