NSWRFL 1909

Round 5

North Sydney 8 drew with Western Suburbs Magpies 8

NSWRFL 1909
Round 5

North Sydney
8
8 Western Suburbs
Magpies
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/8233
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 29th May, 1909
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Harry Poulton
Venue Wentworth (Sydney)
Crowd 100
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 0
North Sydney Scoresheet Western Suburbs
S 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
S 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
A DALE 7 HB 7 Ray GORMLEY
 
J 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
S 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:
L McDougall (fullback), W Maher (wing), C Sandow (hooker)
In:
Bill Whitfield (fullback), Os Deane (centre), S King (hooker)
Changes:
Aney Morris (centre to wing), A 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), J 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:
Albert 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.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron