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NSWRFL 1953

Round 3

Results

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>  Manly 31 (V. Emerton 2, J. Perrin 2, R. Ebb, N. Pierce, W. Simmons tries; R. Ebb 5 goals) defeated Balmain 12 (B. Lulham, S. Ponchard tries; S. Ponchard 2, B. Lulham goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 11th April.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Manly 8-5.   Referee: Austin Shiner.   
Balmain: Willis, Henry, Fitzsimmons, De Lore, Lulham; Roach, Ponchard (C); Humphreys, Lawrence, Thomson, Tyrrell, Williams, Campbell.
Manly: Beaumont, Ebb, Hobbs, Pierce, Simmons; McIntosh, Staunton; Bull (C), Schubert, Brown, Perrin, Bailey, Emerton.
>  Eastern Suburbs 22 (J. Bell 3, K. Van Heekeren tries; R. Taylor 4, R. Booth goals) defeated South Sydney 18 (J. Sellgren 2, I. Moir, J. Renshaw tries; K. Woolfe 3 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 11th April.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 15-5.   Referee: Jack O'Brien.   Crowd: 4,000.
Eastern Suburbs: Booth, Kermond, Rowe, Taylor, Troy; Van Heekeren, Donohoe (C); Hunter, Armstrong, Bell, Ashton, Hyde, Blundell.
South Sydney: Churchill, Moir, Sellgren, Atkinson, Woolfe; Gallagher, Brogan; Nilson, Thornton, Donoghue, Macreadie, Rayner (C), Renshaw.
>  Newtown 22 (R. Preston 2, D. Passlow, D. Poole tries; G. Clifford 5 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (G. Bain 5 goals) at Erskineville Oval.
Date: Sat, 11th April.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 10-6.   Referee: Col Pearce.   
Newtown: Clifford, Preston, Poole, Geelan, Passlow; Maxwell, Whitton; Farrington, Johnson (C), Lightfoot, Currie, Cleary, Elvin.
Western Suburbs: Bain, Callinan, Ratcliff, Dines, Fitzgerald; Stanmore (C), Holman; Hansen, Smith, Horder, Watson, Collinson, Cullen.
>  North Sydney 32 (P. Diversi 2, P. O'Brien 2, H. Toole 2, G. Martin, B. Sullivan tries; F. Foodey 4 goals) defeated Canterbury 8 (C. Cooper, B. Stenhouse tries; R. Willey goal) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 11th April.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 15-8.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   
North Sydney: Foodey, O'Brien, Martin, Middleton, Toole; Sullivan (C), Gillon; Waters, Strong, Fitzgerald, Haslam, Evenden, Diversi.
Canterbury: Willey (C), Cooper, Schwebel, Miller, Stenhouse; Gartner, Keogh; Schell, Anderson, Charlton, Rankin, Bradley, Charlton.
>  St George 19 (B. Passfield, N. Provan, T. Ryan tries; N. Pidding 5 goals) defeated Parramatta 10 (A. Cameron, R. Fisher tries; F. Dockrey 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 11th April.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 7-2.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   Crowd: 17,193.
St George: Fleming, Kite, Staunton, Ryan, Pidding (C); Carroll, Bracken; Orrock, Kearney, Bower, Provan, Passfield, Wilson.
Parramatta: Slade, Clancy, Evans, Noon, Dockrey; Rouse, Perkins; Hobbs, McCarroll, Fisher, Regan, Cameron, Slattery (C).

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