Round 5
North Sydney 8 drew with Western Suburbs Magpies 8
| NSWRFL 1909 Round 5 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/8233 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 29th May, 1909 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Harry Poulton | |||||||
| Venue | Wentworth (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 100 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 3 | – | 0 | |||||
| North Sydney | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Simon BANKS | 2 | T | Ray GORMLEY | |||||
| James SPEIRS | ||||||||
| Sydney McFARLANE | G | Harry BLOOMFIELD | ||||||
| North Sydney | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Bill WHITFIELD | 1 | FB | 1 | Tom PHELAN (c) | ||||
| Aney MORRIS | 2 | W | 2 | Bill MEDCALF | ||||
| Simon BANKS | 3 | C | 3 | Harry BLOOMFIELD | ||||
| Os DEANE | 4 | C | 4 | Claude McFAYDEN | ||||
| Albert BROOMHAM (c) | 5 | W | 5 | James SPEIRS | ||||
| Sydney McFARLANE | 6 | FE | 6 | Claude WALLIS | ||||
| Alfred DALE | 7 | HB | 7 | Ray GORMLEY | ||||
| John HUGGINS | 8 | L | 8 | Ted MEAD | ||||
| J WHITMAN | 9 | 2R | 9 | Ed COURTNEY | ||||
| Arthur BOLLARD | 10 | 2R | 10 | Robert ELLIS | ||||
| Frank COURTNEY | 11 | FR | 11 | Charles LUHR | ||||
| Sam KING | 12 | HK | 12 | William ELLIOTT | ||||
| Joe KENDALL | 13 | FR | 13 | James SANDY | ||||
Team Info
North Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Glebe
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. Balmain
- Out:
- Linden McDougall (fullback), Bill Maher (wing), Harry Sandow (hooker)
- In:
- Bill Whitfield (fullback), Os Deane (centre), Sam King (hooker)
- Changes:
- Aney Morris (centre to wing), Alfred Dale (five-eighth to halfback), Sydney McFarlane (halfback to five-eighth), Arthur Bollard (front row to second row), Frank Courtney (second row to front row), John Huggins (second row to lock), J Whitman (lock to second row)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 4 vs. Balmain
- Next Game:
- Round 6 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Alex Halling (wing), Lawrence Duncan (hooker), Horace Herington (second row), Charles Blake (bench)
- In:
- James Speirs (wing), William Elliott (hooker), Charles Luhr (front row)
- Changes:
- Bill Medcalf (fullback to wing), Ray Gormley (centre to halfback), Tom Phelan (wing to fullback), Claude McFayden (halfback to centre), Ted Mead (front row to lock), Robert Ellis (lock to second row)
Match Notes
Two newspapers list a C Lewis or G Lewis as playing for Wests but appears it was in fact Charles Luhr as no one called Lewis played any lower grade games for Wests in 1909.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron

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