Round 8
Western Suburbs Magpies 16 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 11
| NSWRFL 1917 Round 8 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
– |
|
||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/8685 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 23rd June, 1917 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | St Luke's (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 6 | |||||
| Western Suburbs | Scoresheet | South Sydney | ||||||
| Frank HOLT | 2 | T | Gordon VAUGHAN | |||||
| Herb GILBERT | ||||||||
| Alexander McPHERSON | ||||||||
| Alexander McPHERSON | 2 | G | 4 | George LUCAS | ||||
| OFF | Harold HORDER | |||||||
| Western Suburbs | Teams | South Sydney | ||||||
| Athol WHITE | 1 | FB | 1 | J KEARNS | ||||
| Dick VEST | 2 | W | 2 | Gordon VAUGHAN | ||||
| Clarrie PRENTICE | 3 | C | 3 | Albert PHELPS | ||||
| Herb GILBERT (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Clarrie HORDER | ||||
| Arthur CARROLL | 5 | W | 5 | Harold HORDER | ||||
| Alexander McPHERSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Alf BLAIR | ||||
| Alf BOSSI | 7 | HB | 7 | George McGOWAN (c) | ||||
| George GAGEN | 8 | L | 8 | Rex NORMAN | ||||
| Harold LEDDY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Owen McCARTHY | ||||
| Frank HOLT | 10 | 2R | 10 | Eddie HILLEARD | ||||
| Jack REDMOND | 11 | FR | 11 | Bill GROVES | ||||
| Ed COURTNEY | 12 | HK | 12 | Arthur OXFORD | ||||
| William JOASS | 13 | FR | 13 | George LUCAS | ||||
Team Info
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 7 vs. Glebe
- Next Game:
- Round 9 vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Tom McCauley (wing), Hector Lee (second row)
- In:
- Athol White (fullback), George Gagen (lock)
- Changes:
- Dick Vest (fullback to wing), Harold Leddy (lock to second row)
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 7 vs. Balmain
- Next Game:
- Round 9 vs. Annandale
- Out:
- Wally Dymant (fullback), William Bruce (wing), Jim Breen (centre), John Kerwick (front row), George Moore (front row)
- In:
- J Kearns (fullback), Gordon Vaughan (wing), Albert Phelps (centre), George Lucas (front row), Bill Groves (front row)
Match Notes
Both teams played an extra back with 5 forwards Gagan for Wests & Norman for Souths both played as an extra 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, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann

Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.