Preseason Cup 1968

Round 3

Other Rounds

Summary of Matches

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> Manly 12 (K. Day, A. Tennant tries; B. Batty 2 goals; B. Fulton field goal) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (J. Elford, J. Mowbray tries; D. Barsley 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 7th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Manly 5-2. Referee: Les Samuelson. Crowd: 2,573.

Western Suburbs: Barsley, Mowbray, Ferguson, Glasgow, Elford; McGuinness, Maxwell; Kelly (C), Stonestreet, Walkaden, Armstrong, Hayes, Walsh. Int: Henry, Hornery.

Manly: Batty, Whitaker, Tennant, MacDougall, Hanigan; Fulton (C), Stanton; Hamilton, Kelly, Veivers, Day, Antunac, Bradstreet. Int: Simmons, Gallagher.

> St George 19 (S. Gorton 2, J. King 2, K. Maddison tries; D. Preston 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 9 (L. Johns try; G. Taylforth 3 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 8th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Canterbury 9-6. Scrums: Canterbury 19-8. Referee: Jack Bradley. Crowd: 19,547.

Canterbury: Johns, Hughes, Gartner, Smith, Reynolds; Doyle, Kidd; Hicks, Driscoll, Ryan (C), Goldspink, Taylforth, Raper. Int: Wedgewood, Webb.

St George: Preston, Gorton, Branson, Maddison, King; Hawthorne, Smith; Wittenberg, Riipinen, Toga, Beath, Huddart, Raper (C).

> Penrith 7 (M. Raper try; B. Landers 2 goals) drew with Balmain 7 (L. Killeen try; L. Killeen 2 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Sat, 9th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Penrith 5-0. Scrums: Penrith 13-9. Referee: Keith Page. Crowd: 3,780.

Penrith: Bailey, Mara, Gillon, Applebee, Landers; Moran, Fagan; Boland (C), Workman, Piper, Broad, Tonkin, Raper.

Balmain: Gilligan, Alchin, Moraschi, Ruebner, Killeen; Bolton, Williams; Leo, Henderson, Beetson, Spencer, Clothier, Provan (C).

> North Sydney 19 (E. Pitt try; D. Shearer 6 goals; B. Cane, B. Plater field goals) defeated South Sydney 11 (M. Cleary try; E. Simms 4 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 9th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: South Sydney 9-6. Referee: Laurie Bruyeres. Crowd: 8,118.

South Sydney: Longbottom, Cleary, Lisle, Simms, Stevens; Norgard, Jones; Sattler (C), Walters, O'Neill, McCarthy, Scott, Sait. Int: Stevens.

North Sydney: Maher, Shearer, Cubis, McDonell, Thompson; Banks, Plater; Weier, Harris, Schroder, Chatfield, Pitt, Greenwood (C). Int: Ambrum, Cane.

> Newtown 46 (D. Cotter 2, A. Harris, R. Hatton, B. Keyes, B. Lanigan, A. Maddalena, B. Moore tries; B. Lanigan 11 goals) defeated Cronulla 2 (T. Hughes goal) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 10th March. Kickoff: 3:30 PM. Halftime: Newtown 12-0. Referee: Keith Holman. Crowd: 3,958.

Newtown: Maddalena, Hatton, Moore, Keyes (C), Lanigan; Carnegie, Haimes; Harris, Jeffreys, Cuneo, Oakley, Melville, Puddick. Int: Cotter.

Cronulla: Abercrombie, Kershaw, Foster, Westwood, Newell; Monie, Hughes; McRitchie, Hynes, Wilson, Levin (C), Wilson, Sams.

> Parramatta 12 (A. Brown 2 tries; A. Brown 3 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 9 (J. Mayes try; A. McKean 2 goals; K. Ashley field goal) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 10th March. Kickoff: 3:30 PM. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 9-5. Referee: Brian Barry. Crowd: 10,661.

Parramatta: Thornett, Brown, Pickup, Rushworth, Turski; Gibson, Winney; Jones, McMartin, Leaney, Peters, Thornett (C), Lynch. Int: Heinrich.

Eastern Suburbs: McKean, Fleming, Collins, Hayes, Grady; Steed, Mayes; Walsh, Schultz, Peel, Mayhew, Ashley (C), Geraghty.