Craven Mild Cup 1979

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Newtown 12 (B. Noonan, B. Wood tries; K. Wilson 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 7 (P. Mortimer try; S. Gearin 2 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 5-2.   Scrums: Newtown 9-7.   Penalties: Canterbury 12-8.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 14,153.
Canterbury: Brentnall, Anderson, Mortimer, Hughes, Gearin; Pickup, Mortimer; Coveney, Peponis (C), Brodie, Moffett, Robinson, Cassilles. Int: Cutler, Mortimer, Folkes, Cook.
Newtown: Goodwin, Hetherington, Sigsworth, Ryan, Ogilvie; Wilson, Wood; Noonan, Jensen, Charlton, Blyth, Hage, Ryan (C). Int: Bugden, Rowles, Wright.
View  Eastern Suburbs 15 (P. Jelfs 2, K. Hastings tries; K. Stevens 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 8 (J. Berne 4 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 8-4.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 11-7.   Penalties: South Sydney 13-5.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 12,664.
South Sydney: Sellar, Berne, Laurie, Beauchamp, Fahey; McGregor, McMillan; Pagano, Stewart, Bryant, Sait (C), Gibbs, Prior. Int: Arneil, Squadrito, Bishop, Frith.
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Harris, Miller, Owens; Stevens, Hastings; O'Reilly (C), Mountier, Ayliffe, Harvey, Mackay, Jelfs.
View  Balmain 18 (L. Corowa 2, D. Bendall, W. Wigham tries; W. Wigham 3 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 17 (B. Gibbs, T. Raudonikis, W. Smith tries; P. Duggan 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 24th February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 10-5.   Scrums: 6-all.   Penalties: Balmain 12-11.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 5,820.
Balmain: McMahon, Miranda, Bendall, Wigham, Corowa; Knight, Oliphant (C); Grant, Maybury, Naylor, Liubinskas, Lavers, Pringle. Int: Ninness, Mara, Spears, Tully.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Hamilton, Giteau, Brodrick, Duggan; Lema, Raudonikis (C); Gibbs, Brown, Donnelly, Boyd, Reardon, O'Grady.
View  Parramatta 26 (N. Glover 2, G. Gerard, J. Kolc, G. Olling, L. Platz tries; M. Cronin 4 goals) defeated Penrith 17 (M. Kelly, P. Merlo, W. Seaton tries; W. Seaton 4 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 15-9.   Scrums: Penrith 7-5.   Penalties: Penrith 11-9.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 11,426.
Parramatta: Dowling, Glover, Cronin, West, Atkins; Holton, Kolc; Jay, Hilditch, Olling, Gerard, Platz, Price (C).
Penrith: Dann, Seaton, Pethybridge (C), Gigg, Ryan; Fenton, Wickey; Waugh, Geiger, Brohman, Lavis, Merlo, Le Brocq. Int: Broderick, Logue, Hindmarsh, Kelly.
View  Cronulla 14 (E. Archer, S. Rogers tries; B. Andrews 4 goals) defeated St George 10 (M. Brennan, R. Stone tries; K. Kearney, G. Wynn goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 6-5.   Scrums: St George 10-9.   Penalties: Cronulla 9-8.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 9,143.
Cronulla: Purcell, Raftery, Rogers (C), Chamberlin, Edmonds; Andrews, Cameron; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Glossop. Int: Saunderson, Sorensen.
St George: Butler, Brennan, Quinn, Finch, Sorridimi; Trudgett, Kearney; Starkey, Dowling, Young, Stone, Jansen, Reddy (C). Int: Morris, Johnson, Wynn, Cale.
View  Manly 13 (S. Booth, G. Eadie, T. Mooney tries; G. Eadie 2 goals) defeated North Sydney 9 (A. Sheppard try; K. Rugg 3 goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 6-2.   Scrums: 5-all.   Penalties: North Sydney 18-11.   Referee: Barry Goldsworthy.   Crowd: 9,190.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Booth, Gartner, Windshuttle; Thompson (C), Martin; Thomson, Cross, Belford, Springall, Randall, Walker. Int: Vautin, Drake.
North Sydney: Quirk, Sheppard, Rugg, Harris (C), Vandenberg; Cudmore, Craig; Boatswain, Foye, Simons, Healey, Cooper, Wilson. Int: Smith, McCabe, Adam, Schofield.

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