City Cup 1916

Game 1

Eastern Suburbs 19 def. Balmain Tigers 3

City Cup 1916
Game 1

Eastern Suburbs
19
3 Balmain
Tigers
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26879
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 29th July, 1916
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Arthur Farrow
Venue RAS Showground (Sydney)
Crowd 8,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 3
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet Balmain
Les CUBITT 2 T Jack ROBINSON
Bob WILLIAMS      
 
Wally MESSENGER 5/6 G    
Eastern Suburbs Teams Balmain
George CHALLIS 1 FB 1 Lyall WALL
Wally MESSENGER 2 W 2 Jim CRAIG
Les CUBITT 3 C 3 Jack ROBINSON
Herb GILBERT 4 C 4 Charles FRASER
Reginald McKELLAR 5 W 5 George POTTER
 
Harry CAPLES 6 FE 6 Albert JOHNSTON
Francis MALE 7 HB 7 Arthur HALLOWAY (c)
 
Bob WILLIAMS 8 L 8 Edward BURNICLE
Sandy PEARCE 9 2R 9 D CRANSTON
Charlie LEES 10 2R 10 Alf FRASER
Jim DUFFY 11 FR 11 Bill SCHULTZ
Percy WHITE 12 HK 12 Horace BALKWELL
Jack WATKINS (c) 13 FR 13 Robert CRAIG
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
City Cup 1916 - Semi Final vs. North Sydney
Out:
Charles Barker (wing)
In:
Les Cubitt (centre)
Changes:
Reginald McKellar (centre to wing), Bob Williams (front row to lock), Sandy Pearce (hooker to second row), Charlie Lees (front row to second row), Jim Duffy (second row to front row), Percy White (second row to hooker), Jack Watkins (lock to front row)

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Souths
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
D Stewart (second row)
In:
Horace Balkwell (hooker)
Changes:
Edward Burnicle (front row to lock), D Cranston (hooker to second row), Alf Fraser (front row to second row), Bill Schultz (second row to front row), Robert Craig (lock to front row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson