1975 Amco Cup

For background information about this competition, please refer to the Amco Cup main page.

Contents

Format

The format was a straight knock-out with 28 teams. The following 4 teams received a first round bye: Western Division (holders), Eastern Suburbs (Sydney premiers), Fortitude Valley (Brisbane premiers), Auckland.

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
2/04/75 South Sydney 37 Ipswich 6 Redfern Oval
2/04/75 Newtown* 11 Wests 11 Redfern Oval
9/04/75 Ryde-Eastwood 17 Southern Division 16 Newcastle
9/04/75 Newcastle 27 Cronulla 8 Newcastle
16/04/75 Balmain 24 Brothers 16 Lang Park
16/04/75 Manly 44 North Coast 2 Lang Park
23/04/75 Parramatta 27 Monaro 19 Wagga Wagga
23/04/75 Canterbury 21 Riverina 16 Wagga Wagga
30/04/75 Toowoomba 22 North Sydney 13 Leichhardt Oval
30/04/75 Illawarra 26 Northern Division 9 Leichhardt Oval
7/05/75 St George 35 Brisbane Norths 16 Leichhardt Oval
7/05/75 Penrith 37 Brisbane Souths 9 Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
14/05/75 South Sydney 13 Newtown 10 Leichhardt Oval
21/05/75 Easts 34 Ryde-Eastwood 0 Leichhardt Oval
28/05/75 Newcastle 20 Balmain 7 [(Leichhardt Oval)]
4/06/75 Auckland* 14 Manly 14 Leichhardt Oval
11/06/75 Parramatta 24 Canterbury 12 Leichhardt Oval
18/06/75 Valleys 15 Toowoomba 6 Lang Park
25/06/75 Penrith 20 Illawarra 10 Penrith Park
2/07/75 St George 18 Western Division 3 Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
9/07/75 Easts 13 South Sydney 8 Tamworth
16/07/75 Auckland 26 Newcastle 16 Leichhardt Oval
23/07/75 Parramatta 33 Valleys 10 Leichhardt Oval
30/07/75 St George 16 Penrith 5 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
6/08/75 Easts 23 Auckland 10 Leichhardt Oval
13/08/75 Parramatta 13 St George 6 Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
20/08/75 Easts 17 Parramatta 7 Leichhardt Oval

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