Wills Cup 1976

Round 3

Summary of Matches

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View  Parramatta 9 (R. Higgs try; M. Levy 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 8 (B. Andrews 4 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sat, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 4-2.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 4,256.
Cronulla: Bourke, Raftery, Rogers, Mullane, Faint; Andrews, Dennehy; Ryan Jnr, Beckett, Khan, Stolzenhein, Pierce (C), Glossop. Int: Sams.
Parramatta: Levy, Vincent, Gerard, Sulkowicz, Porter; Peard, Wilson; Charlton, Hilditch, Fitzgerald (C), Olling, Higgs, Snodgrass. Int: Gauley, Jay, Price, Kolc.
View  Balmain 16 (P. Duffy, D. Edwards, N. Maybury, N. Pringle tries; M. Muggleton 2 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 4 (G. O'Grady 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 6th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 10-4.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 5,620.
Balmain: McMahon, Fish, Ryan, Knight, Muggleton; Mara, Duffy; Cook, Maybury, Lavers, Lockwood (C), Edwards, Bandiera. Int: Shield, Mountier, Pringle, Manteit.
Western Suburbs: Mullins, Rogers, Giteau, Parker, Scarr; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Day, Donnelly, Palmer, Foster, Boyd.
View  Manly 11 (R. Branighan try; G. Eadie 4 goals) defeated Canterbury 7 (M. Hughes try; D. Moseley 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 6th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 4-2.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 9,536.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Fulton (C), Jackson; Martin, Thompson; Willoughby, Krilich, Parkes, Lowe, Randall, Thoroughgood. Int: Waller, Harvey, Drake, Joy.
Canterbury: Dowling, Anderson, Moseley, Hughes, O'Neill; Hughes, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis, Charlton, McCarthy (C), Harris, Peek. Int: Hughes.
View  South Sydney 12 (A. Donnelly, J. Withers tries; G. Purcell 3 goals) defeated Newtown 8 (C. Casey, B. Plummer tries; J. Bradstock goal) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 6th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 3-0.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 4,578.
South Sydney: Purcell, Fahey, Berne, Donnelly, Little; Withers, Smith; Souter, Stewart, O'Neill (C), Grant, Timms, Reardon. Int: Piggins, Annabel, Lowther, Marsh.
Newtown: Floyd (C), Bradstock, Wright, Kosta, Plummer; Hayward, Hansard; Casey, Kemister, Sullivan, Dawson, Dawson, Cox.
View  St George 25 (J. Bailey, R. Finch, T. Goodwin, G. Langlands, R. Reddy tries; G. Langlands 5 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 17 (R. Coote, B. Pickett, G. Townsend tries; J. Brass 4 goals) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 7th March.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 10,284.
St George: Langlands (C), O'Donnell, Goodwin, Finch, Chapman; Bailey, Smith; Cox, Edge, Beath, Starkey, Reddy, Ferguson.
Eastern Suburbs: Townsend, Pickett, Brass, Schubert, Mullins; Stevens, Mayes; Mackay, Walters, Jones, Reilly, Fitzgerald, Coote (C). Int: Barnes, O'Reilly, Ayliffe, Connor.
View  Penrith 18 (R. Gigg, P. Newsome, M. Stephenson, T. Wickey tries; K. Wilson 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 11 (S. Colman try; M. Tonks 4 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sun, 7th March.   Kickoff: 5:00 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 13-9.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 4,106.
Penrith: Newsome, Allsopp, Gigg, West, Quinn; Wilson, Wickey; Geary, Stephenson (C), O'Reilly, King, Sheens, Le Brocq.
North Sydney: Tonks, Hope, Murphy, Van Gulik, Adams; Smith, Wood; Makin, Gray, Hamilton, Healey, Walker (C), Colman. Int: Murphy, Lavis, Foye, McLachlan.

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