Lions Tour 1928 Series

Game 4

New South Wales Firsts 22 def. England (GB) 7

Lions Tour 1928

New South Wales Firsts
22
7
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30592
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 9th June, 1928
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee William Neill (Sydney)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 37,700
Match Stats
Halftime Score 17 5
NSW Firsts Scoresheet England (GB)
Eric FREESTONE T Alec FILDES
Pat MAHER      
George TREWEEK      
Charlie YORK      
 
Eric FREESTONE 4 G 2 Jim SULLIVAN
 
Harry KADWELL FG    
NSW Firsts Teams England (GB)
Harry KADWELL
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Jim SULLIVAN
Cliff PEARCE 2 W 2 Alf ELLABY
Pat MAHER (c)
[Souths]
3 C 3 Jim BROUGH
Nelson HARDY
[Eastern Suburbs]
4 C 4 Jack EVANS (c)
Eric FREESTONE 5 W 5 Emlyn GWYNNE
 
Jerry BRIEN
[Western Suburbs]
6 FE 6 Billo REES
Joe BUSCH
[Eastern Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Bryn EVANS
 
Charlie YORK 8 FR 8 Frank BOWEN
Arthur JUSTICE
[St George]
9 HK 9 Nat BENTHAM
Harry CAVANOUGH
[Souths]
10 FR 10 Billy WILLIAMS
Norman QUINN 11 2R 11 Bill HORTON
George TREWEEK
[Souths]
12 2R 12 Alec FILDES
Jack KINGSTON 13 L 13 Joe THOMPSON
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1928 - Game 3 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
NSW Tour 1928 - Game 1 vs. Northern Division
Out:
Benny Wearing (wing), Hugh Byrne (wing), Jack Dempsey (halfback), Bob Lindfield (hooker), Eddie Root (second row)
In:
Pat Maher (centre), Eric Freestone (wing), Joe Busch (halfback), Arthur Justice (hooker), Jack Kingston (lock)
Changes:
Cliff Pearce (centre to wing), Norman Quinn (lock to second row)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1928 - Game 3 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1928 - Game 5 vs. Far North Coast
Out:
Mel Rosser (centre), Alf Frodsham (wing), Jonty Parkin (halfback), Ben Halfpenny (lock)
In:
Jim Brough (centre), Emlyn Gwynne (wing), Bryn Evans (halfback), Frank Bowen (front row)
Changes:
Joe Thompson (front row to lock)

Match Notes

Alf Ellaby left the field at halftime with a leg injury and was not replaced.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson