Wills Cup 1973

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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View  Balmain 20 (J. Shield 2, R. Black, J. Spencer tries; M. Tonks 4 goals) defeated South Sydney 13 (K. Edwards 2, D. Pittard tries; E. Simms 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Thu, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 10-7.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 5,762.
South Sydney: Simms, Edwards, Sait, Withers, Mooney; Pittard, Grant; Sawers, Walters, Reilly, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Urquhart. Int: Broad.
Balmain: Tonks, Black, Ryan, Bolin, Capelin; Murphy, Shield; Leo, Jeffery, Fryer, Spencer (C), Walsh, Starling.
View  Manly 14 (I. Martin, M. Reilly tries; R. Branighan 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 2 (N. Sinclair goal) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 24th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 11,289.
Manly: Eadie, Irvine, Branighan, Thoroughgood, Brown; Martin, Mayes; Hamilton, Jones (C), O'Neill, Bradstreet, Randall, Reilly. Int: Clare, Symonds, Payne.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Ashmore, Knight, Parker, Mullins; Sinclair, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, Day, O'Bryan, Bryant, Elford, Baker. Int: Walton.
View  St George 22 (G. Pethybridge 2, T. Branson, R. Cox, G. Langlands tries; G. Langlands 3 goals; B. Smith field goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 2 (A. McKean goal) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 2:30 PM.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 12,659.
St George: Langlands (C), Goodwin, Pethybridge, Clapham, Chapman; Branson, Smith; Norton, Rasmussen, Toga, Reddy, Fitzgerald, Sams. Int: Cox, Drake, Beath, Batty.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Alchin, Cameron, Harris, Mullins; Brass, Junee; Armstrong, Brown, Beetson, McCarthy, Freier, Coote (C). Int: Bullow, Collien, Stevens, Baker.
View  Canterbury 19 (B. Lowther, D. Rogers, N. Thomas tries; G. Connell 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 7 (J. Kolc try; G. Thomas 2 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 7-all.   Scrums: 8-all.   Penalties: Canterbury 19-11.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 6,458.
Canterbury: Anderson, Murphy, Lowther, Cole, Ewing; Herring, Young; Manteit, Phillis, Charlton, Thomas, Connell (C), McDonell. Int: Rogers, Payne.
Parramatta: Leary, Scurfield, Graham, Thomas, O'Leary; Lye, Kolc; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Charlton, Vincent, Fitzgerald, Quayle. Int: Archibald, Chesham, Payne, Ernst.
View  Cronulla 26 (R. Corcoran 2, T. Bishop, G. Bowen, G. Pierce, R. Turner, C. Wellman tries; S. Rogers 2 goals; T. Bishop field goal) defeated Penrith 6 (N. Gilligan, J. Moran tries) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 10-3.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 12,659.
Cronulla: Wellman, Corcoran, Rogers, Taylor, Wear; Hogan, Bishop (C); Bowen, Turner, Allen, Maddison, Pierce, Raper. Int: Pagano, Dennehy, Stewart.
Penrith: Moore, Moran, Gilligan, Olejarnik, Gannon; Moran, Sing; Sheens, Bayly, Geary, Lynch (C), Harvey, McKechnie. Int: Wilson, Walton.
View  Newtown 12 (N. Pringle, L. Williamson tries; K. Wilson 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 9 (E. Heatley try; B. Glasgow 3 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 25th February.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 5-2.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 3,171.
Newtown: Floyd, Williamson (C), Oliveri, Bonham, Bradstock; Wilson, O'Connor; Sartori, Robertson, Melville, Dawson, Sullivan, Pringle. Int: Gardiner, Coverdale.
North Sydney: Glasgow, Warwick, McLachlan, Murphy, Ambrum; Pickup, Pretti; Winter, Warner (C), Anderson, Heatley, Cooper, Walker. Int: Fairns, Varela, Coulton, Forlonge.

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