City Cup 1917

Balmain Tigers 14 def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 9

Info On Record

Champions
Balmain Tigers
No. Of Teams
8
No. Of Games
7
No. Of Players
114

Final

Match Info

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26892
Date
Saturday, 18th August, 1917
Status
Completed
Kick Off
3:15 PM (local time)
Referee
Tom McMahon Snr
Venue
Royal Agricultural Society Showground (Sydney)
Crowd
12,000

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
City Cup 1917 - Semi Final vs. Newtown
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Combined 1st
Out:
E Burnicle (hooker)
In:
Robert Craig (front row), George Potter (bench)
Changes:
Reg Latta (front row to hooker)

Souths

Previous Game:
City Cup 1917 - Semi Final vs. Western Suburbs
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
George Moore (hooker)
In:
George Lucas (hooker)
Balmain
Tigers
14 9 South Sydney
Rabbitohs

Match Stats

Halftime Score 7 6

Match Scoresheet

Paddy CONAGHAN T 2 Harold HORDER
Charles FRASER   Gordon VAUGHAN
 
R MILLER 4/6 G 0/1 George McGOWAN
      0/2 Arthur OXFORD

Teams

Lyall WALL 1 FB 1 Howard HALLETT
Jim CRAIG 2 W 2 Harold HORDER
Jack ROBINSON 3 C 3 Jim BREEN
Paddy CONAGHAN 4 C 4 John KERWICK
R PROUST 5 W 5 Gordon VAUGHAN
 
Charles FRASER (c) 6 FE 6 Alf BLAIR
George ROBINSON 7 HB 7 George McGOWAN (c)
 
R MILLER 8 L 13 Eddie HILLIARD
Horace WATT 9 2R 12 Arthur OXFORD
Alf FRASER 10 2R 11 Bill GROVES
Bill SCHULTZ 11 FR 10 Owen McCARTHY
Reg LATTA 12 HK 12 George LUCAS
Robert CRAIG 13 FR 8 Wally DYMANT
 
George POTTER 14 B    
 
Arthur HALLOWAY   COACH    

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

 
 

Match Notes

Dymant played 2nd five-eighth for Souths not lock as listed.

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson