Semi Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 10
| City Cup 1917 Semi Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26891 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 11th August, 1917 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Arthur Farrow | |||||||
| Venue | RAS Showground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 5 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Harold HORDER | T | Frank HOLT | ||||||
| George McGOWAN | Tom McCAULEY | |||||||
| Wally DYMANT | 2/3 | G | 2/4 | Alexander McPHERSON | ||||
| Arthur OXFORD | 2/3 | |||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Howard HALLETT | 1 | FB | 1 | Dick VEST | ||||
| Harold HORDER | 2 | W | 2 | Tom McCAULEY | ||||
| Jim BREEN | 3 | C | 3 | Arthur CARROLL | ||||
| John KERWICK | 4 | C | 4 | Herb GILBERT (c) | ||||
| Gordon VAUGHAN | 5 | W | 5 | Wally COLLINS | ||||
| Alf BLAIR | 6 | FE | 6 | Albert JOHNSTON | ||||
| George McGOWAN (c) | 7 | HB | 7 | Alf BOSSI | ||||
| Eddie HILLEARD | 8 | L | 8 | Clarrie PRENTICE | ||||
| Arthur OXFORD | 12 | 2R | 9 | Ed COURTNEY | ||||
| Bill GROVES | 11 | 2R | 10 | Jack REDMOND | ||||
| Owen McCARTHY | 10 | FR | 11 | Frank HOLT | ||||
| George MOORE | 9 | HK | 12 | Harold LEDDY | ||||
| Wally DYMANT | 8 | FR | 13 | Alexander McPHERSON | ||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Game 1 vs. Annandale
- Next Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Final vs. Balmain
- Out:
- George Lucas (lock)
- In:
- Eddie Hilleard (lock)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Game 1 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Joe Reidy (hooker)
- Changes:
- Alexander McPherson (centre to front row), Harold Leddy (front row to hooker), Arthur Carroll (bench to centre)
Match Notes
Dymant for Souths & McPherson for West both played as second five-eighth not lock as listed.
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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