Wills Cup 1973

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Eastern Suburbs 30 (M. Alchin 3, G. Bandiera, H. Cameron, E. Ferguson, M. Harris, B. Mullins tries; J. Brass 3 goals) defeated Balmain 9 (T. Ryan, J. Shield, J. Spencer tries) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 16th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 19-6.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 3,245.
Eastern Suburbs: Ferguson, Alchin, Cameron, Harris, Mullins; Brass, Junee; Armstrong, Moscatt, Beetson, Bandiera, Freier, Coote (C). Int: Lewis, Hayes, Olling, Brown.
Balmain: Ross, Preston, Ryan, Starling, Capelin; Murphy, Shield; Leo, Jeffery, Cross, Fryer, Walsh, Spencer (C). Int: Parker, Doust, Bolin.
View  South Sydney 15 (B. Broad, P. Sait, R. Urquhart tries; E. Simms 3 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 5 (B. Bryant try; T. Ford goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 17th February.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 13-0.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 8,014.
South Sydney: Simms, Birrell, Sait, Smith, Mooney; Pittard, Grant; Sawers, Walters, Broad, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Bampton. Int: Edwards, Kosta, Urquhart.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Ashmore, Knight, Parker, Mullins; Heyward, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Day, O'Bryan, Bryant, Elford, Baker. Int: Sinclair.
View  Canterbury 3 (J. McDonell try) drew with North Sydney 3 (G. Ambrum try) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 17th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 3-0.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 8,014.
Canterbury: Anderson, Cotter, Lowther, Murphy, Ewing; Herring, Cole; Manteit, Phillis, Noonan, Thomas, Connell (C), McDonell. Int: Young, Faint.
North Sydney: Glasgow, Varela, McLachlan, Murphy, Ambrum; Pickup, Fairns; Winter, Warner (C), Anderson, Coulton, Cooper, Walker. Int: Pretti, Warwick, Forlonge, Foye.
View  Manly 22 (R. Branighan, M. Brown, K. Irvine, I. Martin, M. Reilly, G. Thoroughgood tries; R. Branighan, G. Eadie goals) defeated Penrith 5 (Z. Olejarnik try; N. Gilligan goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 17th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 11-5.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 7,429.
Manly: Eadie, Irvine, Branighan, Fulton, Brown; Martin, Mayes; Hamilton, Jones (C), Barber, Bucknall, Randall, Reilly. Int: Clare, Thoroughgood, Krilich, Payne.
Penrith: Moore, Moran, Gilligan, Moran, Gannon; Olejarnik, Sing; Sheens, Wingate, Geary, Lynch (C), Tutty, Melville. Int: Wilson, Harvey, McKechnie.
View  Parramatta 16 (J. Quayle, T. Scurfield tries; G. Thomas 4, K. Campbell goals) defeated Cronulla 12 (R. Corcoran 2, F. Dennehy, C. Wellman tries) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 18th February.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 7-3.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 5,080.
Cronulla: Edmonds, Corcoran, Rogers, Taylor, Wear; Hogan, Bishop (C); Bowen, Turner, Watson, Maddison, Maguire, Raper. Int: Allen, Dennehy, Wellman.
Parramatta: Leary, Scurfield, Graham, Thomas, O'Leary; Lye, Kolc; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Charlton, Vincent, Campbell, Quayle.
View  St George 12 (P. Fitzgerald 2 tries; G. Langlands 2 goals; B. Smith 2 field goals) defeated Newtown 10 (G. Sullivan try; K. Wilson 3 goals; K. Wilson field goal) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 18th February.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 6-5.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 7,867.
Newtown: Pinder, Williamson (C), Oliveri, Bonham, Bradstock; Wilson, O'Connor; Sartori, Coverdale, Gardiner, Dawson, Sullivan, Pringle. Int: Moore, Robertson, Souter, Casey.
St George: Langlands (C), MacFarlane, Ferguson, Clapham, Chapman; Branson, Smith; Norton, Cox, Toga, Reddy, Fitzgerald, Sams. Int: Pethybridge, Drake, Rasmussen, Goodwin.

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