City Cup 1918

Game 1

South Sydney Rabbitohs 5 lost to Glebe 8

City Cup 1918
Game 1
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
5
8
Glebe
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26893
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 10th August, 1918
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Snr
Venue RAS Showground (Sydney)
Crowd 15,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 0
South Sydney Scoresheet Glebe
Harold HORDER T Frank BURGE
      Albert WRIGHT
 
Harold HORDER 1/3 G 1/4 Alby BURGE
Arthur OXFORD 0/1      
South Sydney Teams Glebe
Howard HALLETT (c) 1 FB 1 Norm PROCTOR
Harold HORDER 2 W 2 Tom LEGGO
Bill ROWLEY 3 C 3 Mick SCANNELL
Gordon VAUGHAN 4 C 4 Dave BROLLY
Albert PHELPS 5 W 5 M CALLANAN
 
Alf BLAIR 6 FE 6 Eddie GALLAGHER
George McGOWAN 7 HB 7 Bill BENSON
 
John KERWICK 8 L 8 Sid PERT
Harold HOLMES 9 2R 9 Jack KNIGHT
Arthur OXFORD 10 2R 10 Ted SWINSON
Bill GROVES 11 FR 11 Arthur GRAY
Claud O'DONNELL 12 HK 12 Alby BURGE
George MOORE 13 FR 13 Frank BURGE (c)
 
Johnny TANDY 14 B 14 Albert WRIGHT
 
Arthur HENNESSY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Newtown
Next Game:
South Sydney Tour 1918 - Game 1 vs. Past Christian Bros
Out:
Clarrie Horder (centre), Vince Sheehan (wing)
In:
Gordon Vaughan (centre), Albert Phelps (wing), Johnny Tandy (bench)
Changes:
John Kerwick (front row to lock), Harold Holmes (hooker to second row), Arthur Oxford (front row to second row), Bill Groves (second row to front row), Claud O'Donnell (second row to hooker), George Moore (lock to front row)

Glebe

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
City Cup 1918 - Semi Final vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
Billy Splatt (five-eighth), Harold Angus (bench)
In:
Eddie Gallagher (five-eighth), Albert Wright (bench)
Changes:
Sid Pert (front row to lock), Jack Knight (hooker to second row), Ted Swinson (front row to second row), Arthur Gray (second row to front row), Alby Burge (second row to hooker), Frank Burge (lock to front row)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson