Wills Cup 1971

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Manly 22 (B. Batty 2, B. Fulton, D. Moritz tries; B. Batty 5 goals) drew with Cronulla 22 (T. Bishop, D. Cotter, K. Hogan, M. Souter tries; G. Taylforth 5 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Fri, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 15-12.   Referee: Jack Farrelly.   Crowd: 15,192.
Manly: Batty, Moritz, McDonald (C), Fulton, Irvine; Martin, Whiley; Hamilton, Jones, Bucknall, Thomson, Moses, Reilly. Int: Pounder, Briggs, Randall.
Cronulla: Pierce, Corcoran, Taylor, Wear, Cotter; Hogan, Bishop (C); Souter, Turner, Taylforth, Dixon, Cooper, Urquhart.
View  Penrith 12 (T. Geary, P. Kliendienst tries; B. Ward 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 8 (B. McCarthy, G. Stevens tries; E. Simms goal) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 5-0.   Scrums: South Sydney 15-9.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 7,455.
South Sydney: Simms, Edwards, Branighan, Smith, Honan; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, McCarthy, Stevens, Bampton.
Penrith: Leary, Hatton, Moran, Applebee, McMartin; Steele, Sing; Geary, Workman (C), Broad, Elliott, Harvey, Kliendienst. Int: Ward.
View  Canterbury 18 (W. Peckham, R. Raper tries; P. Inskip 6 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 15 (I. Baker, K. Junee, B. Mullins tries; A. McKean 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 20th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 5-4.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 10,379.
Canterbury: Inskip, Strudwick, Greaves (C), Rhodes, James; Burwell, Hutchings; Thomas, Driscoll, Noonan, Costello, Hornery, Raper. Int: Tucker, Payne, Charlton, Peckham.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Porter, Brass (C), Harris, Mullins; Peard, Junee; Goldspink, Moscatt, Morgan, Baker, Freier, Reilly. Int: Ballesty, Williams, Quayle, Hall.
View  Balmain 29 (P. Cross, P. Fardell, L. Killeen, T. Parker, O. Prattl, B. Smithies, J. Walsh tries; L. Killeen 3, K. Outten goals) defeated Western Suburbs 8 (T. Murphy, S. Winter tries; P. Flanders goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Sat, 20th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 8-all.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 5,996.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Rogers, Brouwer, Paton, Flanders; Murphy, Maxwell; Hansen, Stonestreet (C), Winter, Cody, Baker, Bryant. Int: Hurford, Jones, NIELSEN, Smith.
Balmain: Smithies, Cross, Parker, Thomson, Palmer; Fardell, Outten (C); Leo, Boulton, McTaggart, Walsh, Connell, Prattl. Int: Tilbrook, Fryer, Carey, Killeen.
View  Newtown 17 (A. Maddalena 2, B. Carnegie tries; J. Bonham 3, K. Wilson goals) defeated North Sydney 10 (J. Mills, O. O'Donnell, D. Wood tries; B. Glasgow goal) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 21st February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 8-6.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 9,196.
Newtown: Wilson, Williamson, Carnegie (C), Moore, Maddalena; Wood, Bonham; Bowles, Kemister, Danielson, Flack, Renilson, Sullivan.
North Sydney: Moraschi, Grew, Wood, O'Donnell, Ambrum; Franks, Williams; Mills, Warner, Hicks (C), Jacques, Cavanagh, McDonell. Int: Collien, Glasgow, Bridgewater, Harris.
View  St George 20 (G. Carr 2, G. Bowen, K. Maddison tries; G. Langlands 4 goals) defeated Parramatta 10 (K. MacFarlane 2 tries; K. Campbell 2 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 21st February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 5-3.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 9,196.
Parramatta: Buckpitt, Scurfield, Pethybridge, Rushworth, MacFarlane; Lye, Wakefield; O'Reilly, McMartin, Fitzgerald, Lynch (C), Thornett, Campbell. Int: Mount, Graham, Coy, Wilson.
St George: Langlands (C), Carr, Bell, Brandley, King; Hawthorne, Smith; Bowen, Rasmussen, Maddison, Beath, Maddison, Fitzgerald. Int: Strudwick, Mills, Henderson, Norton.

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