NSWRFL 1920

Round 14

Western Suburbs Magpies 29 def. Eastern Suburbs 5

NSWRFL 1920
Round 14
Western Suburbs
Magpies
29
5
Eastern Suburbs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/8878
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th August, 1920
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Bill Finegan
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Match Stats
Halftime Score 18 2
Western Suburbs Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Herb GILBERT 2 T Charles STEEL
Paddy BURNS      
Wally COLLINS      
Frank GRAY      
Henry TANCRED      
Lyall WALL      
 
Lyall WALL 3 G Jim CROWELL
Clarrie PRENTICE      
Western Suburbs Teams Eastern Suburbs
Athol WHITE 1 FB 1 Fred HUME
Lyall WALL 2 W 2 Les ARTHUR
Herb GILBERT (c) 3 C 3 Jim CROWELL
Paddy BURNS 4 C 4 Edward CONNERTON
Wally COLLINS 5 W 5 Tommy BURNS
 
Frank GRAY 6 FE 6 Harry CAPLES
Alf BOSSI 7 HB 7 Sid KAUFMANN
 
Clarrie TYE 8 L 8 Stan KING
Clarrie PRENTICE 9 2R 9 A.J. THOMPSON
William JOASS 10 2R 10 Bill CAMERON
Henry TANCRED 11 FR 11 Bob WILLIAMS
Harold LEDDY 12 HK 12 E WARD
Ed COURTNEY 13 FR 13 Charlie LEES (c)
 
    B 14 Charles STEEL
   
 

Team Info

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 13 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
Round 15 vs. Balmain
Out:
Dick Vest (wing), Gordon Stettler (centre), A McPherson (five-eighth), George McGowan (halfback)
In:
Paddy Burns (centre), Frank Gray (five-eighth), Alf Bossi (halfback)
Changes:
Lyall Wall (fullback to wing), Athol White (bench to fullback)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 13 vs. Glebe
Next Game:
Round 15 vs. Annandale
Out:
Rex Norman (fullback), Sandy Pearce (hooker), Jim Duffy (second row)
In:
Jim Crowell (centre), Edward Connerton (centre), E Ward (hooker), Charles Steel (bench)
Changes:
Sid Kaufmann (centre to halfback), Fred Hume (centre to fullback), A.J. Thompson (halfback to second row)

Match Notes

Alan Katzmann notes that the SMH, Sunday Times and Evening News have named Sandy Pearce as hooker for this match. Pearce was also in the originally selected line-up that appears in Rugby League News. However, it appears that S. Ward, who was to play two City Cup games for Easts in 1921, was a late replacement for Pearce, not picked up by a number of papers. However, 'The Referee' did pick it up.

There are a couple of references to Easts’ team being almost unrecognisable from the one that started the season and one of the reports made that point specifically about the forward pack. If Pearce did play, the front row of Williams, Pearce and Lees would not have been any different from the regular line-up.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash

Sources: Newspapers