Australia vs New Zealand 1909 Series

Game 1

Australia 11 lost to New Zealand 19

Australia vs New Zealand 1909

Australia
11
19
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/4169
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 12th June, 1909
Referee Charlie Hutchison
Venue RAS Showground (Sydney)
Crowd 7,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 9
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Mick BOLEWSKI T 3 Burt KING
Jim DAVIS   Con BYRNE
      Ronald MacDONALD
 
Mick BOLEWSKI PT    
 
Jim DAVIS G 2 Albert HOUSE
Australia Teams New Zealand
Fred WOOLLEY
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Albert HOUSE
Frank CHEADLE
[Newtown]
2 W 2 Gordon HOOKER
[Eastern Suburbs]
Mick BOLEWSKI 3 C 3 Harold ROWE
Arthur CONLIN
[Souths]
4 C 4 Ernie BUCKLAND
Dan FRAWLEY
[Eastern Suburbs]
5 W 5 Ronald MacDONALD
 
Arthur BUTLER
[Souths]
6 FE 6 Artie CARLAW
Arthur HALLOWAY
[Balmain]
7 HB 7 John BARBER (c)
 
Jim DAVIS
[Souths]
8 FR 8 Burt KING
Bill NOBLE
[Newtown]
9 HK 9 Con SULLIVAN
Larry O'MALLEY (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
10 FR 10 Con BYRNE (c)
Mick FRAWLEY
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 William TREVARTHEN
Billy CANN
[Souths]
12 2R 12 Jack SPENCER
Robert GRAVES
[Balmain]
13 L 13 Adam LILE
 
Albert BROOMHAM
[North Sydney]
14 B    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1909 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Charlie Hedley (fullback), Wilhelm Heidke (centre), Albert Rosenfeld (halfback), Sandy Pearce (hooker), Ed Courtney (second row), Arthur Hennessy (second row)
In:
Fred Woolley (fullback), Arthur Conlin (centre), Arthur Halloway (halfback), Jim Davis (front row), Mick Frawley (second row), Robert Graves (lock), Albert Broomham (bench)
Changes:
Bill Noble (front row to hooker), Billy Cann (front row to second row), Larry O'Malley (lock to front row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
All Blacks Tour 1909 - Game 3 vs. Metropolis
Next Game:
All Blacks Tour 1909 - Game 5 vs. Newcastle
Out:
Tom Houghton (centre), Patrick George (centre), Henry Knight (second row)
In:
Ronald MacDonald (wing), Artie Carlaw (five-eighth), Adam Lile (lock)
Changes:
Ernie Buckland (wing to centre), Harold Rowe (five-eighth to centre), Jack Spencer (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin