Semi Final
Balmain Tigers 8 def. Western Suburbs Magpies 7
| NSWRFL 1948 Semi Final |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/10633 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 28th August, 1948 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 4:00 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | George Bishop (Goulburn) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 25,907 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 2 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Jack HAMPSTEAD | T | Kevin HANSEN | ||||||
| Jack SPENCER | ||||||||
| Tom BOURKE | G | 2 | Bill KEATO | |||||
| Balmain | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Dave PARKINSON | 1 | FB | 1 | Bill KEATO | ||||
| Arthur PATTON | 2 | W | 2 | Pat LEAL | ||||
| Tom BOURKE (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Eric BENNETT | ||||
| George WILLIAMS | 4 | C | 4 | Lindsay RODDA | ||||
| Leo NOSWORTHY | 5 | W | 5 | Col HUDSON | ||||
| Bill SNEDDON | 6 | FE | 6 | Frank STANMORE | ||||
| Des BRYAN | 7 | HB | 7 | Neville HOGAN | ||||
| Jack HAMPSTEAD | 8 | L | 8 | Peter McLEAN | ||||
| Sid RYAN | 9 | 2R | 9 | Bernie PURCELL | ||||
| Pat MADDEN | 10 | 2R | 10 | Kevin HANSEN | ||||
| Jack SPENCER | 11 | FR | 11 | Jack WALSH (c) | ||||
| Bob CRANE | 12 | HK | 12 | Bill BROWN | ||||
| Jim THOMSON | 13 | FR | 13 | Bill HORDER | ||||
| Athol SMITH | HC | Jeff SMITH | ||||||
Team Info
Balmain
- Previous Game:
- Round 18 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Next Game:
- Final vs. St George
- Out:
- Mitchell Wallace (wing), Hilton Kidd (front row)
- In:
- Bill Sneddon (five-eighth), Jim Thomson (front row)
- Changes:
- Leo Nosworthy (centre to wing), George Williams (five-eighth to centre)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 18 vs. Newtown
- Next Game:
- Grand Final Chall. vs. Balmain
- Out:
- Jack Lackey (wing)
- In:
- Pat Leal (wing)
Match Notes
Scheduled for 3:15pm kick off but started late due to the Reserve Grade Semi-Final going into extra-time.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson