Game 1
Australia 10 lost to New Zealand 11
| Australia vs New Zealand 1908 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/4166 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th May, 1908 | |||||||
| Referee | Tom Costello | |||||||
| Venue | RAS Showground (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 20,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 11 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Denis LUTGE | T | 2 | Richard WYNYARD | |||||
| Albert ROSENFELD | Albert BASKERVILLE | |||||||
| Dally MESSENGER | 2 | G | Hubert TURTILL | |||||
| OFF | William JOHNSTON | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Charlie HEDLEY [Glebe] |
1 | FB | 1 | Hubert TURTILL (c) | ||||
| Frank CHEADLE [Newtown] |
2 | W | 2 | Albert BASKERVILLE | ||||
| Jim DEVEREUX [North Sydney] |
3 | C | 3 | Edgar WRIGLEY | ||||
| Dally MESSENGER [Eastern Suburbs] |
4 | C | 4 | William TYLER | ||||
| Doug McLEAN | 5 | W | 5 | Arthur KELLY | ||||
| Albert ROSENFELD [Eastern Suburbs] |
6 | FE | 6 | John BARBER | ||||
| Mick DORE | 7 | HB | 7 | Richard WYNYARD | ||||
| Arthur HENNESSY (c) [South Sydney] |
8 | FR | 8 | Charlie PEARCE | ||||
| Tom McCABE [Glebe] |
9 | HK | 9 | William TREVARTHEN | ||||
| Bob TUBMAN | 10 | FR | 10 | William MACKRELL | ||||
| Denis LUTGE [North Sydney] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Con BYRNE | ||||
| Robert GRAVES [Balmain] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Thomas CROSS | ||||
| Johnny ROSEWELL [South Sydney] |
13 | L | 13 | William JOHNSTON | ||||
| Lou JONES [Eastern Suburbs] |
14 | B | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- Australia vs New Zealand 1908 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 43 vs. NSW Firsts
- Next Game:
- All Blacks Tour 1907/08 - Game 45 vs. QLD Firsts
- Out:
- William Wynyard (wing), Harold Rowe (centre), Dan Gilchrist (front row), Hercules Wright (lock)
- In:
- Edgar Wrigley (centre), William Johnston (lock)
- Changes:
- John Barber (wing to five-eighth), Richard Wynyard (five-eighth to halfback), Arthur Kelly (halfback to wing), Charlie Pearce (hooker to front row), William Trevarthen (second row to hooker), Thomas Cross (bench to second row), Albert Baskerville (bench to wing)
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Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash