City Cup 1918

Western Suburbs Magpies 18 def. Newtown 8

Match Info

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26899
Date
Saturday, 24th August, 1918
Status
Completed
Kick Off
3:15 PM (local time)
Referee
Tom McMahon Snr
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney)
Crowd
25,000

Team Info

Western Suburbs

Previous Game:
City Cup 1918 - Semi Final vs. Glebe
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Roy Bossi (second row)
In:
Joe Reidy (front row)
Changes:
Harold Leddy (front row to hooker), Jack Redmond (hooker to second row)

Newtown

Previous Game:
City Cup 1918 - Semi Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
n/a

No changes.

Western Suburbs
Magpies
18 8
Newtown

Match Stats

Halftime Score 10 3

Match Scoresheet

Albert JOHNSTON T William GILLESPIE
Harold LEDDY   Jim McCUE
Clarrie PRENTICE      
Dick VEST      
 
A McPHERSON 3/6 G 1/1 George BAIN
      0/1 J LEONARD

Teams

Athol WHITE 1 FB 1 Arthur BEED
Dick VEST 2 W 2 William COCKBURN
P BURNS 3 C 3 Robert COCKBURN
Herb GILBERT (c) 4 C 4 George BAIN (c)
Wally COLLINS 5 W 5 Paul BOYS
 
A McPHERSON 6 FE 6 William GILLESPIE
Albert JOHNSTON 7 HB 7 J LEONARD
 
Ed COURTNEY 13 L 13 Felix RYAN
Jack REDMOND 9 2R 12 Eddie HILLIARD
Clarrie PRENTICE 11 2R 11 Jim McCUE
William JOASS 10 FR 10 Dick TOWNSEND
Harold LEDDY 12 HK 9 Henry DEEBLE
Joe REIDY 13 FR 8 George CLAMBACK

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

 
 

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson