Wills Cup 1974

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  St George 15 (R. Ferguson, T. Goodwin, G. Pethybridge tries; T. Goodwin 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 2 (H. Tatana goal) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Thu, 21st February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 8-2.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 9,055.
Canterbury: Dowling, Rogers, Lowther, Murphy, Cutler; Winchester, Young; Charlton, Noonan (C), Tatana, Connell, McDonell, Peek. Int: Thomas.
St George: Goodwin, MacFarlane, Pethybridge, Ferguson, Chapman; Hulbert, Smith (C); Norton, Rasmussen, Beath, Reddy, Fitzgerald, Sams. Int: Smith, Finch, Cox, Souter.
View  Cronulla 15 (F. Dennehy 2, R. Turner tries; B. Andrews 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 10 (H. Eden, E. Simms tries; E. Simms 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 7-3.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 7,037.
South Sydney: Simms, Birrell, Mooney, O'Donnell, Moylan; Withers, Grant (C); Reilly, Piggins, Eden, Bolin, Stevens, Urquhart. Int: Wall, O'Sullivan, Kay, Smith.
Cronulla: Fisher, Corcoran, Wear, Archer, Waite; Wellman, Dennehy; Bowen, Turner, Allen, Maddison, Maguire, Pierce (C). Int: Edmonds, Andrews, Purcell, Stewart.
View  Newtown 13 (J. Floyd, T. Melville, N. Pringle tries; K. Wilson 2 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 5 (S. Knight try; T. Ford goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Fri, 22nd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 3-0.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 4,112.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Parker, Knight, Oliveri, Mullins; Heyward, Raudonikis (C); Moroko, Day, Murphy, Foster, Elford, Myers. Int: Sheridan, Byrne.
Newtown: Floyd, Bradstock, Gordon, Kosta, Williamson (C); Wilson, Hansard; Casey, Robertson, Melville, Sullivan, Dawson, Pringle.
View  Manly 21 (D. Burnett 2, B. Fulton tries; G. Eadie 6 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 20 (G. Bandiera, P. Kelly, J. Peard, J. Porter tries; J. Brass 3, A. McKean goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 12-all.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 15,019.
Manly: Eadie, Jackson, Fulton (C), Burnett, Brown; Martin, Junee; Hamilton, Krilich, Peters, Lowe, Randall, Reilly. Int: Branighan, Jones, Williams.
Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Pickett, Brass, Porter, Mullins; Peard (C), Mayes; Armstrong, Walters, Beetson, Kelly, Freier, Bandiera. Int: Fairfax, Olling, Souter, Baker.
View  North Sydney 24 (G. Ambrum, B. Anderson, P. Hope, M. McLachlan, T. Pickup, G. Varela tries; D. Moritz 3 goals) defeated Balmain 9 (M. Tonks try; M. Tonks 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 23rd February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 13-4.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 2,880.
North Sydney: Moritz, Hope, McLachlan, Varela, Ambrum; Pickup (C), Outten; Heatley, Warner, Anderson, Lavis, Walker, Murphy. Int: Douglas, Warwick, Harris, Coelli.
Balmain: Tonks, Cross, Ryan, Starling (C), Capelin; Murphy, Shield; Leo, Boulton, Manteit, Fryer, Doust, Spencer. Int: Leis, Palmer.
View  Parramatta 16 (J. Moran 2, K. Campbell, E. Sulkowicz tries; K. Campbell 2 goals) defeated Penrith 14 (P. Capper 2, P. Jelley, W. Moore tries; B. Ashurst goal) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 24th February.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 8-4.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 6,613.
Parramatta: Thomas, Moran, Hogan, Sulkowicz, Graham; Kolc, Reynolds; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Campbell, Payne, Baker, Quayle.
Penrith: Jelley, Moore, Moran, Swanson, Capper; Wilson, Olejarnik; Ward, Stephenson (C), Geary, Harvey, Ashurst, Langmack. Int: Coffey, West, Sheens, Le Brocq.

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