Game 1
Eastern Suburbs 5 lost to Balmain Tigers 11
| City Cup 1917 Game 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26886 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 4th August, 1917 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon Snr | |||||||
| Venue | RAS Showground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 3 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Balmain | ||||||
| Gordon WRIGHT | T | Edward BURNICLE | ||||||
| Robert CRAIG | ||||||||
| George POTTER | ||||||||
| Roy ADAMS | 1/2 | G | 1/1 | Jim CRAIG | ||||
| Ray NORMAN | 0/2 | 0/3 | Charles FRASER | |||||
| 0/1 | R MILLER | |||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Balmain | ||||||
| Dan FLANNERY | 1 | FB | 1 | Lyall WALL | ||||
| Harry CAPLES | 2 | W | 2 | Jim CRAIG | ||||
| Les CUBITT (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Jack ROBINSON | ||||
| Rex NORMAN | 4 | C | 4 | George POTTER | ||||
| Roy ADAMS | 5 | W | 5 | R PROUST | ||||
| Gordon WRIGHT | 6 | FE | 6 | Charles FRASER | ||||
| Ray NORMAN | 7 | HB | 7 | Arthur HALLOWAY (c) | ||||
| Bob WILLIAMS | 8 | L | 8 | R MILLER | ||||
| Sandy PEARCE | 9 | 2R | 9 | Horace WATT | ||||
| Charlie LEES | 10 | 2R | 10 | Alf FRASER | ||||
| Jim DUFFY | 11 | FR | 11 | Bill SCHULTZ | ||||
| Bob LINKLATER | 12 | HK | 12 | Edward BURNICLE | ||||
| William TIJOU | 13 | FR | 13 | Robert CRAIG | ||||
| B | 14 | Con CROGHAN | ||||||
| HC | Arthur HALLOWAY | |||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Annandale
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Wally Messenger (wing)
- In:
- Rex Norman (centre)
- Changes:
- Harry Caples (centre to wing), Bob Williams (front row to lock), Sandy Pearce (hooker to second row), Charlie Lees (front row to second row), Jim Duffy (second row to front row), Bob Linklater (second row to hooker), William Tijou (lock to front row)
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Semi Final vs. Newtown
- Out:
- Paddy Conaghan (wing), Reg Latta (centre), Albert Johnston (lock)
- In:
- Jim Craig (wing), George Potter (centre), Edward Burnicle (hooker), Con Croghan (bench)
- Changes:
- R Miller (front row to lock), Horace Watt (hooker to second row), Alf Fraser (front row to second row), Bill Schultz (second row to front row), Robert Craig (second row to front row)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson