Preseason Cup 1969

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Western Suburbs 12 (T. Ford 4 goals; B. Glasgow 2 field goals) defeated Balmain 10 (G. Leo, G. Ruebner tries; L. Killeen 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 20th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 3-2.   Referee: Arthur Neville.   Crowd: 11,722.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Alchin, Glasgow, Pierce, Flanders; Murphy, Wills; Walkaden, Stonestreet, Winter, Walsh, Bryant, Baker. Int: Kelly (C).
Balmain: Smithies, Ruebner, Browne, Parker, Killeen (C); Bragg, Outten; Leo, Miller, McTaggart, Fitzgibbon, Prattl, Spencer.
View  Canterbury 19 (B. Doyle, L. Johns, B. Smith tries; L. Johns 5 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 15 (J. Brass, A. Cardy, K. Junee tries; A. McKean 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 7-all.   Scrums: Canterbury 11-8.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 15,538.
Canterbury: Johns, Kelly, Hagan (C), Perry, Webb; Doyle, Kidd; Hicks, Brown, Allison, Smith, Taylforth, Raper. Int: Reynolds, Wells.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Cardy, Brass, Saddler, Boyd; Peard, Junee; Walker, Owens, Chambers, Neumann (C), Mayhew, Reilly.
View  Manly 9 (B. Fulton try; B. Batty 2 goals; B. Batty field goal) defeated Penrith 5 (M. McMartin try; B. Landers goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 5-0.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 12,558.
Manly: Batty, McLean, McDonald, Stanton, Hanigan; Fulton (C), Ward; Hamilton, Pounder, Veivers, Knox, Morgan, Bradstreet. Int: Thomson.
Penrith: Leary, McMartin, Broad, Applebee, Landers; Moran, Fagan; Boland (C), Workman, Broad, Crust, Elliott, Raper. Int: Clothier.
View  South Sydney 19 (M. Cleary, D. Pittard, P. Sait tries; E. Simms 3 goals; E. Simms 2 field goals) defeated St George 11 (D. Preston try; D. Preston 4 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 7-6.   Scrums: South Sydney 14-2.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 20,605.
South Sydney: Simms, Cleary, Honan, Branighan, James; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, McCarthy, Moses, Coote. Int: Sait, Lisle.
St George: Preston, Gorton, Maddison, Langlands, King; Hawthorne, Smith; Wittenberg, Henderson, Brenton, Gibson, O'Callaghan, Raper (C).
View  North Sydney 28 (D. Wood 3, W. Chatfield, D. Cubis, E. Pitt tries; N. Cavanagh 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 18 (A. Brown, M. Jones tries; A. Brown 5 goals; D. Thornett field goal) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 15-2.   Referee: Jack Farrelly.   Crowd: 8,932.
Parramatta: Pinkerton, Brown, Rushworth, Moss, Irvine; Pickup, Winney; O'Reilly, Coy, Leaney, Thornett (C), Heinrich, Campbell. Int: Jones.
North Sydney: Maher (C), Irvine, Cubis, Ambrum, Wood; Banks, Lang; Weier, Warner, Norton, Chatfield, Cavanagh, McDonell. Int: Pitt.
View  Newtown 23 (J. Annesley, B. Carnegie, D. Cotter, B. Keyes, J. Oakley tries; J. Annesley 3, D. Barsley goals) defeated Cronulla 9 (J. Monie try; T. Hughes 3 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 5:00 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 12-4.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 4,731.
Cronulla: Abercrombie, Westwood, Taylor, Taper, Cox; Monie, Hughes; Gallagher, Hynes, Thornton (C), MacDougall, Wilson, Sams.
Newtown: McDonald, Cotter, Moore, Keyes, Annesley; Carnegie (C), Foreman; Hodge, Kemister, Vasta, Cuneo, Melville, Oakley. Int: Barsley.

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