Preseason Cup 1962

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Canterbury 21 (K. Brown 2, F. Anderson, J. Conna, K. Dawson tries; D. Mulheron 2, B. Petley goals) defeated Parramatta 6 (K. Foord, P. Ryan tries) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 1st March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 6-5.   Referee: Fred Erickson.   Crowd: 16,335.
Canterbury: Petley, Mulheron, Pickett, Smith, Collie; Beaven, Gartner; Davies (C), Anderson, Dawson, Brown, Conna, Brown.
Parramatta: Cox, Foord, Boden, Griffiths, Scott; Bugden, Gair; McCall, Rayner, Fisher (C), Lynch, Hambly, Ryan.
View  Manly 19 (B. Batty, A. Scott, J. Sinclair tries; R. Willey 5 goals) defeated Newtown 11 (D. Towers try; K. Rowlands 4 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Thu, 1st March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 11-0.   Referee: Keith Parkinson.   Crowd: 10,013.
Manly: Willey (C), Allsop, Scott, Thomson, Batty; O'Connell, Hall; Seymour, Jones, Mossop, Nelson, McEvoy, Sinclair.
Newtown: Wickham, Towers, Rowlands, Frost, Allen; Brown, Griffin; Gibson (C), Ellis, Nelson, Wilson, Oakley, Allen.
View  Eastern Suburbs 11 (R. Hanson, B. Ranier, D. Ricketson tries; B. Landers goal) defeated Balmain 7 (R. Mack try; R. Percy 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Thu, 1st March.   Kickoff: 9:00 PM.   Halftime: 5-all.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 10,013.
Eastern Suburbs: Hanson, Landers, Gallagher, Ricketson, Beeton; McNamara, Ranier; Fearnley (C), Ashcroft, Charlton, Fenton, Cross, Heffernan. Int: Roney.
Balmain: Barrett, Mack, Bischoff Jnr (C), MacDougall, Mara; Mason, Fagan; Percy, Boland, Cox, Huppatz, Goff, Raven. Int: Sandercock.
View  Western Suburbs 12 (D. Parish, A. Summons tries; D. Parish 3 goals) drew with St George 12 (J. King, E. Lumsden tries; B. Graham 3 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 1st March.   Kickoff: 9:00 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 5-2.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 16,335.
Western Suburbs: Parish, Barsley, Brown, Dimond, O'Shea (C); Martin, Summons; Carson, Kelly, Henderson, Russell, Hayes, Smyth.
St George: Graham, Lumsden, Gasnier, Brown, King; Clay, Evans; Ryan, Armstrong, Wilson, Rasmussen, Provan (C), McRae. Int: Riley.
View  South Sydney 21 (D. Chapman, B. Gehrke, L. Haynes, K. Longbottom, B. Tonkin tries; P. Gibson 2, K. Longbottom goals) defeated North Sydney 10 (K. Irvine, J. Pollard tries; D. McLeod 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 4th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 5-all.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 9,199.
South Sydney: Chapman (C), Gibson, Longbottom, Woods, Deazey; Falla, Stokes; Gibson, Gehrke, Coyne Jr, Haynes, Morris, Tonkin.
North Sydney: McLeod, Irvine, Cuneo, Maher, Puren; Holman, Love (C); Potter, Strong, Blinkhorn, May, Brown, Pollard.

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