Wills Cup 1977

Round 3

Summary of Matches

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View  Parramatta 16 (J. Porter 3, G. Gerard tries; M. Cronin 2 goals) defeated Balmain 7 (A. McMahon try; G. Cox 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 10-0.   Scrums: Parramatta 11-10.   Penalties: Balmain 12-7.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 5,612.
Balmain: McMahon, Fish, Ryan (C), Knight, Gorton; Bendall, Cox; Cook, Maybury, Lockwood, Lavers, Bandiera, Pringle. Int: Edwards, Frewin.
Parramatta: Levy, Porter, Cronin, Moran, Glover; Sulkowicz, Kolc; Olling, Hilditch, Fitzgerald, Langmack, Higgs (C), Price. Int: Gerard, Maguire, Owens.
View  Canterbury 23 (C. Anderson, S. Gearin, R. Kear, B. McCarthy, G. Peponis tries; S. Gearin 4 goals) defeated St George 7 (G. Quinn try; J. Chapman 2 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 5-2.   Scrums: St George 12-10.   Penalties: St George 9-8.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 9,500.
Canterbury: Dowling, Anderson, Mullane, Hughes, Gearin; Pickup, Mortimer; Hage, Peponis, Charlton, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Cassilles. Int: Kear.
St George: Sorridimi, Graham, Quinn, Finch, Chapman; Bailey, Smith; Woolley, Edge (C), Young, Starkey, Stone, Hurworth. Int: Wood, Adams, McGregor.
View  Cronulla 16 (R. Bourke, S. Rogers tries; B. Andrews 5 goals) defeated South Sydney 12 (P. Sait, H. Timms tries; G. Purcell 3 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 6-2.   Scrums: South Sydney 9-7.   Penalties: Cronulla 12-9.   Referee: Barry Bradstock.   Crowd: 4,386.
Cronulla: Fisher, Edmonds, Rogers, Chamberlin, Bourke; Andrews, Hansard; Thomas, McMartin, Sorensen, Ryan Jnr, Archer, Pierce (C). Int: Bryant.
South Sydney: Purcell, Bultitude, Berne, O'Brien, Fahey; Withers, McMillan; Sait (C), Stewart, Mackay, Timms, West, Reardon. Int: Wall, Bishop.
View  Manly 14 (R. Gartner, I. Martin tries; G. Eadie 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 2 (R. Giteau goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Manly 5-0.   Scrums: Manly 10-4.   Penalties: Manly 14-11.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 7,056.
Manly: Eadie, Jackson, Branighan (C), Gartner, Cootes; Martin, Thompson; Thomson, Walters, Parkes, Drake, Randall, Thoroughgood. Int: Gibbs, Parker, Willoughby, Hunter.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Scarr, Giteau, Miller, Mullins; O'Grady, Raudonikis (C); Hundy, Purcell, Lucas, Young, Blyth, Boyd. Int: Smith, Donnelly, Sinclair, Day.
View  North Sydney 20 (B. Wood 2, M. Healey, M. McLachlan tries; J. Gray 4 goals) defeated Penrith 8 (G. West 2 tries; J. Hindmarsh goal) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sun, 6th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 12-0.   Scrums: Penrith 8-7.   Penalties: 12-all.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 5,421.
Penrith: Blacklock, Newsome, Gigg, West, Quinn; Olejarnik, Wickey; Cale, Stephenson (C), O'Reilly, Dykes, King, Merlo. Int: Hindmarsh, Reynolds, Marino, Sheens.
North Sydney: McLachlan, Healey, Harris, West, Adams; Cudmore, Wood; Hamilton (C), Gray, Boatswain, Long, Walker, Murphy. Int: Shield, Makin.
View  Eastern Suburbs 25 (B. Fulton, M. Harris, K. Hastings, B. Reilly, I. Schubert tries; R. Fairfax 5 goals) defeated Newtown 0 at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Wed, 9th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 5-0.   Scrums: Newtown 14-12.   Penalties: Newtown 7-5.   Referee: John Gocher.   Crowd: 4,132.
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Harris, Hastings, Mullins; Fulton, Mayes; Metcalfe, Jones, Hedger, Beetson (C), Reilly, Stevens. Int: Pickett, Barnes, Reed.
Newtown: Floyd, Cooley, Robertson, Wright, Plummer; Hayward, Young; Casey (C), Edwards, Gibbs, Elford, Dawson, Pilon. Int: Dawson, Boyd.

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