All Blacks Tour 1921 Series

Game 1

New South Wales Firsts 56 def. New Zealand 9

All Blacks Tour 1921

New South Wales Firsts
56
9
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30582
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th June, 1921
Kick Off 3:20 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Snr
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 50,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 30 2
NSW Firsts Scoresheet New Zealand
Cec BLINKHORN 3 T Bert AVERY
Frank BURGE 2      
Harry CAPLES 2      
Jack ROBINSON 2      
Jim CRAIG      
Frank RULE      
Duncan THOMPSON      
 
Jim CRAIG 6 G 3 Bill DAVIDSON
Frank BURGE 4      
NSW Firsts Teams New Zealand
Ted TAPLIN
[North Sydney]
1 FB 1 Frank DELGROSSO
Cec BLINKHORN
[North Sydney]
2 W 2 Bill DAVIDSON
Jim CRAIG
[Balmain]
3 C 3 Charles WOOLLEY
Frank RULE
[North Sydney]
4 C 4 Billy WILSON
Jack ROBINSON
[Balmain]
5 W 5 Bert LAING
 
Harry CAPLES
[Eastern Suburbs]
6 FE 6 Horace NUNN
Duncan THOMPSON (c)
[North Sydney]
7 HB 7 Clarence POLSON
 
Frank BURGE
[Glebe]
8 FR 8 Abbie SHADBOLT
Sandy PEARCE
[Eastern Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Henry TANCRED (c)
Bill SCHULTZ
[Balmain]
10 FR 10 Bert AVERY
Ted McGRATH
[South Sydney]
11 2R 11 Bill WILLIAMS
Bert GRAY
[Glebe]
12 2R 12 Wally SOMERS
Jack WATKINS
[Eastern Suburbs]
13 L 13 Stan WALTERS
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1921 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. NSW Seconds
Out:
Charles Fraser (fullback), Harold Horder (wing), Cecil Seddon (centre), Jim Flattery (centre), Rex Norman (wing), Roderick Hodgins (five-eighth), Albert Johnston (halfback), Jack Ives (front row), Horace Watt (hooker), Felix Ryan (front row), John Pye (second row), Clarrie Prentice (second row), Reg Latta (lock)
In:
Ted Taplin (fullback), Cec Blinkhorn (wing), Jim Craig (centre), Frank Rule (centre), Jack Robinson (wing), Harry Caples (five-eighth), Duncan Thompson (halfback), Frank Burge (front row), Sandy Pearce (hooker), Bill Schultz (front row), Ted McGrath (second row), Bert Gray (second row), Jack Watkins (lock)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs England 1920 - Game 3 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
All Blacks Tour 1921 - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Billy Mitchell (fullback), Karl Ifwersen (wing), Jim Sanders (centre), Eric Grey (wing), Thomas McClymont (five-eighth), William Stormont (front row), Joe Bennett (second row), Nelson Bass (lock), Stanley Dobson (bench)
In:
Frank Delgrosso (fullback), Bill Davidson (wing), Billy Wilson (centre), Bert Laing (wing), Horace Nunn (five-eighth), Abbie Shadbolt (front row), Henry Tancred (hooker), Bill Williams (second row)
Changes:
Stan Walters (front row to lock), Wally Somers (hooker to second row), Bert Avery (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson