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Wills Cup 1972

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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>  North Sydney 14 (O. O'Donnell, R. Warner tries; J. Booby 2, B. Glasgow 2 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 9 (J. Ballesty try; J. Ballesty 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Fri, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7-2.   Scrums: North Sydney 10-5.   Referee: Gary Cook.   Crowd: 6,809.
Eastern Suburbs: Boyd, Alchin, Cameron, Harris, Mullins; Ballesty, Mayes; Morgan, Brown, Beetson, Armstrong, Freier, Coote (C). Int: Brass, Thornett, Olling, Hayes.
North Sydney: Booby, Varela, Moraschi, McLean, O'Donnell; Pickup, Outten; Hicks (C), Warner, Mills, Walker, McDonell, Evans. Int: Fairns, Cavanagh, Glasgow.
>  St George 20 (B. Clapham, L. Drake, T. Goodwin, K. MacFarlane tries; G. Langlands 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 8 (T. Ford 4 goals) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Fri, 25th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 7-6.   Referee: Keith Page.   Crowd: 7,945.
Western Suburbs: Ford, Rogers, Knight, Elford, Mullins; Raudonikis (C), Winney; Johnstone, Stonestreet, Winter, Baker, Bryant, Prattl. Int: Sheridan.
St George: Langlands (C), MacFarlane, Goodwin, Clapham, Jenkins; Branson, Smith; Maddison, Rasmussen, Bowen, Fitzgerald, Beath, Drake. Int: Eden, Ferguson.
>  Canterbury 7 (T. Murphy try; G. Purcell, R. Raper goals) defeated Cronulla 4 (B. Andrews, G. Pierce goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: 2-all.   Referee: Don MacDonald.   Crowd: 9,302.
Canterbury: Dowling, Rhodes, Greaves (C), Foster, Strudwick; Ewing, Hutchings; Payne, Purcell, Noonan, Costello, Raper, Trypas. Int: Murphy, Walters, Lowther, Tatana.
Cronulla: Pierce, Corcoran, Archer, Taylor, O'Brien; Hogan (C), Dennehy; Beeby, Turner, Kennington, Cooper, Maddison, Urquhart. Int: Watson, Andrews.
>  Manly 15 (G. Eadie, B. Fulton, D. Moritz tries; D. Moritz 3 goals) defeated Balmain 6 (M. Ross 2, D. Preston goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 5-4.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 10,333.
Manly: Eadie, Irvine, Branighan, Fulton, Moritz; Martin, Ward; Hamilton, Jones (C), O'Neill, Thomson, Pounder, Reilly. Int: Train, Williams.
Balmain: Ross, Cross, Loomes, Starling, McMartin; Murphy, Tilbrook; Leo, Boulton, McTaggart, Fryer, Timbs, Spencer (C). Int: Preston, Ryan, Jeffery, Mayhew.
>  South Sydney 12 (S. Kosta, E. Walters tries; E. Simms 3 goals) defeated Newtown 9 (C. Casey try; J. Bonham 3 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 7-0.   Referee: Jack Harris.   Crowd: 5,495.
South Sydney: Simms, Edwards, Smith, Kosta, Honan; Pittard, Grant; Sattler (C), Walters, Broad, McCarthy, Stevens, Sait.
Newtown: Pinder, Williamson, Pringle, Fogarty, Clark; O'Connor, Bonham; Gardiner, Kemister, Casey, Kenna, Briggs, Carnegie (C).
>  Penrith 10 (Z. Olejarnik, R. Steele tries; N. Gilligan 2 goals) defeated Parramatta 8 (J. Archibald, J. Wilson tries; S. Gaunt goal) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 27th February.   Kickoff: 4:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 8-2.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 8,646.
Parramatta: Gaunt, Scurfield, Glover, Langmack, Archibald; Lye, Wilson; O'Reilly (C), McMartin, Mount, Fitzgerald, Vincent, Campbell. Int: Wakefield, Graham, Williamson, Golding.
Penrith: Leary, Applebee, Moran, Moran, Gilligan; Olejarnik, Sing; Geary, Wingate, Ward, Lynch (C), Tutty, Kliendienst. Int: Wright, Jones, Steele, McKechnie.