Preseason Cup 1968

Round 4

Other Rounds

Summary of Matches

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> Western Suburbs 19 (B. Beer, J. Elford, N. Kelly tries; D. Barsley 5 goals) defeated Cronulla 11 (G. Abercrombie try; T. Hughes 2 goals; T. Hughes, W. Ryan field goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Thu, 14th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Cronulla 9-7. Referee: Brian Barry. Crowd: 1,974.

Western Suburbs: Barsley, Mowbray, Ferguson, Glasgow, Elford; McGuinness, Beer; Kelly (C), Stonestreet, Walkaden, Armstrong, Bryant, Cody. Int: Goodman, Allison.

Cronulla: Abercrombie, Corcoran, Ryan, Dutton, Newell; Monie, Hughes; McRitchie, Hynes, Wilson, Kay, Wilson, Sams. Int: Thornton.

> Eastern Suburbs 10 (J. Matthews 4 goals; J. Matthews field goal) defeated North Sydney 9 (J. Sneddon try; D. Shearer 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 15th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: 4-all. Referee: Keith Holman. Crowd: 4,308.

Eastern Suburbs: Boyd, Collins, Matthews (C), Saddler, Fleming; Peard, Mayes; Peel, Owens, Walker, Mayhew, Ashley, Geraghty.

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

> South Sydney 13 (A. Branighan, J. Morgan, G. Norgard tries; E. Simms 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 6 (B. Doyle, C. Hughes tries) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 16th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Canterbury 2-0. Referee: Jack Bradley. Crowd: 20,554.

Canterbury: Johns, Hughes, Rhodes, Reynolds, Brown; Doyle, Kidd; Hicks, Brown, Ryan (C), Goldspink, Wedgewood, Smith. Int: Reynolds, McKinney.

South Sydney: Simms, Stevens, Lisle, Branighan, Cleary; Norgard, Grant; Morgan, Piggins, O'Neill, Sattler (C), Scott, Coote.

> Manly 19 (K. Day, L. Hanigan, M. Veivers tries; B. Batty 4 goals; M. Veivers field goal) drew with Balmain 19 (J. Gilligan, L. Killeen, G. Ruebner tries; L. Killeen 5 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 16th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: 9-all. Scrums: Balmain 9-5. Penalties: Balmain 14-12. Referee: Laurie Bruyeres. Crowd: 8,024.

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

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

> Penrith 13 (J. Hall try; B. Landers 4 goals; M. Raper field goal) defeated St George 4 (D. Preston 2 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sat, 16th March. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Penrith 4-0. Scrums: Penrith 16-10. Referee: Keith Page. Crowd: 8,501.

Penrith: Bailey, Mara, Gillon, Burgmann, Landers; Moran, Fagan (C); Hall, Workman, Piper, Broad, Hobson, Raper.

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

> Parramatta 18 (A. Brown, J. Turski tries; A. Brown 5 goals; D. Thornett field goal) defeated Newtown 15 (B. Moore 2, A. Maddalena tries; B. Lanigan 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 17th March. Kickoff: 3:30 PM. Halftime: 7-all. Scrums: Parramatta 8-3. Referee: Les Samuelson. Crowd: 13,407.

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

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