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NSWRFL 1961

Round 1

Results

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>  Manly 15 (B. Lenon, J. Sinclair, F. Stanton tries; B. Batty 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 9 (R. Kite try; B. Davies 3 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 15th April.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 6-5.   Scrums: Canterbury 26-16.   Penalties: Canterbury 15-11.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 12,513.
Canterbury: Petley, Collie, Russell, Pickett, Kite; Gartner, Thornton; Davies (C), Anderson, Fitzgerald, Oates, Brown, Brown.
Manly: Batty, Yakich, Thomson, Stanton, Allsop; Quinnell, Lenon; Cuneo, Negus, Delamare, Mossop (C), Daley, Sinclair.
>  Western Suburbs 25 (P. Dimond 2, H. Wells 2, K. Bray, K. Holman, K. O'Shea tries; K. Bray 2 goals) defeated Newtown 15 (K. Allen, D. Towers, G. Wilson tries; D. Williams 3 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sat, 15th April.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 9-5.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 5,410.
Newtown: Williams, Towers, Frost, Wright, Allen; Brown (C), Griffin; McGreal, Ellis, Hall, Burland, Wilson, Allen.
Western Suburbs: Bray, Parish, Wells (C), Martin, Dimond; Holman, Summons; Charlton, Carson, Meaney, Hayes, O'Shea, Smyth.
>  Balmain 21 (D. Quinn 2, B. Mara tries; K. Barnes 6 goals) defeated North Sydney 19 (K. Irvine, B. Levido, R. Potter tries; B. Carlson 5 goals) at North Sydney Oval.
Date: Sat, 15th April.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 14-12.   Scrums: North Sydney 13-9.   Referee: Fred Erickson.   Crowd: 6,777.
North Sydney: Carlson (C), Irvine, Maher, Cuneo, Puren; Holman, Love; Potter, Strong, Blinkhorn, Brown, May, Levido.
Balmain: Barnes (C), Quinn, O'Sullivan, Mason, Mara; Walton, Fagan; Raven, Goff, Henderson, Percy, Boland, Provan.
>  St George 18 (J. King 2, R. Gasnier, E. Lumsden tries; B. Graham 3 goals) defeated Parramatta 8 (B. Cox 2 tries; K. Griffiths goal) at Kogarah Oval.
Date: Sun, 16th April.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 13-5.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 12,397.
St George: Graham, Lumsden, Gasnier, Brown, King; Clay, Stathers; Ryan, Armstrong, Wilson, Provan (C), Porter, Raper.
Parramatta: Cox, Lockett, Boden (C), Griffiths, Hole; Butler, Gair; Armour, Rayner, Fisher, Lynch, Hambly, Ryan.
>  Eastern Suburbs 25 (B. Landers 3, B. Wright 2 tries; B. Landers 5 goals) defeated South Sydney 11 (B. Stokes try; R. Taylor 4 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 16th April.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 10-2.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   Crowd: 17,485.
South Sydney: Chapman (C), Robinson, Lang, Taylor, Sladden; Wallace, Stokes; Gibson, Murray, Addison, Nelson, Cross, Gudgeon.
Eastern Suburbs: Andrew, Beeton, Roney, Gallagher, Landers; McNamara, Ranier; Fearnley (C), Ashcroft, Gibson, Heffernan, Wright, See.

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