Round 1
Western Suburbs Magpies 27 def. North Sydney 10
| City Cup 1917 Round 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26889 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 4th August, 1917 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom Dickenson | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 16 | – | 7 | |||||
| Western Suburbs | Scoresheet | North Sydney | ||||||
| Alf BOSSI | 2 | T | Cec BLINKHORN | |||||
| Tom McCAULEY | 2 | G SMITH | ||||||
| Wally COLLINS | ||||||||
| Frank HOLT | ||||||||
| Joe REIDY | ||||||||
| Alexander McPHERSON | 3/7 | G | 2 | Jack McARTHUR | ||||
| Western Suburbs | Teams | North Sydney | ||||||
| Dick VEST | 1 | FB | 1 | Herman PETERS | ||||
| Tom McCAULEY | 2 | W | 2 | Charles EMELHENZ | ||||
| Alexander McPHERSON | 3 | C | 3 | Ted TAPLIN | ||||
| Herb GILBERT (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Cec BLINKHORN (c) | ||||
| Wally COLLINS | 5 | W | 5 | J ROBERTSON | ||||
| Albert JOHNSTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Sid DEANE | ||||
| Alf BOSSI | 7 | HB | 7 | Ernie TATE | ||||
| Clarrie PRENTICE | 8 | L | 8 | Jack McARTHUR | ||||
| Ed COURTNEY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Stan LLOYD | ||||
| Jack REDMOND | 10 | 2R | 10 | Richard BULLOCK | ||||
| Frank HOLT | 11 | FR | 11 | Bill ARCHER | ||||
| Joe REIDY | 12 | HK | 12 | G SMITH | ||||
| Harold LEDDY | 13 | FR | 13 | J BROWN | ||||
| Arthur CARROLL | 14 | B | ||||||
Team Info
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Glebe
- Next Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Semi Final vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- George Gagen (centre), William Matthews (wing)
- In:
- Alexander McPherson (centre), Wally Collins (wing), Albert Johnston (five-eighth)
- Changes:
- Arthur Carroll (centre to bench), Herb Gilbert (five-eighth to centre), Clarrie Prentice (front row to lock), Ed Courtney (hooker to second row), Jack Redmond (front row to second row), Frank Holt (second row to front row), Joe Reidy (second row to hooker), Harold Leddy (lock to front row)
North Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Arthur Bullock (centre), R Turner (second row)
- In:
- Sid Deane (five-eighth), Bill Archer (front row)
- Changes:
- Ted Taplin (five-eighth to centre), Jack McArthur (front row to lock), Stan Lloyd (hooker to second row), Richard Bullock (front row to second row), G Smith (second row to hooker), J Brown (lock to front row)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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