Game 8
Leigh 14 def. Australia 11
| 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour Game 8 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22145 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 28th October, 1908 | |||||||
| Referee | WJ McCutcheon | |||||||
| Venue | Mather Lane (Leigh) | |||||||
| Crowd | 6,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 8 | |||||
| Leigh | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Herbert BENNETT | T | Jim ABERCROMBIE | ||||||
| Sam JOHNSON | Dan FRAWLEY | |||||||
| Bob NEVILLE | Larry O'MALLEY | |||||||
| Billy SMITH | ||||||||
| Ellis CLARKSON | G | 1/4 | Dally MESSENGER | |||||
| Leigh | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Ellis CLARKSON (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Mick BOLEWSKI | ||||
| Sam JOHNSON | 2 | W | 2 | Dally MESSENGER (c) [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Tom JOHNSON | 3 | C | 3 | Andy MORTON [North Sydney] | ||||
| Herbert BENNETT | 4 | C | 4 | Jim DEVEREUX [North Sydney] | ||||
| Bob NEVILLE | 5 | W | 5 | Dan FRAWLEY [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Robert BATE | 6 | FE | 6 | Arthur HALLOWAY [Glebe] | ||||
| Sam WHITTAKER | 7 | HB | 7 | Sid DEANE [North Sydney] | ||||
| Paddy O'NEILL | 8 | FR | 8 | Larry O'MALLEY [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Aaron LEE | 9 | HK | 9 | Jim ABERCROMBIE [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Billy SMITH | 10 | FR | 10 | Sandy PEARCE [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Billy WINSTANLEY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Tom McCABE [Glebe] | ||||
| Herbert WOODS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ed COURTNEY [Newtown] | ||||
| Dick GALLOP | 13 | L | 13 | Billy CANN [South Sydney] | ||||
Team Info
Leigh
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 8 vs. Treherbert
- Next Game:
- Match Day 9 vs. Widnes
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 7 vs. Cumberland
- Next Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 9 vs. Dewsbury
- Out:
- Bill Heidke (wing), Arthur Butler (halfback), Johnny Rosewell (hooker), Jim Davis (second row), Pat Walsh (lock)
- In:
- Dan Frawley (wing), Arthur Halloway (five-eighth), Jim Abercrombie (hooker), Sandy Pearce (front row), Billy Cann (lock)
- Changes:
- Sid Deane (five-eighth to halfback), Ed Courtney (front row to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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