City Cup 1912

Game 1

South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 def. Eastern Suburbs 10

City Cup 1912
Game 1
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
21
10
Eastern Suburbs
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26851
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 31st August, 1912
Referee Tom McMahon Snr
Venue Sports Ground (Sydney)
Crowd 11,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 5
Souths Scoresheet Eastern Suburbs
Charlie COLLIER T Eddie GRIFFITHS
Harold HORDER   Larry O'MALLEY
Arthur McCABE      
 
Harold HORDER 6 G 2 Dally MESSENGER
Souths Teams Eastern Suburbs
Os BROWN 1 FB 1 Fred KINGHORN
Charlie COLLIER 2 W 2 Eddie WHITE
Alfred SMITH 3 C 3 Dally MESSENGER (c)
Harold HORDER 4 C 4 Wally MESSENGER
Jack LEVESON 5 W 5 William SMITH
 
Arthur McCABE 6 FE 6 Barney DALTON
Arthur BUTLER (c) 7 HB 7 Harold CORBETT
 
Harry NICHOLLS 8 L 8 Percy WHITE
Harry THOMSON 9 2R 9 Charlie LEES
Roy ALMOND 10 2R 10 William DALTON
Eddie HILLIARD 11 FR 11 Eddie GRIFFITHS
Owen McCARTHY 12 HK 12 Sandy PEARCE
Harry BUTLER 13 FR 13 Larry O'MALLEY
   
 

Team Info

Souths

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Glebe
Next Game:
City Cup 1912 - Semi Final vs. North Sydney
Out:
Ed Rigney (fullback), George Maidment (halfback), Perce Hale (front row), Jim Davis (second row), Bill Spence (second row)
In:
Alfred Smith (centre), Jack Leveson (wing), Owen McCarthy (hooker), Eddie Hilliard (front row), Roy Almond (second row)
Changes:
Os Brown (wing to fullback), Arthur Butler (centre to halfback), Harry Nicholls (front row to lock), Harry Thomson (hooker to second row), Harry Butler (lock to front row)

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Tom Bruce (wing)
In:
Dally Messenger (centre)
Changes:
Barney Dalton (wing to five-eighth), William Smith (centre to wing), Eddie White (five-eighth to wing), Percy White (front row to lock), Charlie Lees (hooker to second row), William Dalton (front row to second row), Eddie Griffiths (second row to front row), Sandy Pearce (second row to hooker), Larry O'Malley (lock to front row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson