Canty becomes outright leader
PA ! Sydney Canterbury moved into the outright lead in the Sydney rugby] league premiership after beating Penrith, 18-12, in a hard-fought game at Belmore Sports Ground. Before the week-end's round Canterbury shared the lead with Penrith, Brisbane and Canberra, but the Cronulla Sharks mauled the Brisbane Broncos, 38-8, on Saturday and Canberra suffered the biggest upset of the week-end when downed, 12-48, by Parramatta.
Penrith led 6-2 midway through the first half and always stayed in contention. But the Canterbury five-eighths, Terry Lamb, made a crucial difference between the sides, figuring in two of Canterbury’s three tries.
Parramatta, which suffered a 12-64 hiding from Manly last month, ran in seven tries to two against Canberra
Sydney first grade league results:
Eastern Suburbs 14 (D. Smith. D. Trewhella. tries: D. Smith. 2 goals, field goal; T. Melrose, field goal) drew with North Sydney 14 (G. Florimo, G. Smith, tries; J. Dorahy, 3 goals) at Sydney Football Stadium. Referee: M. Stone. Western Suburbs 20 (J. Stafford 2. D. Woods. S. McCoy, tries; D. Rawlings 2 goals) b Gold Coast 0 at Tweed Heads. Referee: P. Cooley. Cronulla 38 (J. Docking 2, A. Ettingshausen 2, G. Davies, G. Coleman, tries; A, Wilson 4. S. Watson. 3 goals) b Brisbane 8 (M. Hancock, A. Langer, tries) at Caltex Field. Referee: G. McCallum. Parramatta 40 (P. Tailor 4. B. Lindner 2, B. Scott, tries; B. Garnon 4, B. Scott, S. Ella, goals) b Canberra 12. (C. O’Sullivan, I. Henjak, tries; G. Belcher, 2; goals) at Parramatta Stadium. Referee: N. Almond, lliawarra 24 (J. Hardy, P. Upfield, S. Larder, D. Carney, tries: S. Larder, 4 goals);b Newcastle 16 (S. Fulmer, TJ Butterfield. G. Miller, tries;; M. McKiernan, 2 goals) at the International Sports Centre, Newcastle. Referee; P. Filmer. Balmain 26 (G. Jack, R. Conlon, P. Sironen. B. Elias, tries; R. Conlon, 5 goals) b St George 18 (R. Walford 2. C, Mohr, tries: R. Walford, 3 goals) at Leichhardt. Referee: E. Ward. Canterbury I'B (D. McCarthy, T. Currie, J. Alehin, tries; T. Lamb[ 3 goals) b Penrith 12 (D. Greene, 2 tries; N. Baker, 2 goals) at Belmore. Referee: G. Annesley. !
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