State Championships 1945

Semi Final

Summary of Matches

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View  North Sydney 15 (J. Bliss 2, B. McLean tries; D. Deitz 3 goals) defeated Kurri Kurri 14 (D. Booker, W. Thompson tries; W. Kirkwood 4 goals) at Kurri Kurri Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 2nd September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 9-5.   Crowd: 6,000.
Kurri Kurri: Madge, Tucker, Kirkwood, Booker, White; Madge, Jones; Perry, Laverack, Close (C), Stoddart, Sweeney, Thompson.
North Sydney: Deitz, Bliss, Hall, McLachlan, Davies; Harrison, Ryan; McKinnon (C), Facer, Doran, Kirkwood, Pearson, McLean.
View  Newtown 38 (N. Jacobson 2, A. Stewart 2, F. Farrell, S. Goodwin, N. Mulligan, K. Phillips tries; T. Kirk 7 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 20 (J. Arnold 2, J. Hunter, P. Tierney tries; R. Pratt 3, D. Dunn goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 8th September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 10-8.   Referee: George Bishop.   Crowd: 18,652.
Newtown: Kirk, Stewart, Jacobson, Redmond, Goodwin; Nevin, Bugden; McLennan, Mulligan, Farrell (C), Montgomery, Narvo, Phillips.
Eastern Suburbs: Pratt, Cooper, Hunter, Tierney, Foster; O'Connell (C), Lisle; Arnold, Watt, Rollason, Hobson, King, Dunn.