Round 5
Eastern Suburbs 10 lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 15
| NSWRFL 1949 Round 5 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/10658 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 7th May, 1949 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Sports Ground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 5 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | South Sydney | ||||||
| Milton ATKINSON | T | Les COWIE | ||||||
| Ted ROBINSON | Bernie PURCELL | |||||||
| Norm SPILLANE | ||||||||
| Darcy RUSSELL | 2 | G | 3 | Bernie PURCELL | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | South Sydney | ||||||
| Darcy RUSSELL | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||
| John MURPHY | 2 | W | 2 | Norm SPILLANE | ||||
| Milton ATKINSON | 3 | C | 3 | Len HASKINS | ||||
| Norm ROGERS | 4 | C | 4 | Ken STEPHEN | ||||
| Mick PHELAN | 5 | W | 5 | Len ALLMOND | ||||
| Ted ROBINSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Ken BROGAN | ||||
| Ken McCAFFERY | 7 | HB | 7 | Des BRYAN | ||||
| Len SOLOMON | 8 | L | 8 | Les COWIE | ||||
| Brian HOLMES | 9 | 2R | 9 | Jack RAYNER (c) | ||||
| Frank BURKE | 10 | 2R | 10 | Bernie PURCELL | ||||
| Sid HOBSON (c) | 11 | FR | 11 | Denis DONOGHUE | ||||
| Ron STEWART | 12 | HK | 12 | Keith AITKEN | ||||
| Jack ARNOLD | 13 | FR | 13 | Jack MELVILLE | ||||
| Ray STEHR | HC | Jack RAYNER | ||||||
| Dave WATSON | ||||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Billy Morris (five-eighth)
- In:
- John Murphy (wing)
- Changes:
- Milton Atkinson (wing to centre), Ted Robinson (centre to five-eighth)
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. North Sydney
- Out:
- Howard Hallett Jnr (centre), Barry Redding (centre)
- In:
- Len Haskins (centre), Ken Stephen (centre)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash

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