Wills Cup 1977

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Newtown 11 (B. Gibbs, R. Pilon, B. Plummer tries; B. Robertson goal) defeated North Sydney 7 (P. Hope try; J. Gray 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 18th February.   Kickoff: 6:30 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 7-2.   Scrums: Newtown 9-4.   Penalties: Newtown 12-9.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 7,350.
Newtown: Floyd, Plummer, Wright, O'Brien, Robertson; Hayward, Young; Casey (C), Edwards, Gibbs, Dawson, Elford, Pilon. Int: Cooley, Dawson, Raper, Sheens.
North Sydney: McLachlan, Hope, Harris, West, Adams; Shield, Wood; Hamilton (C), Gray, Boatswain, Forlonge, Walker, Long. Int: Makin, Foye, Healey, Pretti.
View  Penrith 12 (J. King, G. West tries; R. Gigg 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 10 (J. Delaney, T. Gibson tries; G. Purcell, G. West goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 18th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 7-2.   Scrums: Penrith 12-10.   Penalties: South Sydney 10-9.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 7,350.
South Sydney: Purcell, Delaney, Berne, Withers, Fahey; Mara, McMillan; Annabel, Stewart, Gibson, Timms, Sait (C), Sheppard. Int: Little, O'Brien, Reardon, West.
Penrith: Wilson, Quinn, Gigg, Gilligan, Blacklock; Olejarnik, Wickey; O'Reilly, Stephenson (C), Cale, Merlo, King, Dykes. Int: Klein, West, Le Brocq, Marino.
View  Western Suburbs 9 (T. Raudonikis try; D. Moseley 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 2 (B. Andrews goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Fri, 18th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 7-2.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 17-11.   Penalties: Cronulla 12-10.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 4,412.
Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Moseley, Giteau, Miller, Mullins; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Purcell, Donnelly, Blyth, Lucas, Boyd. Int: Smith, Liubinskas, Smith, Young.
Cronulla: Fisher, Edmonds, Rogers, Chamberlin, Bourke; Andrews, Dennehy; Thomas, McMartin, Sorensen, Ryan Jnr, Archer, Pierce (C). Int: Hansard, Kneen.
View  Balmain 12 (G. Bandiera, N. Pringle tries; G. Cox 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 10 (B. McCarthy, M. Ryan tries; S. Gearin 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 8-3.   Scrums: Canterbury 16-10.   Penalties: Canterbury 10-8.   Referee: Barry Bradstock.   Crowd: 6,030.
Balmain: McMahon, Fish, Ryan (C), Knight, Boland; Bendall, Cox; Cook, Maybury, Lavers, Bandiera, Tutty, Pringle. Int: Ninness, Mountier, Lockwood, Beaven.
Canterbury: Dowling, Anderson, Mullane, Ryan, Gearin; Hughes, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis, Charlton, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Cassilles. Int: Brentnall, Pickup.
View  Manly 19 (R. Gartner 2, I. Thomson tries; G. Eadie 5 goals) defeated St George 2 (C. Bramley goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: 2-all.   Scrums: 5-all.   Penalties: Manly 9-6.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 10,152.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan (C), Gartner, Cootes; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Krilich, Harvey, Drake, Randall, Martin. Int: Jackson, Parker, Thoroughgood, Willoughby.
St George: Quirk, Bramley, Goodwin, Finch, Chapman; Bailey, Shulman; Cox, Edge (C), Beath, Starkey, Jansen, Hurworth.
View  Eastern Suburbs 8 (B. Mullins, I. Schubert tries; I. Schubert goal) defeated Parramatta 6 (M. Cronin 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 19th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 5-4.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 10-8.   Penalties: Parramatta 22-7.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 15,002.
Parramatta: Levy, Porter, Cronin, Moran, Glover; Peard, Kolc; Olling, Hilditch, Fitzgerald, Langmack, Higgs (C), Price. Int: Jay, Gerard, Sulkowicz, Atkins.
Eastern Suburbs: Schubert, Pickett, Harris, Hastings, Mullins; Fulton, Mayes; Ayliffe, Connor, Hedger, Beetson (C), Mosman, Reilly.

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