Craven Mild Cup 1979

Round 3

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Summary of Matches

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> Canterbury 18 (G. Robinson 2, S. Gearin, G. Peponis tries; S. Gearin 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 16 (D. Chamberlin, S. Rogers tries; S. Rogers 5 goals) at Belmore Sports Ground.
Date: Fri, 9th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: 7-all. Scrums: 9-all. Penalties: Canterbury 10-6. Referee: Barry Bradstock. Crowd: 7,110.

Canterbury: Cutler, Anderson, Mortimer, Mortimer, Gearin; Hughes, Mortimer; Coveney, Peponis (C), Moffett, Hughes, Robinson, Cassilles.

Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Raftery, Purcell, Chamberlin, Edmonds; Rogers (C), Hansard; Khan, Beckett, Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Sorensen.

> Newtown 19 (M. Wright 2, K. Wilson tries; K. Wilson 5 goals) defeated St George 3 (J. Dowling try) at Henson Park.
Date: Sat, 10th March. Kickoff: 4:30 PM. Halftime: Newtown 9-0. Scrums: St George 9-6. Penalties: St George 8-5. Referee: Greg Hartley. Crowd: 6,715.

Newtown: Sigsworth, Hetherington, Goodwin, Ryan, Wright; Wilson, Wood; Noonan, Jensen, Blyth, Ogilvie, Hage, Ryan (C). Int: O'Brien.

St George: Butler, Brennan, Quinn, Finch, Sorridimi; Trudgett, Morris; Stone, Dowling, Cale, Wynn, Reddy (C), Buckley.

> Eastern Suburbs 11 (R. Fairfax, G. Miller, K. Wright tries; K. Wright goal) defeated Parramatta 10 (E. Grothe, G. West tries; M. Cronin 2 goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 10th March. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 12-10. Penalties: Eastern Suburbs 11-7. Referee: Gary Cook. Crowd: 14,364.

Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Harris, Miller, Boustead; Wright, Hastings; O'Reilly (C), Mountier, Ayliffe, Harvey, Mackay, Stevens. Int: Owens, Jelfs.

Parramatta: Dowling, Glover, Cronin, West, Grothe; Holton, Murray; Heddles, Hilditch, Olling, Gerard, Platz, Price (C). Int: Sterling, Wynn.

> Western Suburbs 19 (B. Gibbs 2, W. Boland tries; J. Dorahy 5 goals) defeated Manly 15 (G. Eadie 2, T. Mooney tries; G. Eadie 3 goals) at Brookvale Oval.
Date: Sun, 11th March. Kickoff: 4:30 PM. Halftime: Manly 13-5. Scrums: 7-all. Penalties: Manly 10-8. Referee: Kevin Roberts. Crowd: 6,302.

Manly: Eadie, Mooney, Martin, Williams, Montgomery; Thompson (C), Adams; Thomson, Cross, Willoughby, Springall, Randall, Drake. Int: Meredith, See, Vautin, Stephen.

Western Suburbs: Smith, Boland, Hamilton, Dorahy, Moseley; Heyward, Raudonikis (C); Gibbs, Jeffries, Cloughessy, Brown, Cooper, O'Grady. Int: Cain.

> Balmain 17 (L. Corowa 2, G. Spears tries; W. Miranda 4 goals) defeated Penrith 16 (M. Kelly, J. Ryan tries; W. Seaton 5 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Sun, 11th March. Kickoff: 4:30 PM. Halftime: Balmain 7-4. Scrums: Penrith 13-8. Penalties: Penrith 13-5. Referee: Don MacDonald. Crowd: 7,001.

Penrith: Dann, Seaton, Pethybridge (C), Kelly, Ryan; Fenton, Wickey; Waugh, Geiger, Brohman, Lavis, Merlo, Le Brocq. Int: Gould, King, Kelly.

Balmain: McMahon, Miranda, Bendall, Wigham, Corowa; Mara, Oliphant (C); Morris, Tully, Naylor, Liubinskas, Lavers, Spears. Int: Ninness, Marino, Webster, Knight.

> South Sydney 19 (E. Ferguson, G. Knight, P. Tunks tries; E. Ferguson 5 goals) defeated North Sydney 10 (P. Schofield 2 tries; K. Rugg, P. Schofield goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sun, 11th March. Kickoff: 4:30 PM. Halftime: South Sydney 9-2. Scrums: South Sydney 9-6. Penalties: 11-all. Referee: Denis Braybrook. Crowd: 5,808.

South Sydney: Ferguson, Knight, Laurie, Beauchamp, Bishop; Squadrito, Smith; Tunks, Stewart, Cronin, Bampton, Sait (C), Prior. Int: Topper, Rampling, Peek.

North Sydney: Le Brocq, Sheppard, Rugg, Adam, Adams; Cudmore, Smith; McKinnon, Foye, Cross, Harris (C), Healey, Long. Int: Schofield, Craig.