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1959 City Cup

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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> Balmain 30 (W. Bischoff Jnr, L. Fagan, B. Mara, H. Raven, K. Smyth, R. Swanson tries; K. Barnes 6 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 13 (B. D'Adam, B. O'Connell, B. Roney tries; B. Allsop 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sun, 26th July.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 2,667.
Balmain:Barnes (C), Mack, Bischoff Jnr, Mason, Mara; Walton, Fagan; Raven, Watt, Marsh, Swanson, Sinclair, Smyth.
Eastern Suburbs:O'Connell, Allsop, Roney, Landers, Beaven; McNamara (C), Ranier; Maloney, D'Adam, Potter, Fletcher, Gibson, See.
> North Sydney 18 (K. Irvine 2, B. Carlson, N. Strong tries; B. Carlson 2, J. Jones goals) defeated South Sydney 10 (S. Martin, B. Murray tries; B. Purcell 2 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 26th July.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   Crowd: 8,939.
North Sydney:Jones, Irvine, Honeysett (C), Cuneo, Carlson; Hawick, Love; Teasdell, Strong, Blinkhorn, McEvoy, Brown, Wall.
South Sydney:Flockton, Donovan, Sladden, Pryke, Martin; Wallace, Pike; Purcell (C), Murray, Gibson, Cottee, Nelson, Shearer.
> Canterbury 20 (E. Gilligan 2, B. Ambrose, N. Collie tries; K. Rowlands 4 goals) defeated Parramatta 12 (M. Bergman 2 tries; A. Smith 2, L. Armour goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 26th July.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 7-all.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 1,830.
Parramatta:Smith, Moore, Bergman, Byrnes, Crogan; Stubbs (C), Gair; Armour, Rayner, Fisher, Cornwall, Gavin, Johnston.
Canterbury:Petley, Collie, Kite, Rowlands, Gilligan; Gartner, Thornton; Ambrose, Anderson, Davies (C), Nelson, Brown, Evans.

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