AMCO Cup 1975

Round 1

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Summary of Matches

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> South Sydney 37 (O. O'Donnell 3, G. Purcell 2, P. Sait 2, B. McCarthy, P. McCartney, H. Timms, P. Van Gulik tries; G. Purcell 2 goals) defeated Ipswich 6 (R. Jorgensen try; L. Tewes goal; P. White field goal) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Wed, 2nd April. Kickoff: 1:40 PM. Halftime: South Sydney 22-6. Scrums: Ipswich 15-13. Penalties: South Sydney 11-6. Referee: Laurie Bruyeres. Crowd: 3,247.

South Sydney: Simms, Van Gulik, McCartney, O'Donnell, Birrell; Purcell, Grant; Eden, Magnus, Timms, McCarthy (C), Stevens, Sait.

Ipswich: Sheraton, Castles, O'Connor, White, Jorgensen; Tewes (C), Clark; Glass, Crichton, Harrower, Williams, Richards, Gardiner. Int: Daylight.

> Newtown 11 (P. Dawson, J. Floyd, M. Wright tries; T. Briggs goal) drew with Western Suburbs 11 (G. Foster, R. Giteau, T. Murphy tries; R. Giteau goal) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Wed, 2nd April. Kickoff: 3:15 PM. Halftime: Western Suburbs 6-3. Scrums: Western Suburbs 5-4. Penalties: Newtown 14-12. Crowd: 3,247.

Newtown: Floyd, Bradstock, Wright, Kosta, Murphy; Hayward, Hansard; Casey, Lucas, Dawson, Dawson (C), Sullivan, Cox. Int: Briggs.

Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Giteau, Parker, Knight, Mullins; Murphy, Raudonikis (C); Hundy, Day, Rigney, Donnelly, Foster, Wellman. Int: Hey, Heyward.

> Ryde-Eastwood 17 (J. Barrett, R. Leis, S. Satterly tries; S. Satterly 4 goals) defeated Southern Division 16 (M. Veitch 2 tries; M. Cronin 5 goals) at Newcastle International Sports Centre.
Date: Wed, 9th April. Kickoff: 1:15 PM. Halftime: Southern Division 9-8. Scrums: Ryde-Eastwood 18-12. Penalties: Southern Division 6-4. Referee: Tom Gustard. Crowd: 11,000.

Ryde-Eastwood: Leis, Moy, Hogg, Gillon, Willding; Satterly, Burtonwood; Pardy, Heyden, Fraser (C), Drady, King, Barrett. Int: Brennan, Gollan, Gear, Gibson.

Southern Division: Ralph, Patrick, Cronin, Monie, Henry; Glachan, Veitch; Flack, Bridge, Hall, LeJeune, Cronin, Andrews (C). Int: McKenzie, Lumsden, Dodd, Pounder.

> Newcastle (AU) 27 (P. Cootes 2, G. Ambrum, G. Banks, J. Roach tries; R. Burgess 6 goals) defeated Cronulla 8 (R. Corcoran, S. Rogers tries; S. Rogers goal) at Newcastle International Sports Centre.
Date: Wed, 9th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Newcastle (AU) 15-3. Scrums: Newcastle (AU) 8-3. Penalties: Cronulla 18-13. Referee: Keith Page. Crowd: 11,000.

Newcastle (AU): Slattery, Ambrum, Burgess, Murphy, Cootes; Banks, Ward; Anderson, Dagwell, Leo, Moore (C), Roach, Howlett. Int: Owens, Wise, Edwards, Huggins.

Cronulla: Bourke, Corcoran, Rogers, Taylor, Waite; Andrews, Dennehy; Gibson, Turner, Bowen, Sams, Maguire, Pierce (C). Int: Purcell, Archer, Edmonds, Ryan Jnr.

> Manly 44 (B. Fulton 3, T. Mooney 2, R. Branighan, M. Brown, G. Eadie, K. Junee, P. Lowe tries; G. Eadie 7 goals) defeated North Coast 2 (P. Swanson goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 16th April. Kickoff: 5:30 PM. Halftime: Manly 18-0. Referee: Ron West. Crowd: 18,000.

Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Branighan, Fulton (C), Brown; Thompson, Junee; Barber, Jones, Randall, Willoughby, Lowe, Reilly. Int: Krilich, Symonds, Hill, Pierce.

North Coast: Donnelly, Johnson, Walkom, Browning, Hogan; Tomkin, Amidy; Pollard, Ruprecht, Morton, Sullivan (C), Woods, Bryant. Int: Pritchard, Matthews, Swanson, Kliendienst.

> Balmain 24 (M. Fish, A. McMahon, K. Outten, J. Shield tries; T. Forwood 6 goals) defeated Past Christian Bros 16 (I. Dauth, J. Quinn tries; I. Dauth 5 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 16th April. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Scrums: Balmain 7-6. Penalties: Past Christian Bros 21-10. Referee: Don Lancashire. Crowd: 18,000.

Balmain: McMahon, Forwood, Roberts, Sommerville, Fish; Shield, Outten (C); Cook, Maybury, Tabone, Spencer, Evans, Ryan. Int: Levy, Moase, Boulton, Manteit.

Past Christian Bros: Dauth, Ward, Quinn, Schultz, Shelvey; Martin, Hutchinson; McNamara, Alexander, Wright (C), Young, Cock, Damro. Int: Seary, Franklin, Bennett, Ward.

> Parramatta 27 (M. Cheney, D. Cotter, J. Kolc, J. Porter, S. Williams tries; D. Cotter 6 goals) defeated Monaro 19 (J. Booby, S. Hewson, S. Vucago tries; J. Booby 5 goals) at Eric Weissel Oval.
Date: Wed, 23rd April. Kickoff: 1:15 PM. Halftime: Parramatta 14-10. Scrums: Parramatta 11-9. Penalties: Monaro 14-9. Referee: Tom Spain. Crowd: 3,600.

Parramatta: Moore, Cotter, Strudwick, McMartin, Porter; Sulkowicz, Kolc; Williams, McMartin (C), Cheney, Olling, Gerard, Snodgrass. Int: Hilditch, Reynolds, Stephens, Prattl.

Monaro: Moore, Booby, Moncrieff, Edwards, Stone; Ballesty, Hewson; Morgan (C), Jones, Thomson, Maxwell, Thompson, Kidd. Int: Vucago, Bruce, Anthony, Gattas.

> Canterbury 21 (M. Basham, B. Code, K. Harris, M. Hughes, T. Pickup tries; D. Moseley 3 goals) defeated Riverina 16 (T. Ireland 2, P. Eisenhauer, S. MacDonald tries; P. Eisenhauer, B. Ward goals) at Eric Weissel Oval.
Date: Wed, 23rd April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Canterbury 7-5. Scrums: 11-all. Penalties: Riverina 12-8. Referee: Laurie Bruyeres. Crowd: 3,600.

Canterbury: Moseley, Anderson, Ryan, Hughes, Gillogly; Pickup (C), Young; Basham, Peponis, Thomas, Howard, Harris, Cassilles. Int: Stewart, Collins, Code, Allison.

Riverina: Ireland, Eisenhauer, Saddler, Fuller, Taskis; Wallace (C), Mortimer; Hall, Hall, Bertoldo, Driver, MacDonald, Hammond. Int: Young, Deery, Ward, Saxvik.

> Toowoomba 22 (W. Lindenberg, M. Muirhead, W. Weatherall, J. Wilson tries; O. Frith 4, W. Lindenberg goals) defeated North Sydney 13 (S. Colman, G. Pretti, J. Rawlins tries; D. Burnett 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 30th April. Kickoff: 7:15 PM. Halftime: Toowoomba 7-5. Scrums: North Sydney 15-10. Penalties: Toowoomba 14-6. Referee: Neil McAlister. Crowd: 402.

Toowoomba: Muirhead, Crisp, Smith, Arnold, Weatherall; Frith, Lindenberg; Murphy, Duke, Wilson (C), Gooding, Connell, McCosker. Int: Virgen, Duncan, Sutton, Lindemayer.

North Sydney: McLachlan, Hope, Burnett, Scobie, Adams; Smith, Pretti; Healey, Foye, Hamilton, Murphy, Walker (C), Colman. Int: Norton, Makin, Rawlins, Harre.

> Illawarra Firsts 26 (A. Fitzgibbon 2, R. Ayliffe, A. Fogg, R. Pilon, P. Rose tries; M. Hutchinson 4 goals) defeated Northern Division 9 (G. Smith 2, K. Hulbert tries) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 30th April. Kickoff: 9:00 PM. Halftime: Illawarra Firsts 13-3. Scrums: Illawarra Firsts 13-8. Penalties: Northern Division 14-9. Referee: Richie Humphreys. Crowd: 402.

Illawarra Firsts: Hutchinson, Penno, Browne, Fogg, Johanson; Carr, Pilon; Milthorpe, Burgoyne, Young, Rose, Ayliffe, Fitzgibbon (C). Int: O'Grady, Delaney, Beath, Kneen.

Northern Division: Macklinshaw, Russell, Sampson, Wallace, Smith; Hulbert, Stewart (C); Hetherington, Lennan, Sheedy, Shearer, Lanesbury, Petrie. Int: Schultz, Lonsdale, Wallace, Green.

> Penrith 37 (B. Ashurst 2, G. West 2, G. Allsopp, J. Klein, P. Langmack, T. Quinn, T. Sheens tries; R. Gigg 3, B. Ashurst 2 goals) defeated Southern Suburbs 9 (G. Dobrich try; J. Graham 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 7th May. Kickoff: 5:15 PM. Halftime: Penrith 19-9. Scrums: Southern Suburbs 12-8. Penalties: Southern Suburbs 12-10. Referee: Gary Cook. Crowd: 3,500.

Penrith: Moore, Allsopp, Quinn, Gigg, West; Olejarnik, Klein; Geary, Brain, Sheens, Ashurst (C), Le Brocq, Langmack. Int: Gibson, Marino, Harvey, Thornton.

Southern Suburbs: Dobrich, Graham, Grant (C), Astill, Wesche; Atherton, Cowell; Rowan, Muir, McDougall, Kowal, van de Velde, Lange. Int: McMahon, Weir, Butterworth, Hall.

> St George 35 (L. Drake 2, R. Cox, B. Fitch, T. Goodwin, P. Mills, B. Smith tries; T. Goodwin 7 goals) defeated Norths 16 (D. Brohman, G. Harrison tries; B. Warwick 5 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 7th May. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: St George 13-11. Scrums: Norths 20-11. Penalties: 11-all. Referee: Kevin Roberts. Crowd: 3,500.

St George: Goodwin, Mills, Ferguson, Finch, Fitch; Hulbert, Smith (C); Beath, Cox, Starkey, Reddy, Wood, Drake. Int: Shulman, Hurworth, Bramley.

Norths: Wraith, Warwick, Lilley, Michaels, Poudiznas; Farquhar, Bishop (C); Sattler, Geiger, Walker, Brohman, Harrison, Trent. Int: Kleinshans, Clarke, Watson, Alexander.