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NSWRFL 1953

Round 17

Results

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>  Eastern Suburbs 16 (J. Bell, K. Van Heekeren tries; R. Booth 5 goals) defeated Canterbury 15 (C. Cooper, C. Keogh, A. Schwebel tries; B. Whitmore 2 goals; B. Whitmore field goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 15th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 12-4.   Referee: Jack O'Brien.   Crowd: 16,171.
Canterbury: Whitmore, Stenhouse, Schwebel, Cooper (C), Cooper; Gartner, Keogh; Schell, Anderson, Holmes, Rankin, Bradley, White.
Eastern Suburbs: Booth, Beaven, Kermond, Rowe, Byrnes; Van Heekeren, Donohoe (C); Hunter, Armstrong, Bell, Gibson, Ashton, Hyde.
>  North Sydney 21 (K. Middleton 2, B. Haslam, P. O'Brien, H. Toole tries; A. Arkey 3 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (C. Geelan try; G. Clifford 2 goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 15th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 8-2.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 8,097.
North Sydney: Arkey, O'Brien, Martin, Middleton, Toole; Emery, Gillon; Waters, Strong, Hudson (C), Haslam, Thompson, Diversi.
Newtown: Clifford, Preston, Considine, Poole, Clarke; Geelan, Whitton; Stait, Johnson (C), Evans, Anderson, Currie, Solah.
>  South Sydney 29 (G. Hawick 2, I. Moir 2, F. Threlfo 2, B. Moon tries; J. Dougherty 2, G. Hawick 2 goals) defeated Parramatta 11 (J. Rouse try; B. Hobbs 4 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 15th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 16-4.   Referee: Les Williams.   
Parramatta: McNamara, Evans, Smyth, Perkins, Lean; Rouse, Tosh; Hobbs, Black, Fisher, Regan, Mann, Slattery (C).
South Sydney: Churchill, Moir, Gallagher, Woolfe, Threlfo; Dougherty, Hawick; Richards, Murray, Donoghue, Moon, Rayner (C), Cowie.
>  St George 38 (R. Kite 3, K. Hole 2, M. Lees, N. Pidding, N. Provan, T. Ryan, A. Staunton tries; N. Pidding 3, K. Kearney goals) defeated Manly 10 (J. Hobbs, G. Willoughby tries; R. Curran, J. Hobbs goals) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sat, 15th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 11-2.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 4,500.
St George: Pidding (C), Kite, Ryan, Lees, Hole; Staunton, Carroll; Brown, Kearney, Bower, Provan, Passfield, Mayo.
Manly: Beaumont, Clarke, Hobbs, Willoughby, Hugo; Staunton, Curran; Bull (C), Schubert, Brown, Perrin, Bailey, Jackson.
>  Balmain 15 (G. Fifield 2, T. Bonser tries; G. Fifield 3 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 14 (J. Fitzgerald, K. Holman tries; L. Trevena 4 goals) at Pratten Park.
Date: Sat, 15th August.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 10-5.   Referee: Aub Oxford.   Crowd: 3,000.
Western Suburbs: Carrig, Dines, Ratcliff, Fitzgerald (C), Owen; Trevena, Holman; Caldwell, Wooden, Hansen, Southam, Watson, McKenzie.
Balmain: MacFarlane, Bonser, Willis, De Lore, Fifield; Daley, Crichton; Moon, Jeffreys, Thomson, Mackenzie, Watt, Tyrrell (C).

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