Game 42
New South Wales Firsts 18 def. New Zealand 10
| All Blacks Tour 1907/08 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17217 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 2nd May, 1908 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Edward Hooper | |||||||
| Venue | RAS Showground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 7 | |||||
| NSW Firsts | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Frank CHEADLE | T | John BARBER | ||||||
| Johnno STUNTZ | Arthur KELLY | |||||||
| Dally MESSENGER | 6 | G | Hubert TURTILL | |||||
| FG | John BARBER | |||||||
| NSW Firsts | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Charlie HEDLEY [Glebe] |
1 | FB | 1 | Hubert TURTILL | ||||
| Johnno STUNTZ [Eastern Suburbs] |
2 | W | 2 | Edward TYNE | ||||
| Dally MESSENGER [Eastern Suburbs] |
3 | C | 3 | Harold ROWE | ||||
| Jim DEVEREUX [North Sydney] |
4 | C | 4 | Arthur KELLY | ||||
| Frank CHEADLE [Newtown] |
5 | W | 5 | John BARBER | ||||
| Albert ROSENFELD [Eastern Suburbs] |
6 | FE | 6 | Edgar WRIGLEY | ||||
| Arthur BUTLER [South Sydney] |
7 | HB | 7 | Richard WYNYARD | ||||
| Robert GRAVES [Balmain] |
8 | FR | 8 | William MACKRELL | ||||
| Denis LUTGE [North Sydney] |
9 | HK | 9 | Charlie PEARCE | ||||
| Jim DAVIS [South Sydney] |
10 | FR | 10 | Adam LILE | ||||
| Johnny ROSEWELL [South Sydney] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Thomas CROSS | ||||
| Larry O'MALLEY [Eastern Suburbs] |
12 | 2R | 12 | William JOHNSTON | ||||
| Arthur HENNESSY (c) [South Sydney] |
13 | L | 13 | Hercules WRIGHT (c) | ||||
Team Info
New South Wales Firsts
- Previous Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 43 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- David Brown (centre), Lou d'Alpuget (five-eighth), Arthur Halloway (halfback), Sandy Pearce (front row), Billy Cann (hooker), Harry Glanville (front row), Jim Abercrombie (second row), Harry Hamill (second row), Herb Brackenreg (lock), Bob Mable (bench)
- In:
- Johnno Stuntz (wing), Albert Rosenfeld (five-eighth), Arthur Butler (halfback), Denis Lutge (hooker), Jim Davis (front row), Johnny Rosewell (second row), Larry O'Malley (second row), Arthur Hennessy (lock)
- Changes:
- Jim Devereux (wing to centre), Robert Graves (bench to front row)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 41 vs. Northern Division
- Next Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 43 vs. NSW Firsts
- Out:
- William Wynyard (wing), Dally Messenger (centre), William Tyler (wing), Charles Dunning (front row), William Trevarthen (second row)
- In:
- Hubert Turtill (fullback), Arthur Kelly (centre), John Barber (wing), William Mackrell (front row), Adam Lile (front row)
- Changes:
- Edward Tyne (fullback to wing), Thomas Cross (front row to second row)
Match Notes
According to reports in Sydney's Sun newspaper, there were about 15,000 spectators present by the time this game kicked off. The Sunday Times also reported a crowd of 15,000, with 11,800 paying for admission. The Australian Star newspaper suggested the crowd was 10,000.
In the second half, shortly before Arthur Kelly's consolation try with the score at 18-7, one of the NZ forwards threw the ball at referee Ted Hooper and it hit him in the head. There was no action taken by the referee.
The Australian Star newspaper's report states that the last NZ try was scored in the corner by halfback Richard Wynyard. However, other newspapers suggest that Wynyard ran the ball from a scrum play to the blind side, giving the ball onto Arthur Kelly, who bumped off the NSW fullback in the act of scoring the try.
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Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin