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May 10

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PRICE 6d.

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Australian National : Football Record

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L I S T E N

- A ^ C SPORTING SERVICE NEWS. :: INTERVIEWS - RESULTS DESCRIPTIONS 2FC . Reg'ends : 2NA.

C H A N N E L 2 — ABN: -• > • SPORT ON TV . CHANNEL 2 - ' A B N :

: MONDAYS: SPCRTS CAVALCADS *. 9.00 p.m. " SATURDAYS:: SPORTS RESULTS f. 7.10 p.m. /

ON-THE-f POT "TELECASTS SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, ; ' . . . . • • 'Vol. 27. - ••••• - • - -- . • • . •. ~ - ~ No. 6.' —'

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2 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL RECORD

ALAN KIPPAX SPORTS STORE 26 MARTIN PLACE Phone: BW 8284

SHERRIN, FAULKNER, CARNIVAL BALLS SPECIAL SHORTS, BOOTS, HOSE

LAST WEEK'S STAR PLAYERS

Top place in the Pirates' Star Parade goes to Kevin Miller who, as ruck and centre half-forward, was one of the few to play consistently all day. His game had two outstanding features — good, determined marking and excellent kicking. This was a

. tip-top display by Kevin. Full-back Terry Inglis held the back

line together, marking and kicking W C l l .

The very consistent Peter Kuschert, at centre half-back, stopped many Newtown thrusts with towering marks.

Frank McKenzie, half-forward flan­ker, got two badly needed goals—a repeat of his effort v. the Sailors. An excellent final quarter from this "old" boy.

Of the remainder, Alan Kelly for his ruck work, and Tom Cooke for his roving, were well worthy of mention.

For the Red & White the palm (with oak leaf clusters) goes, once again, to centre half-back Billy Free. An outstanding exhibition of football from this boy who, apparently, just doesn't know how to play a bad game.

Greg Schroeder, at centre half-for­ward, turned in his best game this season to break even with his op­ponent. Greg's ground play especially was A l .

Whether half-back or on the ball, consistent Len Owen was a winner all day. Lennie turned on a classic dis­play of ball handling and accurate disposal.

Reliable last line Harry Free had one of his best games this season, as did veteran centre Billy Cottis.

A special mention to young Kevin Egan for his non-stop effort against strong rucks.

Twice a Phelan medal winner, veteran Wally Bryce took top playing honours for the Rangers. Wal gave the spectators (and players) a lesson in "playing on," hall handling, a clever position kicker.

Fred Hazel, continuing his run of class performances, stuck out like a wart on the chin in wing play. He was fast all day, played with great determination and made full use of the big Liverpool ground.

Jack Armstrong (back after a "holiday") combined very cleverly in the rucks with Ken Morley, to make a winning combination. Their "knocking" to brilliant rover Bob Nolan gave him an "armchair" ride, and this trio inspired many successful Ranger moves.

Tom Murphy, up from Reserves, proved his value as a defender. His speed and cleverness, allied to fear­less "come through" dashes, made him the No. 1 Ranger "rock."

Tom was given grand support by a redoubtable pair in Col Crozier and Don Creek, both of whom were seldom beaten.

Doing the work of two men, Basts' solid ruckman, Jack Dean, was best afield for the Premiers. His lion-hearted effort, particularly in the final quarter, was an inspiration to his team mates. And his saving marks to keep out the Tigers were real gems.

Full-back Tony Buck gave another good display and showed rare deter­mination and speed in taking the ball away in ground play.

Defender Peter Clark was a model

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of consistency, turning many Tiger attacks with high marks and long kicking.

Lone star on the forward line was Ron Dempsey, who has improved out of sight. Last week he led out, marked and kicked with splendid judgment, to put his team in a winning position.

Jerry Davidson, Key Little and Alan Pringle formed a strong centre line, while Alf Penno'and Brian Dean were winners on the day.

Veteran Ray Marshall was the Robin "ace" against the Magpies. Robin Ray "knocked up" taking marks in defence, and almost "kicked his leg off" to clear the ball from the danger zone.

A sustained defensive effort that stamps Ray Marshall as being in the top flight of half-backs in Sydney foot­ball.

Arch Pilling, despite a gruelling game, just never let up, battling to the final bell to infuse some life into his team.

Bill Hawkins, Noel Barber, and Les Pereira were a very solid trio, who made full use of limited opportunities.

Rabbit-oh rover, Kev Batchleor, was Souths' best player. Kev proved that an intelligent rover CAN play winning football even when playing to a losing ruck. His game was all intelligence, capped by a display of accurate kick­ing to goal and team mates.

Young Wally Speed at centre half­back turned in a very good game for the Red and Green. He marked and kicked well and showed he possesses the attributes to make him a top notcher in the position.

Again Leon O'Donnell wins a men­tion amongst the best players. At centre half-forward Leon gave a nice exhibition and rarely failed to get the ball into the scoring zone. His ground play was good.

Don McBvoy battled solidly in the rucks, while "vest pocket" full-back, Bruce Stubley, again tried to do the work of a couple of taller men.

No news from Bankstown, Balmain, St. George or Sydney-Naval.

THE PRESENT A N D THE FUTURE

Upset of the last round was Bal-main's defeat of North Shore. Al­though the Magpies moved up only one rung on the ladder, they knocked Norths out of the Four.

The Robins dropped from fourth to sixth position and are going to find it hard to get back to the top,

Balmain won well, but their per­centage at present means that, to get • into the top bracket, they'll not only have to win games, but win them by big margins. „~

At Rosedale, the Rangers' 75-point J win over Bankstown lifted them" f r o m ^ | sixth position to third. Level with-tfe|[ Tars in games won)<f the Ranger^ better percentage (though very slight) gives them the third placing.

Wests and Easts, still unbeaten leaders, both had small winning mar­gins and suffered reductions in their imposing percentage ratings by ap­proximately 13 and 12.5.

Both leaders, even if they lost their games this week, would probably re­main on top, as their percentages are worth about a game to each of them! The moral? Get the biggest score you can!

St. George suffered their second successive loss and tumbled from third possie to be out of the Four in fifth place, and only slightly in front of Norths on percentage.

Newtown dropped one place (7th to 8th) in spite of a mighty effort against the Pirates—an 8-points loss.

Souths and Bankstown, both of whom have yet to win a game, re­mained as they were in ninth and tenth possies. They've got a really tough job ahead to get off the floor.

So much for the present. Four more games will see us at the

end of the half-way mark, and the certainty of position changes on the

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t repetition ladder. rihis round, for instance, could see the iour changed quite a bit.

Have a look at what's in store for the four leaders up to half-way!

Wests meet Norths, Saints, Liver­pool and Easts — a pretty tough schedule to face, with only their game v. Norths as a possible "cert"!

Co-leaders Easts have an easier draw on paper, as they have to play Bankstown, Liverpool, Balmain and Wests. Still they'll be playing foot­ball—a most difficult business in which to find "easy" wins.

Liverpool appear to have drawn "the crow," as their four opponents include three of the Four! Their line-up of play for the next four weeks is Sydney-Naval, Easts, Wests and Souths—a very rough assignment, as, on paper again, they could lose three in a row.

Sydney-Naval have an easier run (again on paper) than their "co-Fourists." They meet, in succession, Liverpool, Newtown, North Shore and Balmain.

It is a most interesting draw, and could be productive of really startling results by the time 7th June rolls round.

And finally, none of the leaders can be contemplating these coming en­gagements with any feeling of "security." The games they face have to be won, and won on the field. There are no "paper" engagements. The position now and the future possibili­ties should lead to some excellent football.

THIRD EIGHTEEN

With the exception of Noiths and Yv^ts, who have played only two games, all other teams have completed tneir thrte engagements.

uaimain are1 very clear leaders over Lasts, with both teams unbeaten. At the moment the race is between these Wo, with the young Magpies favour­ites to win the Pennant.

And for the information of specta-tois, it is well worth while to see the i hirds in action. Support these players by attending early. L a s t Week's Best Players.

Western Suburbs: Roy Reynolds. South Sydney: Tom Mahon (6 goals),

Keith Furse (wing), the rucks, Ken Lollins, Mick McQuade and George Snell, and full-back Avirs Bakss.

North Shore: Ron McQueen (backs), centre, Jim Cahill, and "Dolly" Varden (half-back).

Eastern Suburbs: Dennis O'Regan (centre), John Anderson and Frank Delmoro (wings), centre half-back Terry Hogan, Allan Bonnie (back pocket) and rucks Jim Bannon and Frank Dymock.

T H I R D E I G H T E E N S C O R E S Balmain 3-11 (29) d. N. Shore 3-0 (18). S. Sydney 8-7 (55) d. W. Subs. 1-0 (6). E. Subs. 5-7 (37) d. St. George 4-5 (29).

C O M P E T I T I O N T A B L E P. W. L. For. Agst. Pts

Balmain 3 3 — 81 20 12 East. Subs. 3 3 — 84 52 12 St. George 3 2 1 124 76 8 S. Sydney 3 1 2 84 102 4 Nth. Shore 2 — 2 54 67 — West Subs. 2 — 2 94 112 —

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THE CRYSTAL BALL (Out of Hock)

Alter a short spell in Mandelbaum'a Superior Second-hand Goods and Hock Shop, the Ball is now back in our beance Room.

It did well, producing four out of five winners, albeit some of them by the proverbial whisker.

The Magpies (good luck to them) spoilt a perfect score.

And now for this week. (Let us say, here and now, that the BALL could easily be on its way back to Mandel-bauni's Saturday night!)

No easy row to hoe with this fore­cast— still, out with the neck again — Newtown, St. George, Easts, Sydney-Naval and Wests.

Newtown to beat Souths at "Erko." The 'Town, down on the ladder, had the game against the Pirates won everywhere but at the bell. A sur­prise—after their severe drubbing by Easts the week before.

Souths never looked likely to beat the Tars. The Rabbit-ohs are fast, but small—too small, in our opinion, to trouble the Red and Whites. The 'Town will have a winning half-back line and superior rucks — enough to win the game.

Tigers and Magpies, at Hurstville. We pick St. George, in spite of injuries, mainly because the game is at Hurst­ville. It will be close—make no mis­take. The Magpies downed the bigger Robins, and the Tigers went close to biting too hard for the Bulldogs.

It should be a game to watch, as both sides play speedy football, are fairly evenly matched for size and weight, and will battle on to the final bell.

Trumper, Sunday, and Bankstown meet undefeated Easts. The League babes have players to match Easts in

some positions, notably rucks and for­wards. BUT, they haven't developed the team-work necessary to win games. We" cannot see them beating the Premiers, but we can see them giving their best yet at Headquarters. This should be an entertaining game—one that will help make a TEAM out of Bankstown.

At Rosedale, the Ratings and the Rangers in the "match of the round." The Tars are in fourth place a bare .8 per cent, behind the 'Pools. Both have lost two games, the Sailors to East and West, and the Liverpudlians to St. George and North Shore.

The Rangers have a home ground advantage and strong defenders— they've had least points scored against them. To offset that, Navy's attack is very strong — they've kicked most points for the comp.—and it's a virile attack, quick and deadly.

In what should be the best game of the round, we pick the Sailors to toss the locals.

Finally, the Pirates and hosts to the Robins, at Picken.

Newtown shocked the leaders, and the Magpies downed the Redbreasts last start.

Norths' form was too bad to be true, and a big improvement can be ex­pected. They lost in the centre and the rucks — usually strong positions for them—and will be flat out to climb back into the Four.

Wests, after a good win over the Sailors, just scraped home at Picken. Not the performance of a leader against weaker opposition. Still, they too will improve—they cannot afford a loss to any side out of the four. Wests' defence is good, and they've strong rucks and rovers. Norths have good rucks, good half-backs and wings. But they don't possess the team work of their opponents. West to win.

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M A T C H E S F O R Round 7 — S a t u r d a y , 17th May:

NORTH SHORE (B) v. SOUTH SYDNEY (W) TRUMPER PARK BANKSTOWN (B) v. BALMAIN <W) ERSKINEVILLE OVAL

(B)—Indicates Black Knicks. - (W)—Indicates Wh i te Knicks.

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EASTERN SUBURB (Red, White and Blue)

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vl E X T W E E K - E N D Sunday, 18th May:

NEWTOWN (B) v. SYDNEY-NAVAL (W) LIVERPOOL (B) v. EASTERN SUBURBS (W) WESTERN SUBURBS (B) v. ST. GEORGE (W)

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T H E A U S T R A L I A N ' N A T I O N A L F O O T B A L L R E C O R D

RESERVE GRADE

Liverpool is' now on top of the ladder, and they have earned top ranking by their dynamic displays. Look at their percentage! It's almost incredible after 5 games — 398.2 (per cent.! • ' ^

And while you are looking at that, notice their average AGAINST is only ] i points per game!

A truly astonishing position. Easts have dropped one rung, though

stili unbeaten, but also have a better than 300 percentage.

The meeting next week of these two sides should be a "bottler."

In third place, with one loss (to the Sailors) the Reserve Pirates have a really good 230 percentage.

The surprise on the table is Sydney-Naval in fourth position. Winning well against Wests, they just managed a draw with the Rabbit-ohs, who have yet to win a game.

Facts and figure men will -not be slow to see that the same clubs hold pride of place in both Senior and Reserves.

This is a tribute, surely, to the calibre of the Reserves available to the Seniors, as the "lower" graders are constantly called on to replace unavailable Seniors.

It would not surprise to see the Reserve Pennant race develop into a ding-dong tussle between the top eight teams.

The three leaders will have to keep winning, simply because, in spite of position held, there is NOT such a vast difference in playing ability be

tween any Reserve teams, they all-possess able players. The difference boils down to the fundamental of good football— teamwork.

When- the teams out of the Four begin to function as teams—then the battle will be truly on.'- . Best Reserve G r a d e r s last. weak.

South Sydney: Sid Newbery and Tony Yard (rucks), Ron Willis and Bob Durbin (rovers), and Barry Nichol and Fred Freebody. (hacks).

North Shore: Kev. Allen and Allen Cafe (forwards), Bruce Inch and Jim Josephson (rucks), with Ken Andrew (backs) and Tom Waghorn (rover).

Eastern Suburbs: Bob Jones (ruck), Barry Dean (centre half-back), John Graham (centre half-forward), Des Saunders (rover), and Ted Sharp (mil forward).

Liverpool: Dick Keane (best afield). Ron Buller and Pete Pegoda (rovers), Clem Kennedy, Alan Bunn, "Ned" Bryce, Bert Brown, Frank Lanford. Alan Langworthy.

Newtown: Frank Findlay, Les Clark, Bill Kernick, Ray Caughtney, and John Free.

Western Suburbs: John Brown, Brian Conlon, Kel Johns, Denis Bit-mead and Terry Dodds.

L A S T W E E K ' S R E S U L T S (Round 5)

N. Shore 6-5 (41) d. Balmain 1-0 (6). S. Syd. 4-5 (29) drew S.-Nav. 3-11 (29). E. Subs. 9-10 (64) d. St. Geo. 4-3 (27). W. Subs. 5-8 (38) d. Newtown 3-4 (22). Liverpool 5-10 (40) d. B'town 0-1 (1).

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T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L F O O T B A L L R E C O R D

LEADING GOAL-KICKERS F I R S T G R A D E

D. Wilson (S.-N.) 22 U. i .all (W.S.) 17 L. Pereira (N.S.) 15 K, James (S.-N.) 14 K. Batchelor (S.-S.) s,:-: 14 B. Fitzgerald (S.-N.) 13

McKenzie (W.S.) 12 A. Dalton (Banks.) 12 P. Miles (W.S.) 11 iJ. Noack (E.S.) 11 L. Richards (S.-N.) 10 vV. Norquay (L.) 10 L. O'Donnell (S.S.) 10 A. Richardson (S.-N.) 10 B. Watters (Banks.) 9 K. McNamara (S.-N.) 9 J. Dean (E.S.) 9 B. Dean (E.S.) 8 S. Paxton (St. G.) 8 W. Speed (S.S.) H

R E S E R V E G R A D E E. Sharp (E.S.) 15 D. Saunders (E.S.) 10 R. Sara (W.S.) . . 9 K. Russell (S.-N.) 8 A. Cannon (E.S.) 6 R. Butler (L.) 6 J. Graham (E.S.) 6

UMPIRES' ASSOCIAT ION (By R U B Y C R A I G )

Life member Allen Mclntyre was recently chosen by the N.S.W. League to fill a vacancy on the Umpire's Appointment Board.

• Besides officiating as Central Umpire in Interstate games, Allen is one of the few to have had control of more than 100 Senior games.

His fellow members take this oppor­tunity of making- -public their con­gratulations to Allen on his appoint­ment.

He has given many years of faithful service to his Association, and all feel that he will do a worthwhile job in his new position.

Result of last week's Guessing Com­petition.—St. George 7, East. Subs. 20.

19th and 20th MEN ( W H E N A R E T H E Y A V A I L A B L E ? )

In spite of a peculiar notion preva­lent in football circles, the 19th and 20th men are NOT there solely as replacements for injured players.

Law 3 (b) states that "the 19th and 20th men shall be reserves available tor use at the discretion ofthe captain as substitute players AT ANY TIME during the match."

This law further states: "No player shall return to the field after having once been replaced."

WHAT DO Y O U THINK?

In a letter addressed to the Editor, Mr. V. Cornwall, 541 Forest Road, Bexley, has this suggestion for a star attraction, and we quote . . .

" I suggest that if a local club could raise £100, they invite a player like Ongarello, of Fitzroy (full forwards for preference) to play one match at a fee of £50, with £50 for expenses, fares, advertising, etc.

"These star professionals would not turn up their noses at £50, flying over Sunday morning and back at night.

"Bankstown (with Ongarello) versus Sydney-Naval, at Trumper Park— Bankstown to get all over the average gate money.

"Let the administrators of the game do something spectacular once in a season."

What do you think of Mr. Cornwall's idea?

Let us have your views.

TAKE NOTE

Easts wish to notify that they have prizes unclaimed in TWO Guessing Competitions.

20th April: No. 1.008 (Travelling Clock).

4th May: No. T.145 (Pair Towels). Any claimants?

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T H E A U S T R A L I A N N A T I O N A L F O O T B A L L R E C O R I

N.S.W. TEAM M A N A G E R Centenary Championship Mr. Sid Felstead, President of St.

George Club, and Vice-President of the N.S.W. League, has been chosen as Manager of the N.S.W. team for the Centenary Championship series to be held at Melbourne, 2nd to 12th July.

Sid Felstead, one of the most re­spected men in the game, and one who has done a tremendous amount of work for the code, particularly in the Junior field, has had a long and meritorious career in football.

He is a local pproduct, who as a schoolboy played football under the guidance of Mr. Tas Carroll, at Hurst-ville. In J 937 he joined St. George and played for that club in both Re­serve and Senior Grades.

Sid has been Treasurer and delegate to the League, and is currently a Vice-President of the League and a member of its management committee.

Management of a N.S.W. team is nothing new for him, as previously he managed the team that played in Canberra.

And, by the way, he is probably the only man in Australia to play for his club while carrying out the duties of Ground Manager!

All wish him well in Melbourne and hope that he returns to Sydney as Manager of the Section 2 champions.

THE M A N IN NINETEEN This story begins in 1943, when a

raw young player joined the Newtown Australian Football Club and began his career with the Reserves.

For three years this player stayed in Reserve Grade, but towards the end

of 1946 he put in six weeks as 19th man for the Seniors.

He wore the No. 19 guernsey to designate his team position, and lie has worn that number ever since.

You know him well, because he's one of the best-known footballers in Sydney.

You're quite right — the man in nineteen is Harry Free.

Harry played First Grade regularly in 1947 as right half-back, and he was good. A year later he represented N.S.W. in that position.

1949 saw Harry again wearing the Light Blue of the State, this time as centre half-back. Against Victoria and before a crowd of 23,000, Harry won the Best and Fairest trophy—a far cry from his first trophy won in his first year in football, and presented by Mr. Ray Howard, now President of New­town.

Since 1950 Harry Free has played at full-back and established himself as one of the best ever in that posi­tion.

For Newtown, of which he is now captain-coach, Harry has played 190 games and, barring accidents, will chalk up the double century before the end of this season.

In all he has represented N.S.W. on 23 occasions from 1948 to 1955. He has played against Victoria, W.A., Tasmania, Broken Hill, Queensland, Canberra and the Australian Ama­teurs.

If anyone in football has earned the title of "gentleman footballer," i t is Harry Free, for in all his long playing career he has never been reported and has never disputed an umpire's de­cision.

Good luck, Harry!

JIM MITCHELL » JIM MITCHELL F O R A L L S P O R T I N G G E A R

ST. GEORGE CLUB BUILDING 7 CROFTS AVENUE, HURSTVILLE

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New South Wales Australian National Football League

PROGRAMME OF MATCHES — SEASON 1958

( 1 ) Bth/Eth A P R I L . N . Shore 9-6 (tiO) d. N e w t o w n 7-lfi (58). St. Geo. 12-13 (S!>) d. S. S y d n e y 10-9 (69). B . Subs . 15-15 (105) d. S . - N a v a l 12-15 (87). W. Subs . 26-16 (172) d. B ' town 2-8 ( 2 0 ) . L i v e r p o o l 10-10 (76) d, B a l m a i n 7-9 (51).

( 2 ) 1 2 t h / 1 3 t h A P R I L . N e w t o w n 18-]7 (95) d, B a l m a i n 8-7 (55). E . Subs . 12-17 (89) d. N . Shore 10-9 (69). S . - N a v . 28-23 (191) d. B a n k s t o w n 8-8 (56). W . Subs . 18-14 (122) d. S. Syd . 12-13 (85). St. Georgo S-S (56) d. L i v e r p o o l 7-8 (50).

( 3 ) 1 9 t h / 2 0 t h A P R I L . N . Shore 15-15 (105) d. B ' t o w n 13-7 (85). S . - N a v a l 18-18 (126) d. St . Geo. 13-18 (96). E . S u b s 20-22 (143) d, S. S y d n e y 9-7 (61). W . Subs . 10-12 (72) d. B a l m a i n 1-9 (15). L i v e r p o o l 9-7 (CI) d. N e w t o w n 7-11 (53).

( 4 ) 2 5 t h / 2 6 t h / 2 7 t h A P R I L . E . Subs . 168 (3 04) d. N e w t o w n 3-S (2G). B a l m a m 12-j(i (38; d. S. S y d n e y 8-17 (65). St . Geo. 18-18 (326) d. B ' t o w n 12-S (SO). W . Subs . 20-13 (133) d. S . - N . 1S-11 (119). N . Shore 10-11 (71.) d. L i v e r p o o l 9-5 (59).

( 5 ) 3 r d / 4 i h M A Y . B a l m a i n 5-8 (38) d. N t h . Shore 4-10 (34). S . - N a v a l 19-22 (13C) d. S. S y d . 15-15 (105). E . Subs . 9-22 (76) d. St . George 8-15 (63). W . Subs . 8-] 2 ( C O ) d. N e w t o w n 7-10 (52). L U C T D O O I 16-13 (109) d. B ' t o w n 4-10 (34).

(61 S A T U R D A Y , 1 0 t h M A Y . South S y d n e y v. N e w t o w n , E r s k i n e v i l l e . B a l m a i n v. St . George, H u r s t v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 1 1 t h M A Y . E a s t e r n S u b u r b s v. B a n k s t o w n , T r u m p e r . S v d n e y - N a v a l v. L i v e r p o o l , Roseda le . N o r t h Shore v. W e s t e r n Subs . , P i c k e n .

( 7 ) S A T U R D A Y , 1 7 t h M A Y . N o r t h Shore v. .South Sydney , T r u m p e r . B a n k s t o w n v. B a l m a i n , E r s k i n e v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 1 8 t h M A Y . N e w t o w n v. S v d n e y - N a v a l , T r u m p e r . L i v e r p o o l v. E a s t e r n Suburbs , Rosedale . W e s t e r n Subs . v. St . George, P i c k e n .

( S ) S A T U R D A Y , 2 4 t h M A Y . S o u t h S y d n e y v. B a n k s t o w n , E r s k i n e v i l l e . S t . George v. N e w t o w n , H u r s t v i l l e . S j ' d n e y - N a v a l v. Nor th Shore, N o r t h S v d .

S U N D A Y , 2 5 t h M A Y . B a l m a i n v. E a s t e r n Suburbs , T r u m p e r . L i v e r p o o l v. W e s t e r n Subs. , Roseda le .

N e w t o w n v. B a n k s t o w n . E r s k i n e v i l l e . N o r t h Shore v. St . George, H u r s t v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 1 s t J U N E . E a s t . S u b u r b s v. W e s t . S u b s . r S ' T r u m p e r . S o u t h S y d n e y v. L i v e r p o o l , Rosedale .

( 1 0 ) ' S A T U R D A Y , 7 t h J U N E . South S y d n e y v. S t . George, T r u m p e r . N o r t h Shore v. N e w t o w n , E r s k i n e v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , S t h J U N E .

B a n k s t o w n v. W e s t . Subs . , P i c k e n .

( 1 1 ) S A T U R D A Y , 1 4 t h J U N E . N e w t o w n v. B a l m a i n , E r s k i n e v i l l e . S t . George v. L i v e r p o o l , H u r s t v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 1 5 t h J U N E . B a n k s t o w n v. S y d n e y - N a v a l , T r u m p e r . E a s t . Subs . v. N o r t h Shore, N o r t h Sydney.

M O N D A Y , 16 th J U N E . W e s t . Subs . v. S th . Sydney , E r s k i n e v i l l e .

( 1 2 ) S A T U R D A Y , 2 1 s t J U N E . S t h . S y d n e y v. E a s t . S u b u r b s , T r u m p e r . N o r t h Shore v. B a n k s t o w n , E r s k i n e v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 2 2 n d J U N E . S y d n e y - N a v a l v. St, George, T r u m p e r . L i v e r p o o l v. N e w t o w n , Roseda le . B a l m a i n v. W e s t e r n Subs. , P i c k e n .

( 1 3 ) S A T U R D A Y , 2 8 t h J U N E . South S v d n e v \ . R a i m a n B r s k . n e v i l l e St. George v. Rankstow.- , , H u r s t v i l i e

S U N D A Y , 2 9 t h J U N E . K a s t e r n Suburbs v. N e w t o w n , T r u m p e r . N o r t h Shore v. L i v e r p o o l , Roseda le . W e s t e r n Subs . v. S y d n e v ^ N a v a l , P i c k e n .

( 1 4 ) S A T U R D A Y , 5 t h J U L Y . S y d n e y - N a v a l v. South Svdney, T r u m p e r . B a l m a i n v. N o r t h Shore, E r s k i n e v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 6 t h J U N E . E a s t e r n Subs . v. St . George, T r u m p e r B a n k s t o w n v. L i v e r p o o l . Rosedale . N e w t o w n v. W e s t e r n S u b u r b s , P i c k e n .

(15) S A T U R D A Y , 1 2 t h J U L Y . N e w t o w n v. South Svdney , E r s k i n e v i l l e . St. George v. B a l m a i n . H u r s t v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 1 3 t h J U L Y . B a n k s t o w n v. E a s t e r n Suburbs , T r u m p e r L i v e r p o o l v. S v d n e y - N a v a l , Rosedale W e s t e r n Subs . v. N t h . Shore, N . S y d n e y

( 1 6 ) S A T U R D A Y , 1 9 t h J U L Y . Sth . S y d n e y v." N o r t h Shore, T r u m p e r B a n k s t o w n v. B a l m a i n , E r s k i n e v i l l e St. George v. .Western Subs . , H u r s t v i l l e

S U N D A Y , 2 0 t h J U L Y . S y d n e y - N a v a l ' V. N e w t o w n , T r u m p e r E a s t e r n Subs . .v. L i v e r p o o l , Roseda le S A T U R D A Y & S U N D A Y , 2 6 t h / 2 7 t h J U L Y . Spec ia l matches .

( 1 7 ) S A T U R D A Y , 2 n d A U G U S T . B a n k s t o w n v.. -South Sydney . T r u m p e r N e w t o w n v. St. George, E r s k i n e v i l l e .

S U N D A Y , 3 r d A U G U S T . ]'>irt"r- S u ' K ',- j:iln>n n T ^ i inner W e s t e r n Subs . v. L i v e r p o o l , P i c k e n . ' N t h . Shore v. S y d n e y - N a v a l . N t h . Sydney.

( 1 8 ) S A T U R D A Y , 9 t h A U G U S T . B a n k s t o w n v.. .Newtown, E r s k i n e v i l l e St. George v. Nor th Shore, N t h . Sydnev .

S U N D A Y , 1 0 t h A U G U S T . B a l m a i n v. S y d n e y - N a v a l , T r u m p e r . L i v e r p o o l v. S t h , Sydney , Rosedale W e s t e r n Subs . v. E a s t e r n Subs . , P i c k e n .

S U N D A Y , 1 7 t h A U G U S T . F i r s t Semi- f inal , T r u m p e r

S U N D A Y , 2 4 t h A U G U S T . Second Semi- f ina l , T r u m p e r .

S U N D A Y , 3 1 s t A U G U S T . P r e l i m i n a r y F i n a l , T r u m p e r

S U N D A Y , 7 t h S E P T E M B E R . G r a n d F i n a l , T r u m p e r .

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