Australia vs New Zealand 1908 Series

Game 1

Australia 10 lost to New Zealand 11

Australia vs New Zealand 1908

Australia
10
11
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/4166
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 9th May, 1908
Referee Tom Costello
Venue RAS Showground (Sydney)
Crowd 20,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 11
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Denis LUTGE T 2 Richard WYNYARD
Albert ROSENFELD   Albert BASKERVILLE
 
Dally MESSENGER 2 G Hubert TURTILL
 
    OFF William JOHNSTON
Australia Teams New Zealand
Charlie HEDLEY
[Glebe]
1 FB 1 Hubert TURTILL (c)
Frank CHEADLE
[Newtown]
2 W 2 Albert BASKERVILLE
Jim DEVEREUX
[North Sydney]
3 C 3 Edgar WRIGLEY
Dally MESSENGER 4 C 4 William TYLER
Doug McLEAN 5 W 5 Arthur KELLY
 
Albert ROSENFELD
[Eastern Suburbs]
6 FE 6 John BARBER
Mick DORE 7 HB 7 Richard WYNYARD
 
Arthur HENNESSY (c)
[Souths]
8 FR 8 Charlie PEARCE
Tom McCABE
[Glebe]
9 HK 9 William TREVARTHEN
Bob TUBMAN 10 FR 10 William MACKRELL
Denis LUTGE
[North Sydney]
11 2R 11 Con BYRNE
Robert GRAVES
[Balmain]
12 2R 12 Thomas CROSS
Johnny ROSEWELL
[Souths]
13 L 13 William JOHNSTON
 
Lou JONES
[Eastern Suburbs]
14 B    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1908 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand

New Zealand

Previous Game:
All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 43 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 45 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
William Wynyard (wing), Harold Rowe (centre), Dan Gilchrist (front row), Hercules Wright (lock)
In:
Edgar Wrigley (centre), William Johnston (lock)
Changes:
John Barber (wing to five-eighth), Richard Wynyard (five-eighth to halfback), Arthur Kelly (halfback to wing), Charlie Pearce (hooker to front row), William Trevarthen (second row to hooker), Thomas Cross (bench to second row), Albert Baskerville (bench to wing)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin