New South Wales Competitions 1965

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Sydney - Second Division
Newcastle


Representative Games

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State Cup

Competing teams: (24) the ten Sydney teams, six NSW Country divisional teams, four Newcastle teams, three Sydney second division teams, plus a team representing Western NSW.

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Round 1:

    South Newcastle 23 beat North Sydney 7.
    St George 43 beat Newcastle Western Suburbs 10.
    Newtown 19 beat Illawarra 6.
    Western Suburbs 25 beat Riverina 5.
    Manly Warringah 31 beat Maitland United 10.
    Wentworthville 13 beat Monaro 6.
    Eastern Suburbs 20 beat Central Newcastle 7.
    Parramatta 18 beat Western NSW 4.

Round 2:

    Manly Warringah 20 beat Newtown 7.
    Balmain 19 beat Southern Division 6.
    Western Suburbs 18 beat Wentworthville 5.
    Eastern Suburbs 17 beat South Newcastle 7.
    Canterbury Bankstown 30 beat North Coast 17.
    South Sydney 29 beat Northern Division 18.
    Penrith 13 beat Ryde-Eastwood 2.
    Parramatta 18 beat St George 14.

Quarterfinals:

    Parramatta 8 beat Eastern Suburbs 4.
    Western Suburbs 14 beat Balmain 3.
    Canterbury Bankstown 17 beat Penrith 2.
    South Sydney 5 beat Manly Warringah 2.

Semifinals:

    Parramatta 13 beat Canterbury Bankstown 10.
    Western Suburbs 41 beat South Sydney 8.

Final:

    Western Suburbs 16 beat Parramatta 14.

Caltex "1000" CRL Championship

Southern Division were split into two groups. The Southern Division No.1 team was an Illawarra side.

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Round 1:

    Monaro 9 beat Southern Division No.2 15.
    Newcastle 31 beat Riverina 9.
    Southern Division No.1 20 beat Northern Division 15.
    Western Division 33 beat North Coast 11.

Semifinals:

    Newcastle 24 beat Monaro 0.
    Western Division 7 beat Southern Division No.1 3.

Final:

    Newcastle 18 beat Western Division 12.

New South Wales Country tour of New Zealand

[New Zealand 1922] [New Zealand 1966]

In New Zealand: played 2; won 1; lost 1; for 37; against 28.

          Canterbury                W 32-10       ?  Christchurch
          Auckland                  L  5-18       ?  Auckland

Sydney

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Preseason

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I am missing the results for games in rounds 2 and 3.

 1 St George             4  4  0  0  -   90   26   64   8
 2 Manly Warringah       4  2  2  0  -   50   38   12   6
 3 South Sydney          4  3  0  1  -   36   32    4   6
 6 Western Suburbs       2  1  1  0  -   22   21    1   3
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 4 Canterbury Bankstown  4  2  0  2  -   25   48  -23   4
 5 Newtown               4  1  1  2  -   46   40    6   3
 7 Balmain               4  1  0  3  -   29   37   -8   2
 8 North Sydney          3  1  0  2  -   30   39   -9   2
 9 Eastern Suburbs       3  1  0  2  -   28   41  -13   2
10 Parramatta            4  0  0  4  -   25   59  -34   0

Semifinals:

    St George 24 beat Manly Warringah 5.
    Western Suburbs 8 beat South Sydney 4.

Final:

    St George 15 beat Western Suburbs 7.

Playoff for 3rd:

    South Sydney 10 beat Manly Warringah 5.

First Grade Premiership

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 1 St George            18 15  0  3  -  394  142  252  30
 2 North Sydney         18 11  2  5  -  318  218  100  24
 3 Parramatta           18 11  1  6  -  243  220   23  23
 4 South Sydney         18 11  0  7  -  227  205   22  22
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 5 Balmain              18 10  1  7  -  223  211   12  21
 6 Newtown              18  8  3  7  -  212  210    2  19
 7 Manly Warringah      18  6  0 12  -  228  235   -7  12
 8 Western Suburbs      18  6  0 12  -  181  244  -63  12
 9 Canterbury Bankstown 18  5  0 13  -  194  331 -137  10
10 Eastern Suburbs      18  3  1 14  -  149  353 -204   7

Semifinals:

    South Sydney 17 beat Parramatta 2.
    St George 47 beat North Sydney 7.

Final:

    South Sydney 14 beat North Sydney 9.

Grand Final:

    St George 12 beat South Sydney 8.

Second Division

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Hornsby joined. Guildford left at the end of the year. Sydney University spent a year in recess. Cronulla Carringbah became Cronulla Sutherland.

First Grade Premiership

Teams (9): Arncliffe, Bankstown, Cronulla Sutherland, Guildford,
Hornsby, Liverpool, Penrith, Ryde-Eastwood, Wentworthville.

Grand Final:

    Wentworthville 31 beat Penrith 3.