City vs Country (Firsts) 1944

New South Wales City Firsts 17 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 10

City vs Country (Firsts) 1944

New South Wales City Firsts
17
10
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22200
Status Completed
Date Monday, 12th June, 1944
Kick Off 3:10 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Jnr
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 23,300
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 8
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Arthur CLUES T    
Sid GOODWIN      
Norm JACOBSON      
 
Tom KIRK 4 G 3 Merv DENTON
      2 V CRONIN
 
Frank FARRELL OFF Frank BELL
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Tom KIRK
[Newtown]
1 FB 1 F BALL
[Souths Newcastle]
Arthur PATTON (c)
[Balmain]
2 W 2 Merv DENTON (c)
Tom BOURKE
[Balmain]
3 C 3 V CRONIN
Norm JACOBSON
[Newtown]
4 C 4 Viv MADGE
[Kurri Kurri]
Sid GOODWIN
[Newtown]
5 W 5 Fred BROWN
[Wests Newcastle]
 
Wally O'CONNELL
[Eastern Suburbs]
6 FE 6 C HOLLINGSWORTH
Billy THOMPSON
[Souths]
7 HB 7 Jack RUSSELL
[Western Suburbs]
 
Frank FARRELL
[Newtown]
8 L 8 Fred MULLARD
George WATT
[Balmain]
9 2R 9 Jack WILLIAMS
[Eastern Suburbs]
Laurie DORAN
[North Sydney]
10 2R 10 Frank BELL
Herb NARVO
[Newtown]
11 FR 11 G PEAT
Jim ARMSTRONG
[Souths]
12 HK 12 O RUSSELL
Arthur CLUES
[Western Suburbs]
13 FR 13 F BEAZLEY
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1943 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1945 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Tim Allen (fullback), Merv Denton (wing), Tommy Kaine (centre), Frank Collins (wing), Alby McAndrew (halfback), Jack Hampstead (front row), Gerald Scully (hooker), Harry Pierce (front row), Jack Walsh (second row), Herb Gilbert (second row)
In:
Tom Kirk (fullback), Arthur Patton (wing), Norm Jacobson (centre), Sid Goodwin (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Arthur Clues (front row), Jim Armstrong (hooker), Herb Narvo (front row), Laurie Doran (second row), George Watt (second row)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1943 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1945 - vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
O Screen (fullback), R Gill (wing), Joe Jorgenson (centre), L Taylor (centre), W Richardson (wing), Les Doyle (five-eighth), Jack Hutchinson (front row), Harry Bailey (hooker), C Russell (front row), F Johnson (second row), Alf Gibbs (lock)
In:
F Ball (fullback), Merv Denton (wing), V Cronin (centre), Viv Madge (centre), Fred Brown (wing), C Hollingsworth (five-eighth), F Beazley (front row), O Russell (hooker), G Peat (front row), Jack Williams (second row), Fred Mullard (lock)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson