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Preseason Cup 1966

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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>  North Sydney 15 (K. Irvine 2, E. Sladden tries; F. Griffiths 3 goals) defeated Canterbury 10 (C. Gartner, L. Johns tries; L. Johns 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Referee: Keith Holman.   Crowd: 18,701.
North Sydney: Griffiths (C), Irvine, Greenwood, Ambrum, Sladden; Diett, Camden; Weier, Warner, Wilson, Doak, Gudgeon, Barnes.
Canterbury: Johns, De Witt, McManus, Gartner, Reynolds; Toohey, Kidd; Hall, Brown, Glen, Harding, Taylforth, Pearman (C).
>  Western Suburbs 13 (J. Armstrong, K. Bray, J. Mowbray tries; D. Barsley 2 goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 2 (J. Matthews goal) at Lidcombe Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   Referee: Les Samuelson.   Crowd: 3,221.
Western Suburbs: Bray, Barsley, McGuinness, Armstrong, Mowbray; Pittard, Thomas; Kelly (C), Thornton, Meaney, Dimond, Hayes, Cody.
Eastern Suburbs: Dickenson, Morgan, Saddler (C), Hensby, Gallagher; Barnes, McMullen; Higham, Stonestreet, Matthews, Scott, Ashley, Geraghty. Int: Parker, Matthews.
>  South Sydney 6 (K. Longbottom 3 goals) defeated St George 4 (G. Langlands 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Sat, 26th February.   Kickoff: 9:00 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 4-0.   Referee: Col Pearce.   Crowd: 18,701.
South Sydney: Longbottom, Cleary, Branighan, Moses, James; Lisle (C), Jones; Morgan, Anderson, O'Neill, Sattler, McCarthy, Coote.
St George: Langlands, Lumsden, Gasnier, Smith, King; Clay, Evans; Gourley, Walsh (C), Ryan, Rasmussen, Huddart, O'Hanlon.
>  Balmain 10 (K. Barnes 5 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (B. Moore try; B. Lanigan 2 goals) at Henson Park.
Date: Sun, 27th February.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Referee: Jack Harris.   Crowd: 6,925.
Newtown: Graham, Horne, Keyes, Moore, Lanigan; Carnegie, Nobbs; Quinn (C), Jeffreys, Olive, Cuneo, Wilson, Oakley.
Balmain: Barnes (C), Browne, Jones, Moraschi, Mara; Bolton, Fagan; Sullivan, Boland, Piper, Clothier, Beetson, Provan.
>  Manly 14 (B. Batty 2 tries; B. Batty 4 goals) defeated Parramatta 6 (A. Brown 3 goals) at Cumberland Oval.
Date: Sun, 27th February.   Kickoff: 3:30 PM.   Referee: William Kelly.   Crowd: 10,527.
Parramatta: Thornett (C), Brown, Rushworth, Pickup, Very; Edser, Gillon; Armour, Rayner, Hambly, Johnstone, Heinrich, Lynch.
Manly: Batty, Yakich, McTaggart, Tennant, Yakich; Fulton, Stanton; Hamilton, Jones, Veivers, Day (C), Morgan, Bradstreet.