Match - Saturday 2 May, 1908
Eastern Suburbs 18 def. Cumberland (AUS) 4
| 1908 Cumberland Trial Match | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30087 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 2nd May, 1908 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Fred Henlen | |||||||
| Venue | RAS Showground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,000 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Cumberland (AUS) | ||||||
| Horrie MILLER | 2 | T | ||||||
| Herb BRACKENREG | ||||||||
| Harry FLEGG | ||||||||
| Lou JONES | 3 | G | 2 | Harry BLOOMFIELD | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Cumberland (AUS) | ||||||
| Fred FRY | 1 | FB | 1 | Harry BLOOMFIELD (c) | ||||
| Dan FRAWLEY | 2 | W | 2 | F WRIGHT | ||||
| Horrie MILLER | 3 | C | 3 | Alex HALLING | ||||
| Percy MacNAMARA | 4 | C | 4 | Jack CRIBB | ||||
| William SMITH | 5 | W | 5 | Tom KEATING | ||||
| David BROWN | 6 | FE | 6 | S MARSHALL | ||||
| Lou D'ALPUGET | 7 | HB | 7 | George CRIBB | ||||
| Bob MABLE | 8 | L | 8 | Albert ABBOTT | ||||
| Lou JONES | 9 | 2R | 9 | Michael TRACEY | ||||
| Harry FLEGG (c) | 10 | 2R | 10 | Richard CASEY | ||||
| Herb BRACKENREG | 11 | FR | 11 | Francis O'GRADY | ||||
| Sandy PEARCE | 12 | HK | 12 | Alfred HARRIS | ||||
| Mick FRAWLEY | 13 | FR | 13 | G ELLIOTT | ||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 1 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Round 3 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Johnno Stuntz (wing), Albert Rosenfeld (five-eighth), Larry O'Malley (second row)
- In:
- Percy MacNamara (centre), Mick Frawley (front row)
- Changes:
- William Smith (centre to wing), David Brown (centre to five-eighth), Harry Flegg (front row to second row), Horrie Miller (bench to centre)
Cumberland (AUS)
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Round 2 vs. South Sydney
Match Notes
This was an exhibition match played after the first round had been completed to determine if Cumberland would be a competitive enough side to earn an inclusion into the remainder of the 1908 competition.
The referee of this game was originally going to be Tom Costello. The NSW Referee on 6/5/1908 states that he "failed to put in an appearance on Saturday, and Mr. F. Henlen refereed".
Sydney's Sun newspaper reported the halftime score as 5-nil to Easts. It reports that Horrie Miller scored a double either side of the break, both of which were converted. Brackenreg scored an unconverted try to make it 13-nil, followed by Flegg's try to take the score to 18-nil before Harry Bloomfield's goals for Cumberland, the second of which was a "beautiful goal piloted from near halfway," so it may have been a field goal.
The 5-nil halftime score is also reported by the Australian Star newspaper.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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