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NSWRFL 1961

Round 5

Results

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>  North Sydney 21 (K. Irvine 2, M. Maher 2, R. Potter tries; B. Carlson 3 goals) defeated Newtown 13 (J. Burland, J. Griffin, B. Wickham tries; D. Towers 2 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sat, 6th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 10-2.   Referee: Laurie Bruyeres.   Crowd: 2,659.
Newtown: Kenny, Towers, Wickham, Redden, Allen; Brown (C), Griffin; McGreal, Ellis, Turney, Burland, Wilson, Allen.
North Sydney: Carlson (C), Irvine, Maher, Cuneo, Puren; Holman, Love; Potter, Strong, Blinkhorn, Brown, May, Levido.
>  Eastern Suburbs 14 (B. Landers, B. Roney tries; B. Landers 4 goals) defeated Parramatta 6 (K. Griffiths 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sat, 6th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: 4-all.   Scrums: Parramatta 19-9.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 6,009.
Parramatta: Cox, Considine, Boden (C), Griffiths, Hole; Butler, Rhind; Armour, Rayner, Fisher, Lynch, Hambly, Ryan.
Eastern Suburbs: Andrew, Beeton, Roney, Gallagher, Landers; McNamara, Ranier; Fearnley (C), Crotty, Gibson, Heffernan, Wright, McDonagh.
>  St George 12 (B. Clay, E. Lumsden tries; B. Graham 3 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 9 (P. Dimond try; D. Parish 3 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 6th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: St George 9-7.   Scrums: St George 16-8.   Penalties: Western Suburbs 11-8.   Referee: Darcy Lawler.   Crowd: 26,114.
St George: Graham, Lumsden, Weekes, Riley, King; Brown, Bugden; Ryan, Armstrong, Wilson, Provan (C), Porter, Clay.
Western Suburbs: Parish, Ryan, Wells (C), Brown, Dimond; Holman, Summons; Charlton, Rochester, Meaney, Hayes, O'Shea, Smyth.
>  Manly 33 (B. Allsop 4, N. Yakich 2, B. O'Connell tries; R. Willey 6 goals) defeated Balmain 11 (B. Mara try; K. Barnes 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Sun, 7th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Manly 15-8.   Referee: Fred Erickson.   Crowd: 10,934.
Balmain: Barnes (C), O'Sullivan, Bischoff Jnr, Hensby, Mara; Walton, Fagan; Raven, Goff, Goldsmith, Henderson, Boland, Provan.
Manly: Willey, Yakich, Thomson, Stanton, Allsop; O'Connell, Lenon; Cuneo, Negus, Mossop (C), McEvoy, Daley, Sinclair.
>  South Sydney 19 (E. Robinson 3, L. Haynes, E. Sladden tries; B. Stokes 2 goals) defeated Canterbury 10 (N. Collie, B. Petley tries; B. Davies 2 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sun, 7th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 3-0.   Scrums: Canterbury 18-8.   Referee: Cliff Brown.   Crowd: 10,113.
Canterbury: Petley, Collie, Russell, Gartner, Kite; Smith, Thornton; Davies (C), Anderson, Nelson, Dawson, Brown, Brown.
South Sydney: Flockton, Robinson, Lang, Chapman (C), Sladden; Wallace, Stokes; Gibson, Broach, Nelson, Haynes, Cross, Gudgeon.

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