Wills Cup 1972

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  St George 11 (B. Beath try; G. Langlands 3, K. Hemsworth goals) defeated South Sydney 10 (B. Grant, G. Stevens tries; E. Simms 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 18th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 6-5.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 15,806.
South Sydney: Simms, Edwards, Smith, Honan, Kosta; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, Broad, McCarthy, Stevens, Sait. Int: Lee, Timms, Withers, Burke.
St George: Langlands (C), Carr, Goodwin, Clapham, Batty; Branson, Smith; Eden, Rasmussen, Bowen, Fitzgerald, Beath, Walton. Int: MacFarlane, Ferguson, Drake, Hemsworth.
View  Manly 18 (F. Jones, D. Moritz tries; B. Batty 3, D. Moritz 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 12 (G. Dowling, J. Greaves tries; G. Purcell 3 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 9-all.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 1,500.
Manly: Batty, Irvine, Branighan, Fulton, Moritz; Martin, Williams; Hamilton, Jones (C), O'Neill, Peters, Pounder, Thomson. Int: Train, Ward.
Canterbury: Dowling, Rhodes, Greaves (C), Foster, Strudwick; Burwell, Hutchings; Manteit, Purcell, Noonan, Costello, Herring, Trypas. Int: Murphy.
View  Balmain 22 (P. Cross 2, G. Leo, J. Spencer tries; M. Ross 3, D. Preston 2 goals) defeated Newtown 16 (C. Casey, N. Clark tries; J. Bonham 5 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 9-7.   Referee: Jack Harris.   Crowd: 4,127.
Newtown: Pinder, Williamson, Pringle, Fogarty, Clark; O'Connor, Bonham; Gardiner, Kemister, Casey, Sullivan, Briggs, Carnegie (C). Int: Danielson, Sartori, Wilson, Wood.
Balmain: Ross, Cross, Starling, Parker, McMartin; Jones, Tilbrook; Leo, Boulton, McTaggart, Fryer, Mayhew, Spencer (C). Int: Loomes, Preston, Dryden, Cross.
View  Western Suburbs 14 (K. Stonestreet try; T. Ford 5 goals; T. Ford field goal) defeated Penrith 11 (M. Leary, R. Lynch, G. Moran tries; B. Ward goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 8-5.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 3,807.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Rogers, Knight, Elford, Mullins; Satterley, Raudonikis (C); Antunac, Stonestreet, Winter, Isbester, Sheridan, Baker. Int: Johnstone.
Penrith: Leary, Applebee, Moran, Moran, Gibson; Olejarnik, Sing; Geary, Wingate, Ward, Lynch (C), Tutty, Kliendienst. Int: Wright, Jones, Steele, McKechnie.
View  Parramatta 23 (D. Fitzgerald, W. Golding, G. Lye, B. O'Reilly, T. Scurfield tries; S. Gaunt 3 goals; D. Mount 2 field goals) defeated North Sydney 15 (L. Moraschi 2, J. McDonell tries; J. Fairns, O. O'Donnell, K. Outten goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 20th February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 10-5.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 8,676.
Parramatta: Gaunt, Scurfield, Glover, Langmack, Archibald; Lye, Wilson; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Mount, Fitzgerald, Vincent, Campbell. Int: Wakefield, Graham, Williamson, Golding.
North Sydney: Pickup, Varela, Moraschi, O'Donnell, Ambrum; Outten, Fairns; Hicks (C), Warner, Mills, Walker, McDonell, Evans. Int: McLean, Payne.
View  Eastern Suburbs 26 (J. Ballesty, C. Boyd, R. Coote, L. Freier, M. Harris, B. Mullins tries; J. Ballesty 4 goals) defeated Cronulla 12 (R. Corcoran, C. Wellman tries; D. Cotter 3 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 20th February.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 8-7.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 8,688.
Cronulla: Wellman, Corcoran, Archer, Wear, Cotter; Hogan (C), Dennehy; Watson, Turner, Stapleton, Cooper, Maddison, Raper. Int: Pierce, Taylor, Andrews, Maguire.
Eastern Suburbs: Boyd, Porter, Cameron, Harris, Mullins; Ballesty, Mayes; Morgan, Brown, Beetson, Bandiera, Freier, Coote (C). Int: Brass, Armstrong, Flanders, Olling.

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