Preseason Cup 1968

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Newtown 13 (B. Moore try; B. Lanigan 5 goals) defeated Manly 11 (A. Tennant try; B. Batty 3 goals; F. Stanton field goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Thu, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 7-2.   Scrums: Manly 6-5.   Penalties: Manly 14-9.   Referee: Brian Barry.   Crowd: 8,731.
Manly: Batty, Carr, Tennant, McTaggart, Bryant; Fulton (C), Stanton; Hamilton, Jones, Veivers, Day, Morgan, Bradstreet. Int: MacDougall.
Newtown: Maddalena, Cotter, Moore, Keyes (C), Lanigan; O'Connor, Haimes; Harris, Blowes, Cuneo, Oakley, Melville, Puddick.
View  Canterbury 7 (D. Webb try; L. Johns 2 field goals) defeated Western Suburbs 6 (B. Glasgow 3 field goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 6-4.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 22,219.
Canterbury: Johns, Hughes, Gartner, Brown, Webb; Doyle, Kidd; Hicks, Brown, Ryan (C), Goldspink, Taylforth, Raper. Int: Wedgewood.
Western Suburbs: Barsley, Elford, Ferguson, Glasgow, Packham; McGuinness, Beer; Hayes (C), Stonestreet, Walkaden, Armstrong, Bryant, Cody. Int: Goodman, Allison.
View  Penrith 12 (B. Landers, B. Mara tries; B. Landers 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 10 (T. Hughes, A. Newell tries; T. Hughes 2 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sat, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 5-2.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 4,995.
Penrith: Bailey, Mara, Gillon, Peckham, Landers; Moran, Fagan; Boland (C), Workman, Piper, Johnstone, Tonkin, Raper.
Cronulla: Abercrombie, Westwood, Dutton, Ryan, Newell; Danzey Jnr (C), Hughes; McRitchie, Hynes, Wilson, Levin, Wilson, Sams. Int: Monie.
View  South Sydney 13 (M. Cleary, I. Jones, B. Moses tries; E. Simms 2 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 6 (A. McKean 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 6-0.   Scrums: South Sydney 10-9.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 13-10.   Referee: Carl Langton.   Crowd: 15,283.
South Sydney: Longbottom, Cleary, Lisle, Simms, Stevens; Norgard, Jones; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, McCarthy, Scott, Coote. Int: Moses, Stevens.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Collins, Dickenson, Saddler, Grady; Matthews (C), Junee; Walsh, Owens, Walker, Crofton, Geraghty, Ashley. Int: Plater, Schultz.
View  Balmain 22 (L. Killeen 2, G. Leo, G. Ruebner tries; L. Killeen 4 goals; D. Bolton field goal) defeated North Sydney 9 (L. Weier try; D. Shearer 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 9-4.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 6,341.
Balmain: Gilligan, Browne, Moraschi, Ruebner, Killeen; Bolton, Williams; Leo, Henderson, Beetson, Spencer, Clothier, Provan (C). Int: Fryer.
North Sydney: Maher, Shearer, Cubis, Wood, Thompson; Banks, Camden; Schroder, Warner, Weier, Hancock, Cavanagh, Greenwood (C). Int: Doak.
View  Parramatta 12 (A. Brown, P. Gibson tries; P. Gibson 2, A. Brown goals) defeated St George 9 (E. Rasmussen try; D. Preston 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 8-4.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 16,430.
Parramatta: Thornett, Brown, Graham, Rushworth, Turski; Gibson, Winney; O'Reilly, Dugid, Leaney, Jones, Thornett (C), Heinrich. Int: Pickup.
St George: Langlands, Preston, Branson, Maddison, King; Hawthorne, Smith; Wittenberg, Riipinen, Toga, Huddart, Rasmussen (C), Beath. Int: Bowen.

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