Craven Mild Cup 1979

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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View  Cronulla 11 (B. Andrews try; B. Andrews 4 goals) drew with Newtown 11 (B. Hetherington try; K. Wilson 4 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 2nd March.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 7-4.   Scrums: Cronulla 4-2.   Penalties: Cronulla 14-12.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 6,200.
Cronulla: Purcell, Raftery, Rogers (C), Chamberlin, Edmonds; Andrews, Hansard; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Sorensen, Archer, Glossop. Int: Mullane Jnr, Saunderson, Kneen.
Newtown: Sigsworth, Hetherington, Goodwin, Ryan, Wright; Wilson, Wood; Noonan, Jensen, Bugden, Blyth, Hage, Ryan (C).
View  Balmain 19 (A. McMahon 2, L. Corowa tries; W. Miranda 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 5 (G. Heddles try; M. Cronin goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 12-5.   Scrums: Balmain 11-8.   Penalties: Balmain 12-10.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 5,526.
Balmain: McMahon, Miranda, Bendall, Wigham, Corowa; Mara, Oliphant (C); Morris, Maybury, Naylor, Liubinskas, Lavers, Spears. Int: Ninness, Tully, Schaefer.
Parramatta: Dowling, Glover, Cronin, West, Chapman; Atkins, Kolc; Jay, Hilditch, Olling, Gerard, Platz, Price (C). Int: Heddles.
View  St George 7 (G. Wynn try; G. Wynn 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 5 (S. Mortimer try; S. Gearin goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: 2-all.   Scrums: Canterbury 12-10.   Penalties: Canterbury 10-6.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 6,137.
Canterbury: Cutler, Anderson, Mortimer, Mortimer, Gearin; Hughes, Mortimer; Coveney, Peponis (C), Brodie, Moffett, Robinson, Hughes. Int: Brentnall, Pickup, Cassilles, Cook.
St George: Johnson, Brennan, Quinn, Finch, Sorridimi; Trudgett, Morris; Stone, Dowling, Young, Wynn, Jansen, Reddy (C).
View  South Sydney 7 (E. Ferguson try; E. Ferguson 2 goals) defeated Manly 5 (G. Eadie goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Manly 5-0.   Scrums: Manly 14-7.   Penalties: South Sydney 10-8.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 5,124.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Booth, Gartner, Montgomery; Thompson (C), Martin; Thomson, Krilich, Gray, Springall, Randall, Walker. Int: Vautin, Windshuttle.
South Sydney: Sellar, Berne (C), Laurie, Beauchamp, Ferguson; McGregor, Topper; Frith, Pagano, Mayoh, Abbott, Bryant, Peek. Int: Smith, Stewart, Prior.
View  Penrith 16 (P. Kelly, P. Merlo tries; W. Seaton 5 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 9 (G. O'Grady try; J. Dorahy 3 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sun, 4th March.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 9-6.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 10-8.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 10-9.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 2,988.
Penrith: Dann, Seaton, Pethybridge (C), Kelly, Ryan; Fenton, Wickey; Brohman, Geiger, Broderick, Gould, Merlo, Le Brocq.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Hamilton, Giteau, Dorahy, Moseley; Lema, Raudonikis (C); Gibbs, Brown, Donnelly, Reardon, Heyward, O'Grady.
View  Eastern Suburbs 17 (M. Harris, K. Hastings, I. Schubert tries; K. Stevens 4 goals) defeated North Sydney 14 (T. Adams, K. Harris tries; K. Rugg 4 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Tue, 6th March.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 9-4.   Penalties: North Sydney 13-10.   Referee: Barry Goldsworthy.   Crowd: 5,253.
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Harris, Wright, Owens; Fulton (C), Hastings; O'Reilly, Mountier, Ayliffe, Harvey, Mackay, Stevens. Int: Boustead.
North Sydney: Rugg, Sheppard, Schofield, Adam, Adams; Cudmore, Craig; Healey, Foye, Simons, Harris (C), McCabe, Long. Int: Smith, Cooper, Sykes, Luckman.

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