Wills Cup 1976

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  ** Cancelled with no result recorded ** North Sydney vs. Newtown.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Venue: North Sydney Oval.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   
View  Balmain 12 (A. McMahon, M. Muggleton tries; J. Brian 2, K. Cook goals) defeated Cronulla 0 at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 7-0.   Referee: Gary Cook.   
Balmain: McMahon, Fish, Ryan, Knight, Brian; Mara, Duffy; Lavers, Maybury, Cook, Lockwood (C), Edwards, Bandiera. Int: Shield, Muggleton, Mountier.
Cronulla: Fisher, Edmonds, Rogers, Mullane, Bourke; Andrews, Purcell; Khan, McMartin, Stolzenhein, Kneen, Archer, Pierce (C). Int: Raftery, Ryan Jnr, Glossop.
View  Manly 18 (R. Jackson 2, P. Lowe, I. Martin tries; G. Eadie 3 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 10-0.   Referee: Keith Page.   
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Fulton (C), Jackson; Martin, Thompson; Baker, Krilich, Parkes, Lowe, Freier, Randall. Int: Gartner, Thoroughgood, Drake, Willoughby.
Eastern Suburbs: Schubert, Pickett, Brass, Harris, Mullins; Stevens, Mayes; Mackay, Hedger, Jones, Reilly, Beetson (C), Coote. Int: Fitzgerald, Laurie, Townsend, Rheinberger.
View  Parramatta 14 (G. Gerard, J. Peard tries; M. Levy 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 2 (G. O'Grady goal) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 10-2.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   
Parramatta: Levy, Stephens, Gerard, Sulkowicz, Porter; Peard, Wilson; Charlton, Webb, Fitzgerald (C), Olling, Higgs, Snodgrass. Int: Gauley, Jay, Moran, Kolc.
Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Mullins, Hey, Parker, Rogers; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Day, Donnelly, Liubinskas, Foster, Sinclair. Int: Howell.
View  St George 16 (J. Bailey, R. Ferguson, R. Reddy, R. Stone tries; H. Tatana 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 9 (S. Mortimer try; D. Moseley 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 10-7.   Scrums: St George 20-10.   Penalties: St George 11-9.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 11,106.
Canterbury: Dowling, Anderson, Ryan, Hughes, O'Neill; Hughes, Mortimer; Charlton, Peponis, McCarthy (C), Hage, Harris, Peek. Int: Moseley, Phillis, Basham.
St George: Quirk, Cole, Ferguson, Goodwin, Chapman; Bailey, Smith (C); Tatana, Edge, Beath, Starkey, Stone, Reddy. Int: Finch, Shulman, Jansen, Hurworth.
View  Penrith 11 (K. Wilson 5 goals; K. Wilson field goal) defeated South Sydney 10 (P. Peachey, H. Timms tries; S. Little 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 6-0.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 6,564.
South Sydney: Purcell, Fahey, Lowther, Withers, Little; Donnelly, Smith; O'Neill, Piggins, Timms, Grant, Stevens (C), Sait. Int: Souter, Peachey, Annabel, Stewart.
Penrith: Newsome, Wilson, Gigg, Quinn, Allsopp; Wickey, Olejarnik; Ward, Stephenson (C), Hughes, West, Sheens, Le Brocq.

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