1985 National Panasonic Cup

The 1985 National Panasonic Cup was the name of the annual mid-week knockout rugby league competition. The naming rights sponsor continued with Panasonic's product brand National. The tournament was played from March to June 1985, culminating in the final between Balmain and Cronulla-Sutherland.

Format

The twelfth midweek cup competition operated on a straight knock-out format. The competition reduced to 16 teams with QLD Country being left out.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
6/03/85	Manly-Warringah (Shearer, Cleal, Brown, Close tries, Elwin 3 goals)	22	North Sydney (Teasdell, McKinnon tries, Dennis 3 goals)	12	Leichhardt Oval	Glenn Ryan - Manly-Warringah
10/03/85	St George * (Wynn, Johnston tries, P.Morris goal)	10	South Sydney (Murphy try, Baker 2 goals)	8	Redfern Oval	Craig Young - St George
13/03/85	Penrith (Alexander, Fenton, Gonzales tries, Levy 3 goals)	18	Parramatta (D.Price try, Cronin 3 goals)	10	Carrington Park	Greg Alexander - Penrith
20/03/85	Illawarra (D.Moon, Hetherington, Greenland, Mackey tries, Dorahy 3 goals)	22	Eastern Suburbs (Leggett try, Portlock 3 goals)	10	Leichhardt Oval	John Dorahy - Illawarra
27/03/85	Canterbury-Bankstown (C.Mortimer, P.Mortimer tries, C.Mortimer 3 goals, Lamb 2 field goals)	16	Canberra (Giteau 3 goals)	6	Eric Weissel Oval	Steve Mortimer - Canterbury-Bankstown
3/04/85	Western Suburbs	32	Auckland (NZ)	10	Leichhardt Oval	Leo Epifania - Western Suburbs
10/04/85	Cronulla-Sutherland (See 2, Merlo tries, Carney 6 goals)	24	NSW Country (Randall 2 goals)	4	Scully Park
17/04/85	Balmain (Brooks 2, Gale, Elias, Marketo tries, Conlon 6 goals, Gale field goal)	33	Combined Brisbane (Boys, Dwyer tries, Ribot 4 goals)	16	Leichhardt Oval	Ben Elias - Balmain

* The St George V South Sydney game also functioned as the Charity Shield for this season.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
17/04/85	Western Suburbs (Harrigan, T.Cogger tries, Pearce goal)	10	Penrith (Howell try, Alexander goal)	6	Leichhardt Oval	Mark Harrigan - Western Suburbs
1/05/85	Cronulla-Sutherland (Carney, D.Sorensen tries, Carney goal)	10	Canterbury-Bankstown	0	Leichhardt Oval	Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland
8/05/85	Balmain (Elias, Gale, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals)	20	St George (Linnane, O’Connor, Cannon tries, O’Connor 3 goals)	18	Leichhardt Oval	Wayne Pearce - Balmain
15/05/85	Manly-Warringah (Hegarty, Blake, Close, Hasler, Barkley tries, Melrose 5 goals)	30	Illawarra (Selby try, Dorahy goal)	6	Leichhardt Oval	Tony Melrose - Manly-Warringah

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
22/05/85	Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Porter, K.Sorensen tries, Carney 2 goals)	16	Manly-Warringah	0	Oakes Oval	Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland
29/05/85	Balmain (Gale, Schofield tries, Conlon 2 goals)	12	Western Suburbs (Wigham, Fyvie tries, Crooks goal)	10	Leichhardt Oval	Kevin Hardwick - Balmain

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
5 June 1985	Balmain (Bridge, Gartner tries, Conlon 3 goals)	14	Cronulla-Sutherland (Carney, Wakefield tries, Carney 2 goals)	12	Leichhardt Oval	Scott Gale - Balmain

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