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City Cup 1923

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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>  Eastern Suburbs 12 (L. Steel 2 tries; A. Oxford 3 goals) defeated University 5 (W. Murphy try; T. Linskey goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 14th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7-2.   Referee: Arthur Thornton.   Crowd: 2,000.
Eastern Suburbs: Rigney, Abotomey, Agar, Dawson, Steel; Caples (C), Kaufmann; Molloy, Holmes, Ives, Richards, Oxford, Watkins.
University: Ryan, Murphy, Linskey, Barry, Flattery; Cunningham, Finn (C); McKeown, Evatt, Dunworth, Dunworth, Darragh, Munro.
>  Glebe 24 (J. Toohey 2, B. Benson, E. Goddard, T. James, A. Thompson tries; E. Cummins 2, S. Quigley goals) defeated Newtown 2 (A. Bolewski goal) at Marrickville Oval.
Date: Sat, 14th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Glebe 11-2.   Referee: S Jackson.   Crowd: 4,000.
Newtown: Day, See, Bolewski, Mansted, Gaudry; Elliott, Stevens; Clamback, Jones, Cavanough, Andrews, Knight, Ryan (C).
Glebe: Cummins, Toohey, Thompson, James, Lodge; McMahon, Benson (C); McGrath, Haddock, King, Quigley, Liston, Goddard.
>  Balmain 23 (D. Millard 2, B. Craig, T. Kennedy, J. Robinson tries; M. Russell 4 goals) defeated St George 3 (F. Saunders try) at Birchgrove Oval.
Date: Sat, 14th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 10-0.   Referee: William Neill.   Crowd: 3,000.
St George: Carstairs, Paki, Saunders, Hume, Shadlow; Traynor, Burns; Justice (C), Gore, Peters, Cumming, Flower, Morris.
Balmain: Greenless, Coonan, Robinson, Craig, Millard; Love, Cuneo; Schultz (C), Watt, Russell, Hayes, Fraser, Latta. Int: Kennedy.
>  North Sydney 27 (H. Peters 3, R. Farnell, A. Steele tries; R. Hodgins 6 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 12 (W. Collins, C. Fifield tries; G. Stettler 3 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 14th July.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: North Sydney 9-7.   Referee: Tom McMahon.   Crowd: 18,000.
Western Suburbs: McMillan, Yanz, Stettler, Matterson, Collins; Fifield, Darke; Courtney, Prentice (C), Stapleton, Yanz, Drew, Leddy.
North Sydney: Waterhouse, Steele, Rule, Peters, Courtney; Hodgins, Thompson (C); Johnson, Chevell, Faull, Farnell, Ives, Baker.