Semi Final
Canterbury Bankstown 19 def. Newtown 11
| NSWRFL 1940 Semi Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/10085 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 24th August, 1940 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack O'Brien | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 22,061 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 9 | |||||
| Scrums | 20 | – | 22 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Merv DENTON | 2 | T | Lin McLEAN | |||||
| Ted ANDERSON | ||||||||
| Jack BONNYMAN | ||||||||
| Edgar NEWHAM | ||||||||
| Lin JOHNSON | G | 4 | Tom KIRK | |||||
| Roy McCARTER | ||||||||
| Harry PORTER | OFF | Gordon McLENNAN | ||||||
| Canterbury | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Lin JOHNSON | 1 | FB | 1 | George DEBNAM | ||||
| Edgar NEWHAM | 2 | W | 2 | Ken ROBERTSON | ||||
| Merv DENTON | 3 | C | 3 | Adrian GLEESON | ||||
| Bob RUSSELL | 4 | C | 4 | Tom KIRK | ||||
| Jack BONNYMAN (c) | 5 | W | 5 | Lin McLEAN | ||||
| Ted ANDERSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Tommy NEVIN | ||||
| Roy McCARTER | 7 | HB | 7 | Percy WILLIAMS (c) | ||||
| Gordon CLUNAS | 8 | L | 8 | Frank FARRELL | ||||
| Bob FARRAR | 9 | 2R | 9 | Jack KELLY | ||||
| Bob ALLISON | 10 | 2R | 10 | Joe WADE | ||||
| Harry PORTER | 11 | FR | 11 | Gordon McLENNAN | ||||
| Roy KIRKALDY | 12 | HK | 12 | Keith PHILLIPS | ||||
| Jim GIBBS | 13 | FR | 13 | Frank MULVILLE | ||||
| Alan BRADY | HC | Frank BURGE | ||||||
Team Info
Canterbury
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round f vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Joe Gartner (wing), Bernie Martin (centre), Harry Hall (halfback)
- In:
- Bob Russell (centre), Ted Anderson (five-eighth), Roy McCarter (halfback)
- Changes:
- Jack Bonnyman (five-eighth to wing)
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Jim Brailey (hooker)
- In:
- Jack Kelly (second row)
- Changes:
- Lin McLean (centre to wing), Adrian Gleeson (wing to centre), Joe Wade (front row to second row), Keith Phillips (second row to hooker), Frank Farrell (second row to lock), Frank Mulville (lock to front row)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner

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