Wills Cup 1977

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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View  South Sydney 18 (J. Delaney, P. O'Brien, G. Purcell, T. Reardon tries; G. Purcell 3 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 12 (J. Mayes, I. Schubert tries; I. Schubert 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7-5.   Scrums: South Sydney 12-8.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 10-5.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 3,821.
South Sydney: Purcell, Delaney, Berne, O'Brien, Fahey; Withers, McMillan; Sait (C), Stewart, Mackay, Timms, West, Reardon. Int: Wall, Tongue, Porter.
Eastern Suburbs: Schubert, Pickett, Harris, Hastings, Mullins; Fulton, Mayes; Ayliffe, Connor, Hedger, Beetson (C), Reilly, Stevens. Int: Mosman, Jones.
View  Balmain 11 (A. McMahon try; G. Cox 4 goals) defeated Newtown 8 (P. Dawson, R. Pilon tries; P. Hayward goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 7-3.   Scrums: 10-all.   Penalties: Balmain 10-4.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 4,730.
Balmain: McMahon, Gorton, Ryan (C), Knight, Boland; Bendall, Cox; Cook, Maybury, Lockwood, Lavers, Bandiera, Pringle. Int: Ninness, Mountier, Edwards, Beaven.
Newtown: Floyd, Cooley, O'Brien, Wright, Plummer; Hayward, Young; Casey (C), Edwards, Gibbs, Elford, Dawson, Pilon. Int: Dawson.
View  Canterbury 6 (G. Dowling, S. Gearin tries) defeated Western Suburbs 5 (L. Boyd try; D. Moseley goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Scrums: Canterbury 11-6.   Penalties: Canterbury 11-6.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 4,776.
Canterbury: Dowling, Anderson, Mullane, Ryan, Gearin; Hughes, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis, Hage, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Cassilles. Int: Pickup, Cutler.
Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Moseley, Giteau, Miller, Mullins; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Purcell, Donnelly, Lucas, Blyth, Boyd. Int: Young, Liubinskas, Foster.
View  North Sydney 29 (M. McLachlan 2, G. West 2, T. Adams, B. Hamilton, M. Healey tries; J. Gray 4 goals) defeated Manly 9 (R. Gartner try; G. Eadie 3 goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 8-2.   Scrums: North Sydney 14-7.   Penalties: Manly 9-8.   Referee: John Gocher.   Crowd: 5,275.
North Sydney: McLachlan, Healey, Harris, West, Adams; Cudmore, Wood; Hamilton (C), Gray, Boatswain, Long, Walker, Murphy. Int: Shield, Williams, Keogh.
Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan (C), Gartner, Cootes; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Walters, Harvey, Thoroughgood, Randall, Martin. Int: Jackson, Parker, Willoughby, Hunter.
View  Penrith 16 (R. Blacklock, B. O'Reilly, T. Quinn, T. Wickey tries; R. Gigg 2 goals) defeated Parramatta 4 (M. Cronin 2 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:00 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 8-2.   Scrums: Penrith 15-10.   Penalties: Penrith 8-5.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   Crowd: 7,751.
Parramatta: Levy, Porter, Cronin, Moran, Glover; Sulkowicz, Kolc; Fitzgerald (C), Hilditch, Maguire, Langmack, Gerard, Price. Int: Owens, Wanka, Webb, Jay.
Penrith: Blacklock, Newsome, Gigg, Reynolds, Quinn; Olejarnik, Wickey; Cale, Stephenson (C), O'Reilly, King, Merlo, Dykes. Int: Hindmarsh, Marino, Ashurst.
View  St George 9 (L. Pomfret try; T. Quirk 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 7 (G. Pierce try; B. Andrews 2 goals) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 27th February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 5-0.   Scrums: Cronulla 12-7.   Penalties: Cronulla 11-9.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 6,503.
St George: Quirk, Graham, Goodwin, Finch, Chapman; Pomfret, Smith; Cox, Edge (C), Young, Starkey, Jansen, Adams. Int: Quinn, Wood, Woolley.
Cronulla: Fisher, Edmonds, Rogers, Chamberlin, Bourke; Andrews, Hansard; Thomas, McMartin, Sorensen, Ryan Jnr, Kneen, Pierce (C). Int: Archer.

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