AMCO Cup 1978

Round 2

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Summary of Matches

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> Newtown 49 (B. Wood 3, B. Hetherington 2, P. Sigsworth 2, S. Bowden, R. Pilon, J. Ribot, J. Walters tries; P. Sigsworth 7, J. Ribot goals) defeated Past Christian Bros 0 at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 29th March. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Newtown 8-0. Scrums: Newtown 15-6. Penalties: Past Christian Bros 14-11. Referee: Gary Cook.

Newtown: Sigsworth, Hunt, Kosta, Hetherington, Floyd; O'Brien, Wood (C); Bowden, Jensen, Pagano, Howard, Pilon, Ribot. Int: Fogarty, Walters, Casey, Panzarino.

Past Christian Bros: Law, Morcom, Garozzo, Fraser, Poudziunas; Johnstone, Herlihy; Butler, O'Sullivan, McNamara, Hannan, Dunning, Thomas. Int: Woods, Cameron, Baker, Schultz.

> Wests 8 (W. Carr, G. Prickett tries; P. Vautin goal) drew with Wynnum-Manly 8 (G. Perrett 2 tries; R. Orchard goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 29th March. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Penalties: Wests 5-3. Referee: Mick Merchant.

Wests: Sellers, McDonald, Eastwell, Cameron, Hogan; Carr, Douglas; Whitmore, Prickett, Rogers, Bradshaw, Vautin, Carr (C). Int: Williamson, Abel, McKenzie, Moore.

Wynnum-Manly: Millar, Wadsworth, Perrett, Bullock, Wesche; Walsh, Denman; Orchard, Dowling, Ernst, Lavis, Cogill, Page. Int: Wise, Tarry, Edwards, Meiklejohn.

> Illawarra Firsts 35 (P. Wynn 2, D. Coelli, B. Johnson, S. Morris, B. Pearson, J. Penno tries; R. Henniker 7 goals) defeated Fortitude Valley 7 (W. Lewis try; R. Strudwick 2 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 5th April. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Illawarra Firsts 27-2. Referee: B Savage. Crowd: 200.

Fortitude Valley: Svenson, Keen, Neill, McSween, Wieland; McWhirter, Strudwick (C); O'Callaghan, Barr, Mcinnes, Duggan, Sommer, Denman. Int: Cameron, Lewis, Zillman, Bishop.

Illawarra Firsts: Johnson, Sheppard, Rugg (C), Edwards, Penno; Davis, Morris; Milthorpe, Pearson, Coelli, Wynn, Henniker, Dominey. Int: Patrick, Edwards, Nevin, Davis.

> Southern Suburbs 10 (B. Astill, P. Phelan tries; T. Gillogly 2 goals) defeated Gold Coast Firsts 4 (I. Dauth 2 goals) at Wally Fankhauser Sports Park.
Date: Wed, 5th April. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Southern Suburbs 5-4.

Gold Coast Firsts: Dauth, Swann, Byrnes, Farrelly, Bannah; Farrelly, Cranshaw; Short, Hoffman, Lipp, Wright (C), McCosker, Grossi. Int: Farrelly, Kendall, Wilson.

Southern Suburbs: Baird, Turnbull, Gibson, Astill, Gillogly; Bracken, Salter; Veivers (C), Gould, Thorley, Phelan, Kellaway, Lumby. Int: Argeros, Weir, Cochrane, Gilmont.

> Newcastle (AU) 51 (P. Amidy 2, R. McKinnon 2, M. Scobie 2, R. Cox, P. Dodds, D. Howell, B. Warren, G. Wynn tries; G. Wynn 9 goals) defeated WA Firsts 5 (C. Waller try; I. Walls goal) at Harker Oval.
Date: Wed, 12th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Newcastle (AU) 30-5. Referee: Keith Marker.

Newcastle (AU): Batey, Scobie, Elwin, McKinnon, Warren; Amidy, Mayes; Petrie, Cox, Atcheson, Wynn, Shoemark, Howell. Int: Dodds, Lawler, Wallace, Jowett.

WA Firsts: Shilliday, Waller, Mooney, Cherry (C), Bowler; Bell, Taylor; Rice, Lucas, Cullen, Hanneman, Walls, Castle. Int: Cumings, Bullen, Allen, Constantine.

> Riverina 43 (A. Fury 2, D. Prior 2, P. Bishop, N. Eppelstun, B. Purtell, B. Rosetto, R. Styles tries; R. Styles 8 goals) defeated Wide Bay 4 (B. McCrae 2 goals) at West End Stadium.
Date: Wed, 12th April. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Riverina 17-4. Referee: Don Graham.

Riverina: Styles, Rosetto, Purtell, Saddler, Fury; Hinchcliffe, Bishop; Sanson, Doyle, Bertoldo, Pearce, Longhurst, Smith. Int: McKellar, Eppelstun, Prior, Thompson.

Wide Bay: McCrae, Pickering, Kennedy, Kelly, Neundorf; Dore, Sutton; Horsnby, Gosden, Manteit, Groves, Trunks, O'Sullivan. Int: Cox, Goshnick, Stephenson, Murray.

> South Sydney 22 (J. Berne, G. Jones, A. Kitinas, S. Sydenham tries; E. Ferguson 5 goals) defeated Western Division 9 (S. Merritt try; K. Riley 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 17th May. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.

South Sydney: Ferguson, Swift, Donnelly, Berne, Jones; Squadrito, McMillan; Tunks, Stewart, Bryant, Peek, Bampton (C), Barnes. Int: Kitinas, Sydenham, Seelin.

Western Division: Sams, Riley, Rosser, Anlezark, Michael; Hall, Phillips (C); Blackburn, Wilson, Davis, Parkes, Taylor, Davey. Int: Northey, McWilliams, Merritt, Winters.

> North Coast 22 (S. Piper 2, P. Mann, T. Mullins tries; J. Brass 5 goals) defeated Toowoomba 13 (W. Weatherall 2, T. Dunneman tries; R. Stallman 2 goals) at Oakes Oval.
Date: Wed, 24th May. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: North Coast 12-0. Referee: Brian Grant.

North Coast: Fuller, Piper, McCartney, Rutley, Mullins; Brass (C), Mann; McQuillan, Sherloch, Murphy, Elford, Pattison, McKeough. Int: Leabeater, Brodie, Randall, Ennetts.

Toowoomba: Weatherall, O'Sullivan, Stallman, Hetherington, Murphy; Arnold, Hintz; O'Davis, McDermid, Sutton, Connell (C), Ride, Bliss. Int: Dunneman, Kajewski, Kirby, Scholl.