Craven Mild Cup 1978

Round 2

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Summary of Matches

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> Canterbury 10 (S. Mortimer, G. Peponis tries; M. Hughes 2 goals) defeated Newtown 9 (B. Hetherington try; J. Ribot 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 3rd March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Newtown 5-2. Scrums: Canterbury 11-10. Penalties: 9-all. Referee: Denis Braybrook. Crowd: 6,109.

Canterbury: Brentnall, Ryan, Mullane, Hughes, Mortimer; Pickup, Mortimer; Noonan, Peponis (C), Coveney, Robinson, Stevens, Cassilles.

Newtown: Floyd, Hunt, Wright, Hetherington, Pickett; Hayward, Wood (C); Bowden, Walters, Pagano, Howard, Pilon, Ribot. Int: Kosta.

> Western Suburbs 15 (S. Eisenhuth, G. Foster, R. Giteau tries; J. Dorahy 3 goals) defeated Balmain 5 (M. Fish try; K. Cook goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 4th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Western Suburbs 7-2. Scrums: Western Suburbs 10-7. Penalties: Balmain 15-6. Referee: Greg Hartley. Crowd: 3,241.

Balmain: McDowell, Corowa, Bendall, Wigham, Fish; Knight, Schell; Cook, Maybury (C), Naylor, Edwards, Grant, Pringle. Int: Marino, Ninness, Miranda, Ryan.

Western Suburbs: Dorahy (C), Eisenhuth, Giteau, Smith, Rowles; Walsh, Moseley; Young, Purcell, Donnelly, Blyth, Foster, Liubinskas. Int: Day, Cloughessy.

> Manly 27 (R. Gartner 2, A. Thompson 2, T. Mooney tries; G. Eadie 4, J. Gray 2 goals) defeated North Sydney 7 (P. Craig try; P. Schofield 2 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 4th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Manly 7-0. Scrums: Manly 12-10. Penalties: Manly 11-7. Referee: Richie Humphreys. Crowd: 8,268.

Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Booth, Gartner, Knight; Thompson, Gibbs; Thomson, Krilich, Gray, Randall (C), Higgs, Martin. Int: Walker, Healey, Montgomery.

North Sydney: Schofield, Gorton, Adams, Adam, Craig; Cudmore, Wilson; Hamilton (C), Foye, McKinnon, Kelly, Hunter, Murphy. Int: Simons, Long, West, Vandenberg.

> Parramatta 16 (B. Jay, G. Murray tries; M. Cronin 5 goals) defeated Penrith 10 (G. Allsopp, K. Lambert tries; J. Hindmarsh 2 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 4th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Penrith 10-4. Scrums: Parramatta 11-7. Penalties: Parramatta 9-7. Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr. Crowd: 6,420.

Parramatta: Levy, Glover, Cronin, Sulkowicz, Owens; Hey, Murray; Hundy, Hilditch, Jay, Gerard, Platz, Price (C).

Penrith: Dann, Allsopp, Pethybridge, Gigg, Mullins; Hindmarsh, Wickey; Lambert, Stephenson (C), Cale, Sheens, Merlo, Gould. Int: Bousfield, Wilson, Moore.

> South Sydney 15 (T. Fahey, S. Little, G. Wright tries; S. Little 3 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 6 (K. Stevens 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 4th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: South Sydney 5-4. Scrums: South Sydney 10-7. Penalties: South Sydney 9-8. Referee: Gary Cook. Crowd: 10,448.

South Sydney: Little, Bishop, Laurie, Berne, Fahey; Wright, Sinclair; Sait (C), Stewart, Annabel, Bryant, Bampton, Peek. Int: Squadrito, McMillan, Buchan.

Eastern Suburbs: Power, Schubert, Harris, Fulton (C), Mullins; Stevens, Hastings; O'Reilly, Jones, Ayliffe, O'Reilly, Coote, Reilly. Int: Murphy, Metcalfe, Jurd, Taber.

> Cronulla 20 (J. Glossop 2, S. Kneen, S. Rogers tries; G. Cox 4 goals) defeated St George 18 (B. Buchanan, M. Sorridimi, T. Trudgett tries; T. Goodwin 3 goals) at Endeavour Field.
Date: Sun, 5th March. Kickoff: 5:00 PM. Halftime: St George 13-5. Scrums: Cronulla 9-6. Penalties: Cronulla 12-6. Referee: Kevin Roberts. Crowd: 6,095.

Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Bourke, Rogers, Chamberlin, Edmonds; Raftery, Cox; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Pierce (C). Int: Glossop, Ryan Jnr, Hansard.

St George: Goodwin, Butler, Quinn, Finch, Chapman; Trudgett, McGregor; Starkey, Edge (C), Young, Stone, Jansen, Reddy. Int: Sorridimi, Bailey, Buchanan, Moate.