Wills Cup 1973

Round 3

Summary of Matches

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View  Balmain 23 (G. Leo 3, G. Starling 2 tries; M. Tonks 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (S. Knight, T. Raudonikis tries; N. Sinclair 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 1st March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 7-0.   Referee: Richie Humphreys.   Crowd: 3,547.
Western Suburbs: Mullins, Ashmore, Knight, Parker, Archibald; Sinclair, Raudonikis (C); Murphy, NIELSEN, Anderson, Bryant, Elford, Walton. Int: Sheridan.
Balmain: Tonks, Black, Ryan, Bolin, Capelin; Murphy, Shield; Leo, Jeffery, Fryer, Spencer (C), Walsh, Starling. Int: Cross.
View  Manly 17 (B. Bradstreet, B. Fulton, M. Krilich tries; R. Branighan 4 goals) defeated Cronulla 7 (B. Wear try; E. Archer 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Fri, 2nd March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 7-3.   Scrums: Manly 9-6.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 11,518.
Manly: Eadie, Irvine, Branighan, Fulton, Brown; Martin, Mayes; Hamilton, Krilich, O'Neill, Bradstreet, Randall, Reilly (C). Int: Clare, Thoroughgood.
Cronulla: Wellman, Corcoran, Archer, Taylor, Wear; Hogan, Bishop (C); Bowen, Turner, Watson, Maddison, Pierce, Prattl. Int: Maguire, Andrews.
View  North Sydney 11 (G. Ambrum try; B. Glasgow 3 goals; B. Glasgow 2 field goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 (K. Junee try; A. McKean goal) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 5-2.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 4,403.
North Sydney: Glasgow, Varela, McLachlan, Douglas, Ambrum; Pickup, Pretti; Winter, Warner (C), Coulton, Heatley, Cooper, Walker. Int: Fairns, Forlonge, Anderson, O'Donnell.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Alchin, Cameron, Collien, Mullins; Ballesty, Junee; Armstrong, Moscatt, Beetson, Bandiera, Freier, Coote (C). Int: Harris, Olling.
View  Canterbury 13 (M. Cole, B. Lowther, N. Thomas tries; G. Connell 2 goals) defeated Penrith 10 (Z. Olejarnik, B. Ward tries; R. Walton 2 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 10-0.   Referee: Barry Barnes.   Crowd: 3,597.
Penrith: Moore, Walton, Moran, Swanson, Capper; Olejarnik, Ryan; Sheens, Bayly, Lynch (C), Tutty, Harvey, McKechnie. Int: Ward.
Canterbury: Anderson, Rogers, Lowther, Cole, Ewing; Herring, Young; Manteit, Phillis, Noonan, McDonell, Connell (C), Peek. Int: Thomas.
View  South Sydney 16 (B. McCarthy 2 tries; E. Simms 5 goals) defeated St George 13 (R. Ferguson, C. Rasmussen, R. Reddy tries; G. Langlands 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 3rd March.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 7-6.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 11,538.
South Sydney: Simms, Edwards, Sait, Smith, Birrell; Pittard, Grant; Reilly, Walters, Piggins, McCarthy (C), Inman, Urquhart. Int: Hall, Williams, Sawers.
St George: Langlands (C), Goodwin, Pethybridge, Clapham, Chapman; Branson, Shulman; Norton, Rasmussen, Toga, Reddy, Fitzgerald, Sams. Int: MacFarlane, Ferguson, Beath.
View  Newtown 25 (D. Oliveri 2, J. Bonham, J. Bradstock, K. Wilson tries; K. Wilson 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 15 (T. Charlton, G. Thomas, J. Vincent tries; G. Thomas 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 4th March.   Kickoff: 4:00 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 15-0.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 6,084.
Parramatta: Leary, Scurfield, Graham, Thomas, O'Leary; Lye, Kolc; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Charlton, Vincent, Fitzgerald, Quayle. Int: Archibald, Chesham, Payne, Ernst.
Newtown: Cox, Williamson (C), Oliveri, Bonham, Bradstock; Wilson, O'Connor; Gardiner, Robertson, Melville, Dawson, Sullivan, Pringle.

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