Game 27
Wigan 10 def. Australia 7
| 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour Game 27 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22164 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th January, 1909 | |||||||
| Referee | H Farrar | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 3 | – | 7 | |||||
| Wigan | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Bert JENKINS | T | Pat WALSH | ||||||
| Jim LEYTHAM | ||||||||
| Jim LEYTHAM | 2 | G | 2 | Dally MESSENGER | ||||
| OFF | Larry O'MALLEY | |||||||
| Wigan | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Jim SHARROCK | 1 | FB | 1 | Mick BOLEWSKI | ||||
| Jim LEYTHAM | 2 | W | 2 | Dally MESSENGER (c) [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Bert JENKINS | 3 | C | 3 | Sid DEANE [North Sydney] | ||||
| Lance TODD | 4 | C | 4 | Jim DEVEREUX | ||||
| Joe MILLER | 5 | W | 5 | Bill HEIDKE | ||||
| Edmund JONES | 6 | FE | 6 | Ernest ANLEZARK | ||||
| Jack PRESCOTT | 7 | HB | 7 | Arthur HALLOWAY | ||||
| Dick RAMSDALE | 8 | FR | 8 | Larry O'MALLEY | ||||
| Walter CHEETHAM | 9 | HK | 9 | Jim ABERCROMBIE [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Dick SILCOCK | 10 | FR | 10 | Sandy PEARCE [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| Jimmy BLEARS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Ed COURTNEY [Newtown] | ||||
| Howell DE FRANCIS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Tom McCABE [Glebe] | ||||
| Jack BARTON | 13 | L | 13 | Pat WALSH [Newcastle] | ||||
Team Info
Wigan
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 20 vs. Leigh
- Next Game:
- Match Day 22 vs. Broughton Rangers
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 26 vs. Widnes
- Next Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 28 vs. Batley
- Out:
- Charlie Hedley (fullback), Dan Frawley (wing), Arthur Butler (halfback), Robert Graves (front row), Arthur Hennessy (hooker), Billy Cann (lock)
- In:
- Mick Bolewski (fullback), Jim Devereux (centre), Arthur Halloway (halfback), Larry O'Malley (front row), Jim Abercrombie (hooker), Pat Walsh (lock)
- Changes:
- Dally Messenger (centre to wing)
Match Notes
Played in drizzling rain and thick fog which made it almost impossible to follow the game from the sidelines.
O'Malley was sent off just before fulltime for a dangerous tackle on Blears.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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