City Cup 1918

Game 1

Balmain Tigers 4 lost to Newtown 10

City Cup 1918
Game 1
Balmain
Tigers
4
10
Newtown
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26894
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 10th August, 1918
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Arthur Farrow
Venue Birchgrove (Sydney)
Crowd 3,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 5
Balmain Scoresheet Newtown
    T Dick TOWNSEND
 
    PT Felix RYAN
 
R MILLER 2/3 G 1/2 Paul BOYS
Charles FRASER 0/2   1/1 Jim LEONARD
Balmain Teams Newtown
Charles FRASER 1 FB 1 Arthur BEED
George POTTER 2 W 2 William COCKBURN
Jack ROBINSON 3 C 3 Robert COCKBURN
George CHALLIS 4 C 4 George BAIN (c)
Jimmy LOVE 5 W 5 Paul BOYS
 
R PROUST 6 FE 6 William GILLESPIE
Arthur HALLOWAY (c) 7 HB 7 Jim LEONARD
 
R MILLER 8 L 8 Felix RYAN
G KENSEY 9 2R 9 Eddie HILLIARD
Alf FRASER 10 2R 10 Jim McCUE
Bill SCHULTZ 11 FR 11 Dick TOWNSEND
Billy RYAN 12 HK 12 Henry DEEBLE
Edward BURNICLE 13 FR 13 George CLAMBACK
 
    B 14 Percy LUSCOMBE
    B 15 W LAWRENCE
 
Arthur HALLOWAY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Eastern Suburbs
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
George Robinson (centre), Horace Watt (hooker)
In:
Jimmy Love (wing), G Kensey (second row)
Changes:
George Challis (fullback to centre), R Proust (wing to five-eighth), Charles Fraser (five-eighth to fullback), R Miller (front row to lock), Alf Fraser (front row to second row), Bill Schultz (second row to front row), Billy Ryan (second row to hooker), Edward Burnicle (lock to front row)

Newtown

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. Souths
Next Game:
City Cup 1918 - Semi Final vs. Eastern Suburbs
Out:
Gordon Bennett (centre)
In:
Percy Luscombe (bench), W Lawrence (bench)
Changes:
George Bain (five-eighth to centre), Felix Ryan (front row to lock), Eddie Hilliard (hooker to second row), Jim McCue (front row to second row), Dick Townsend (second row to front row), Henry Deeble (second row to hooker), George Clamback (lock to front row), William Gillespie (bench to five-eighth)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson