AMCO Cup 1978

Round 4

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Summary of Matches

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> Eastern Suburbs 16 (M. Harris 2 tries; J. Reaiche 5 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (B. Gibbs, W. Smith tries; J. Dorahy 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 3rd May. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7-3. Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 8-7. Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 17-11. Referee: Denis Braybrook.

Eastern Suburbs: Schubert, Reaiche, Harris, Tobin, Mullins; Fairfax, Hastings; O'Reilly, Connor, Beetson (C), Hedger, Mosman, Stevens. Int: Markou, Plummer, O'Reilly, Taber.

Western Suburbs: Dorahy, Scarr, Smith, Giteau, Cain; Rowles, Raudonikis (C); Young, Day, Gibbs, Reardon, Foster, Boyd. Int: Purcell, Neil, Cloughessy, Blyth.

> Auckland 39 (O. Filipaina 2, N. Wright 2, J. Grainger, K. Hughes, M. Netzler, R. Rota, T. Whittle tries; N. Wright 6 goals) defeated Riverina 3 (A. Fury try) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 24th May. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Auckland 18-0. Referee: Gary Cook.

Auckland: Wright, Fepuleai, Williams (C), Filipaina, Ah Kuoi; Smith, Varley; Prohm, Hughes, Hooker, Whittle, Netzler, Grainger. Int: Rota, Wright, Jordan, Lowe.

Riverina: Eppelstun, Rosetto, Purtell, Shea, Fury; Smith (C), Bishop; Sanson, Brown, Bertoldo, Prior, Longhurst, Scott. Int: Johnson, Smith, Saunders, O'Connell.

> Parramatta 28 (J. Kolc 2, R. Hilditch, P. Mann, G. Murray, R. Price tries; T. Sulkowicz 5 goals) defeated Wests 0 at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 7th June. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Parramatta 8-0. Scrums: Parramatta 13-12. Penalties: Wests 7-6. Referee: Gary Cook.

Parramatta: Mann, Glover, Sulkowicz, West, Atkins; Sulkowicz, Murray; Hundy, Hilditch, Mann, Gerard, Baker, Price (C). Int: Platz, Pattison, Kolc, Levy.

Wests: McCarthy, Moore, Hogan, Cameron (C), McDonald; Carr, Douglas; Whitmore, Prickett, Williamson, Bradshaw, Vautin, Pickup. Int: McKenzie, Kelly, Morgan, Rogers.

> Cronulla 15 (S. Edmonds 3, C. Gardner, M. Mullane Jnr tries) defeated Monaro 8 (S. Brockwell, S. Vucago tries; G. Kelly goal) at Seiffert Oval.
Date: Wed, 14th June. Kickoff: 6:30 PM. Halftime: Cronulla 9-5. Crowd: 6,500.

Monaro: Vucago, Brockwell, Hickman, Thomas, Kelly; Osborne, Brownlie; McCarthy, Jurd, Brennan, Clarke, Thompson, Prattl. Int: Belford, Ballesty, Wellman, Monie.

Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Bourke, Gardner, Raftery, Edmonds; Cox, Hansard; Khan, McMartin (C), Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Dudman. Int: Pierce, Beckett, Stares, Fisher.

> Illawarra Firsts 19 (N. Davis, R. Gibson, B. Johnson tries; R. Henniker 5 goals) defeated Balmain 10 (S. Lavers, F. Marino tries; W. Miranda 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 14th June. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Illawarra Firsts 12-0. Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.

Balmain: Miranda, Fish, Knight, Wigham, Corowa; Martin, Paton; Hilliard, Marino, Naylor, Ryan (C), Spears, Pringle. Int: Boland, Beaven, Lavers, Bonner.

Illawarra Firsts: Johnson, Sheppard, Rugg, Edwards, Penno; Davis, Morris; Gibson, Pearson (C), Milthorpe, Wynn, Demos, Henniker. Int: Thompson, Patrick, Poscollero, Souter.

> St George 35 (R. Stone 2, M. Brennan, K. Kearney, G. Quinn, M. Sorridimi, T. Trudgett tries; G. Grant 7 goals) defeated Newtown 11 (J. Ribot, P. Sigsworth, B. Wood tries; M. Kermode goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Tue, 27th June. Kickoff: 5:30 PM. Halftime: St George 10-8. Scrums: St George 8-5. Penalties: St George 11-8. Referee: Gary Cook.

St George: Butler, Brennan, Bramley, Quinn, Sorridimi; Trudgett, Kearney; Grant, Edge (C), Young, Buchanan, Stone, Buckley. Int: McGregor, Chapman, Jeffries, Starkey.

Newtown: Floyd, Ribot, Hetherington, Doyle, Kermode; Sigsworth, Wood; Bowden, Jensen, Casey (C), Fogarty, Nicholson, Hayward. Int: Parker, Kosta, Pilon, Walters.

> Manly 11 (B. Walker try; J. Gray 4 goals) defeated South Sydney 9 (T. Barnes try; E. Ferguson 3 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Tue, 4th July. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Manly 7-2. Scrums: 11-all. Penalties: Manly 12-10. Referee: Don MacDonald. Crowd: 3,000.

Manly: Branighan, Mooney, Booth, Gartner, Montgomery; Meredith, Thompson; Thomson, Gray (C), Healey, Walker, Drake, Springall. Int: Gartner, Ashworth, Higgs, Cray.

South Sydney: Ferguson, Swift, Bishop, Berne, Corak; Laurie, Wright; Tunks, Stewart, Peek, Sait, Bampton (C), Barnes. Int: Kitinas, Jones, Gibbs, Buchan.

> Easts 27 (B. Backer, J. Callus, W. Lindenberg, R. Morris, M. Payne tries; W. Lindenberg 6 goals) defeated North Sydney 6 (J. Adam, P. Craig tries) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 5th July. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Easts 7-3. Scrums: Easts 11-9. Penalties: Easts 13-10. Referee: Bill McKenny. Crowd: 3,500.

Easts: Kuhn, Backer, Roddy, Payne, Callus; Holben, Lindenberg; McLeod, Lang, Morris, Morris (C), Dunne, Abbott. Int: Lowther, Farquhar, Smith, Nobile.

North Sydney: Quirk, Adam, Schofield, Harris (C), Craig; Cudmore, Keogh; Simons, Foye, McKinnon, Kelly, Hunter, Long. Int: Hamilton, Boatswain, Frazier, Vandenberg.