Preseason Cup 1963

Round 2

Other Rounds

Summary of Matches

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> Balmain 26 (W. Bischoff Jnr, B. Boland, B. Dunlop, B. Mara tries; K. Barnes 7 goals) defeated North Sydney 4 (F. Griffiths 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Thu, 7th March. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Balmain 4-2. Referee: Jack Bradley. Crowd: 8,163.

Balmain: Barnes (C), Mack, Bischoff Jnr, Dunlop, Mara; McGarry, Fagan; Raven, Wilson, Piper, Cooper, Boland, Ridley.

North Sydney: Griffiths (C), Blinkhorn, Cubis, Maher, Sladden; Diett, Love; Blinkhorn, Warner, Wilson, May, Cross, Gudgeon. Int: Casey.

> Parramatta 13 (B. Hambly, M. Jackson, D. Thornett tries; R. Willey 2 goals) defeated Newtown 11 (B. Moore 2, B. Keyes tries; G. Ellis goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 7th March. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: Newtown 11-8. Referee: Laurie Bruyeres. Crowd: 11,000.

Parramatta: Willey, Roney, Boden, Weekes, Jackson; Toohey, Bugden; McCall, Workman, Cornwall, Thornett, Hambly, Lynch (C). Int: Dolton.

Newtown: Wickham, Keyes, Cuneo, Everingham, Moore; Brown (C), Griffin; Trim, Ellis, Nelson, Brown, Wilson, Oakley.

> Manly 12 (B. McEvoy, R. Mossop tries; B. O'Connell 2, T. Paskins goals) defeated South Sydney 8 (K. Longbottom, E. Robinson tries; G. McMillan goal) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Thu, 7th March. Kickoff: 9:00 PM. Halftime: South Sydney 5-3. Referee: Darcy Lawler. Crowd: 8,163.

South Sydney: Chapman (C), Robinson, Thompson, Longbottom, McMillan; Ellis, Hannah; Jackson, Hynes, Powell, McCarthy, Harris, Sattler.

Manly: Paskins (C), Allsop, Thomson, Yakich, Batty; O'Connell, Burke; Mossop, Seymour, Cuneo, McEvoy, Hugo, Sinclair.

> Western Suburbs 17 (D. Barsley 2, J. Mowbray tries; K. Bray 2, D. Parish 2 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 (M. Hammond, B. Heffernan tries; B. Landers 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 7th March. Kickoff: 9:00 PM. Halftime: 10-all. Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 23-3. Referee: Col Pearce. Crowd: 11,000.

Western Suburbs: Bray, Barsley, Dimond, MacDougall, Mowbray; Parish, Summons (C); Rochester, Hayes, Meaney, Cody, Russell, Smyth.

Eastern Suburbs: Bissett, Landers, Brown, Gallagher, Beeton; Ranier, Bugden; Fearnley (C), Ashcroft, Charlton, Hammond, See, Heffernan.

> St George 7 (E. Lumsden try; E. Rasmussen 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 6 (D. Pickett 3 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 10th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: St George 5-2. Scrums: Canterbury 18-8. Referee: Arthur Neville. Crowd: 6,733.

St George: Langlands, Lumsden, Gasnier, Riley, King; Clay, Hayes; Ryan, Walsh, Gourley, Rasmussen, Provan (C), Raper.

Canterbury: Petley, Blume, Smith, Pickett, Neale; Matthews, Gartner (C); Dawson, Anderson, Conna, Neal, Brown, Goldspink.