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NSWRFL 1956

Round 16

Results

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>  Balmain 16 (K. Mosman, B. Staunton tries; K. Barnes 5 goals) defeated South Sydney 14 (G. Hawick, B. Honeysett tries; G. Hawick 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sat, 28th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: 7-all.   Scrums: Balmain 25-14.   Referee: Col Pearce.   
Balmain: Barnes, Lorimer, Hawkey, Mosman, Gelfius; Mason, Staunton (C); Humphreys, Watt, Heaney, Moses, Potter, Gray.
South Sydney: Flockton, Moir, Gallagher, Honeysett, Turner; Dougherty, Donohoe; Richards, Hammerton, Donoghue, Hambly, Rayner (C), Hawick.
>  Canterbury 18 (C. Cooper, B. Petley tries; J. Kell 6 goals) defeated North Sydney 17 (N. Garland 2, H. Toole tries; A. Arkey 4 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 28th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   
Canterbury: Petley, Gartner, Geelan (C), Cooper, Rose; Thornton, Kell; Lynch, Anderson, Williams, Bowman, Paul, Evans.
North Sydney: Arkey, Cardilini, Toole, Stephens, Garland; Fitzmaurice, Dawson (C); Blinkhorn, Strong, Evenden, Blinkhorn, Cuneo, McEvoy.
>  Parramatta 20 (B. Mann 2, K. Coles, K. Slattery tries; K. Cocks 4 goals) defeated Newtown 16 (K. Considine, D. Poole tries; B. Nevin 5 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 28th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Referee: Ray O'Donnell.   
Parramatta: Laird, Burke, Graham, Thompson, Coles; Kirkland, Tosh; Cameron, Rayner, Fisher, Mann, Cocks, Slattery (C).
Newtown: Hall, Watson, Considine, Poole (C), Lovett; Nevin, Whitton; Stait, Ellis, Hampson, Evans, Holloway, Ryan.
>  Western Suburbs 27 (B. Carson, E. Hills, K. Holman, K. O'Shea, R. Watson tries; G. Bain 6 goals) defeated St George 21 (K. O'Brien 2, B. Bugden, R. Kite, T. Ryan tries; D. Fleming 2 goals; D. Fleming field goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 28th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 10-8.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 20-12.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 18-2.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 26,378.
Western Suburbs: Bain, Hills, Wells, Henry, Hargreaves; Johnston, Holman (C); Watson, Fleming, Patch, O'Shea, Carson, Jurd.
St George: Fleming, Kite, Weekes, O'Brien, Ryan; Carroll, Bugden; Orrock, Kearney (C), Brown, Melville, Provan, Provan.
>  Eastern Suburbs 16 (R. Booth, J. Gibson tries; T. Paskins 5 goals) drew with Manly 16 (R. Duncan, R. Ritchie tries; R. Duncan 5 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 29th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 22-10.   Referee: Kevin Keough.   
Eastern Suburbs: Booth, Collins, Paskins (C), Jones, Sellgren; Bratt, Curran; Hansen, McCarthy, Dawson, Gibson, Sullivan, See.
Manly: Batty, Ritchie, Hobbs, Duncan, Tenison; Diett, Burke; Bull (C), Schubert, Noffz, Hubbard, Mossop, Hunter.

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