NSWRFL 1961

Round 8

Results

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View  Balmain 15 (B. Brailey, L. Fagan, B. Mara tries; B. Barrett 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 11 (R. Gartner try; B. Petley 4 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 27th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 15-6.   Referee: Fred Erickson.   Crowd: 3,504.
Canterbury: Petley, Atkinson, Pickett, Gartner, Kite; Smith, Thornton; Davies (C), Anderson, Dawson, Brown, Brown, Laut.
Balmain: Barrett, Mack, Mason, Hensby, Mara; Brailey, Fagan; Raven, Parker, Amos, Percy, Boland, Provan (C).
View  North Sydney 23 (K. Irvine 2, B. Carlson, R. Love, M. Maher tries; B. Carlson 4 goals) defeated Parramatta 11 (A. Elsworthy, R. Gair, K. Griffiths tries; K. Griffiths goal) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 27th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 18-3.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 5,594.
North Sydney: Carlson (C), Irvine, Maher, Cuneo, Puren; Holman, Love; Potter, Strong, Blinkhorn, Brown, May, Levido.
Parramatta: Cox, Burke, Griffiths, Elsworthy, Hole; Cooksley, Gair; Cornwall, Rayner, Fisher, Lynch, Hambly (C), Ryan.
View  Western Suburbs 26 (D. Barsley 2, D. Parish 2, B. Brown, B. Martin tries; D. Parish 4 goals) defeated Manly 4 (R. Willey 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 27th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 5-4.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   Crowd: 27,783.
Western Suburbs: Parish, Barsley, Martin, Brown, Dimond; Holman, Summons; Charlton (C), Dawson, Meaney, Hayes, O'Shea, Smyth.
Manly: Willey, Yakich, Thomson, Stanton, Allsop; O'Connell, Lenon; Cuneo, Negus, Mossop (C), McEvoy, Daley, Sinclair.
View  Eastern Suburbs 16 (B. Beeton, D. Fenton, J. Gibson, R. Hanson tries; B. Landers 2 goals) defeated Newtown 14 (G. Frost, D. Towers tries; D. Towers 4 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 28th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 12-7.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 5,375.
Newtown: Kenny, Towers, Wickham, Frost, Allen; Allen, Griffin; McGreal, Ellis (C), Turney, Burland, Wilson, Hansen.
Eastern Suburbs: Hanson, Beeton, Ricketson, Roney, Landers; Ferguson, Ranier; Fearnley (C), Ashcroft, Gibson, Kennedy, Wright, Fenton.
View  St George 14 (J. King, E. Lumsden tries; B. Graham 4 goals) defeated South Sydney 2 (E. Robinson goal) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 28th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 7-2.   Scrums: St George 16-9.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 18,522.
St George: Graham, Lumsden, Gasnier, Riley, King; Brown, Bugden; Ryan, Kearney (C), Wilson, Provan, Porter, Clay.
South Sydney: Chapman (C), Robinson, Lang, Roberts, Sladden; Falla, Anderson; Gibson, Broach, Coyne Jr, Nelson, Haynes, Gudgeon.

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