Preseason Cup 1969

Round 3

Summary of Matches

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View  Western Suburbs 25 (P. Flanders 2, T. Murphy tries; T. Ford 5 goals; B. Glasgow 3 field goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 6th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 4-0.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 10-9.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 6,774.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Alchin, Glasgow, Gunton, Flanders; Murphy, Beer; Winter, Stonestreet, Kelly (C), Hornery, Walsh, Baker. Int: Walkaden.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Stewart, Hayes, Saddler, Cardy; Peard, Junee; Hall, Moscatt, McVay, Neumann (C), Ashley, Reilly. Int: Mullins.
View  Manly 10 (B. Fulton, D. Moritz tries; B. Batty 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 2 (L. Johns goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 7th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 5-0.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 13,006.
Canterbury: Johns, Kelly, Greenwood, Perry, Kear; Doyle, Kidd; Hicks, Driscoll, Allison, Smith, Gardiner, Raper. Int: Goldspink.
Manly: Batty, Gough, McDonald, Stanton, Moritz; Fulton (C), Ward; Hamilton, Pearson, Veivers, Thomson, Antunac, Bradstreet. Int: Jones, Bucknall.
View  South Sydney 35 (A. Branighan 2, R. Branighan, B. McCarthy, J. O'Neill, P. Sait, E. Simms tries; E. Simms 7 goals) defeated North Sydney 4 (K. Irvine 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 7th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 17-4.   Scrums: South Sydney 16-9.   Penalties: North Sydney 13-12.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 11,074.
South Sydney: Simms, Cleary, Honan, Branighan, James; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, McCarthy, Moses, Sait. Int: Branighan, Coote.
North Sydney: Maher (C), Irvine, Cubis, Ambrum, Thompson; Banks, Lang; Weier, Warner, Norton, Chatfield, Cavanagh, McDonell. Int: Pitt.
View  Penrith 14 (R. Clothier, M. Raper tries; B. Landers 4 goals) defeated Newtown 5 (B. Carnegie try; D. Barsley goal) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sat, 8th March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 7-2.   Referee: Ernie Cook.   Crowd: 5,400.
Penrith: Leary, Landers, Gibson, Applebee, Mara; Moran, Fagan (C); Clothier, Workman, Broad, Elliott, Broad, Raper.
Newtown: Barsley, Cotter, Carnegie (C), Bandiera, Annesley; O'Connor, Foreman; Hodge, Kemister, Pickard, Cowie, Oakley, Nobbs.
View  Cronulla 16 (T. Hughes, G. Sams tries; T. Hughes 4 goals; T. Hughes field goal) defeated Parramatta 14 (D. Irvine, I. Lingard tries; A. Brown 4 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 9th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 9-4.   Scrums: Cronulla 18-11.   Referee: Phil McCarroll.   Crowd: 4,908.
Parramatta: Pinkerton, Brown, Rushworth, Moss, Irvine; Wilson, Lingard; O'Reilly, Coy, Leaney, Thornett (C), Lynch, Campbell.
Cronulla: Abercrombie, Parkes, Taylor, Fleming, Cox; Monie, Hughes; McRitchie, Thornton (C), Gallagher, MacDougall, Levin, Sams. Int: Souter.
View  Balmain 15 (T. Parker 2, G. Ruebner tries; A. Fitzgibbon 3 goals) defeated St George 14 (S. Gorton, J. Raper tries; D. Preston 3 goals; P. Hawthorne field goal) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 9th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 9-2.   Scrums: Balmain 15-7.   Penalties: St George 11-9.   Referee: Arthur Neville.   Crowd: 13,396.
St George: Preston, Gorton, Maddison, Brandley, King; Branson, Hawthorne; Wittenberg, Henderson, Breadon, Bowen, O'Callaghan, Raper (C).
Balmain: Smithies, Ruebner, Browne, Parker, Cross; Fitzgibbon, Outten; Leo, Crawford, McTaggart, Spencer, Prattl, Provan (C).

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