NSWRFL 1953

Round 16

Results

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View  Balmain 34 (T. Bonser 3, B. Willis 3, G. Fifield, J. Thomson tries; G. Fifield 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 12 (P. Lean, D. Regan tries; B. Hobbs 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 8th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 7-6.   Referee: Jack O'Brien.   Crowd: 3,500.
Balmain: MacFarlane, Bonser, Willis, De Lore, Fifield; Daley, Crichton; Moon, Jeffreys, Thomson, Mackenzie, Watt, Tyrrell (C).
Parramatta: McNamara, Lean, Rouse, Perkins, Smyth; Jones, Muller; Hobbs, Aggett, Fisher, Regan, Mann, Slattery (C).
View  Canterbury 12 (C. Cooper, B. Stenhouse tries; B. Whitmore 3 goals) drew with Newtown 12 (R. Preston 2 tries; G. Clifford 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 8th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 10-3.   Referee: Aub Oxford.   Crowd: 7,000.
Canterbury: Whitmore, Stenhouse, Gartner, Cooper (C), Cooper; Smith, Keogh; Schell, Anderson, Ricketts, Rankin, Bradley, White.
Newtown: Clifford, Preston, Geelan, Poole, Clarke; Whitton, Smith; Stait, Johnson (C), Evans, Anderson, Currie, Ryan.
View  Eastern Suburbs 30 (C. Donohoe 2, M. Kermond 2, D. Rowe, K. Van Heekeren tries; R. Booth 6 goals) defeated St George 15 (F. Narvo, T. Ryan, A. Staunton tries; N. Pidding 3 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 8th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 12-8.   Referee: Les Williams.   
Eastern Suburbs: Booth, Beaven, Kermond, Rowe, Byrnes; Van Heekeren, Donohoe (C); Hunter, Armstrong, Bell, Gibson, Ashton, Blundell.
St George: Pidding (C), Kite, Ryan, Carroll, Hole; Staunton, Bracken; Brown, Kearney, Bower, Birks, Narvo, Wilson.
View  Western Suburbs 28 (K. Holman 2, J. Fitzgerald, J. McKenzie, B. Owens, R. Watson tries; L. Trevena 5 goals) defeated Manly 13 (G. Hugo, R. Rowles, B. Staunton tries; R. Rowles 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 8th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 17-5.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 1,000.
Manly: Beaumont, Rowles, Hugo, Willoughby, Hobbs; Staunton, Curran; Bull (C), Schubert, Brown, Perrin, Bailey, Peebles.
Western Suburbs: Carrig, Dines, Ratcliff, Fitzgerald (C), Owens; Trevena, Holman; Caldwell, Wooden, Hansen, Southam, Watson, McKenzie.
View  South Sydney 38 (J. Dougherty 3, L. Cowie, D. Donoghue, M. Gallagher, G. Hawick, K. Woolfe tries; G. Hawick 6, J. Dougherty goals) defeated North Sydney 17 (K. Middleton try; A. Arkey 7 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 8th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 22-13.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 29,812.
South Sydney: Churchill, Moir, Gallagher, Woolfe, Threlfo; Dougherty, Hawick; Richards, Hammerton, Donoghue, Moon, Rayner (C), Cowie.
North Sydney: Arkey, O'Brien, Martin, Middleton, Toole; Sullivan (C), Gillon; Waters, Strong, Hudson, Haslam, Lay, Diversi.

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