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State Championships 1939

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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>  Canterbury 27 (A. Mitchell 2, E. Newham 2, J. Gartner tries; T. Kirk 3, H. Porter 2, R. McCarter goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 (S. Callaghan, N. Hollingdale tries; D. Brown 2 goals) at Trumper Oval.
Date: Sun, 27th August.   Halftime: Canterbury 17-7.   Referee: George Bishop.   Crowd: 8,000.
Eastern Suburbs: Norton, O'Loan, Brown, Callaghan, Rankine; Pawley, Robinson; Stehr (C), Hollingdale, Arnold, Pierce, Pearce, Norval.
Canterbury: Kirk, Gartner, Mitchell, Champion, Newham; Russell, McCarter; Porter, Kirkaldy, Burns, Robinson, Allison, Sponberg (C).
>  North Sydney 23 (R. Harrison 2, F. Dhu, D. McErlane, P. Morgan tries; R. Harrison 4 goals) defeated NSW Group 10 8 (C. Bernasconi, H. Collins tries; J. Reid goal) at Lithgow Showground.
Date: Sun, 27th August.   Halftime: NSW Group 10 8-7.   Referee: Harold Gillard.   Crowd: 1,200.
NSW Group 10: Lehmann, Bernasconi, Dowling, Reid, Coble; Ryan, Edmonds; Shawcross, Bradley, Duff, Gibson, Collins, Griffiths.
North Sydney: Morgan, Scully, Grubb, Dhu, McErlane; Harrison, Thompson (C); Rubinson, Reilly, McKinnon, Scully, Watson, Fisher.
>  NSW Group 7 19 (R. Ross 2, R. Burke, J. Jorgenson, J. Livermore tries; J. Jorgenson 2 goals) defeated Balmain 18 (D. Bushell, S. Goodwin, J. Redman, J. Winchester tries; D. Kearney 2, B. Johnson goals) at Wollongong Showground.
Date: Sun, 27th August.   Halftime: Balmain 18-6.   Referee: Jack Coltman.   
NSW Group 7: Livermore, Ross, Jorgenson, Wilson, Burke; Ezart, Nolan (C); Markham, Johnson, Dobbing, Tate, Harris, Warrington.
Balmain: Kearney, Goodwin (C), Hyde, Bushell, Winchester; Bischoff, Quealey; Griffiths, Watt, Buckley, Johnson, Smith, Redman.
>  Newtown 23 (J. Hall 2, A. Hodgins, G. Stonestreet, M. Whale tries; A. Ellis 3, J. Grainger goals) defeated Kurri Kurri 14 (J. Patrick 2 tries; J. Dixon 4 goals) at Trumper Oval.
Date: Sun, 27th August.   Referee: Joe McGauley.   Crowd: 8,000.
Newtown: Grainger, Hodgins, Christensen, Nevin, McLean; Noble, Whale; Hall, Kelly, Farrell, Wilder, Ellis (C), Stonestreet.
Kurri Kurri: Sharrock, Patrick, Gibson, Bennett, Gray; McDonald, Dunlop; Bain, Duncan (C), Hiles, Perry, Kelly, Dixon.