Game 43
Merthyr Tydfil 15 def. Australia 13
| 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour Game 43 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22178 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 27th February, 1909 | |||||||
| Referee | W Wood | |||||||
| Venue | Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tydfil) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 2 | |||||
| Merthyr | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| James COWMEADOW | 2 | T | Mick BOLEWSKI | |||||
| Syd JAMES | 2 | Ed COURTNEY | ||||||
| ? HARRIS | Albert ROSENFELD | |||||||
| G | Charlie HEDLEY | |||||||
| FG | Andy MORTON | |||||||
| Merthyr | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| T WYATT-REED | 1 | FB | 1 | Charlie HEDLEY | ||||
| Syd JAMES | 2 | W | 2 | Albert ROSENFELD | ||||
| James COWMEADOW | 3 | C | 3 | Alf DOBBS | ||||
| ? SWATBRIDGE | 4 | C | 4 | Andy MORTON | ||||
| ? SMITH | 5 | W | 5 | Mick BOLEWSKI | ||||
| ? HARRIS | 6 | FE | 6 | Ernest ANLEZARK | ||||
| James HARRISON | 7 | HB | 7 | Arthur HALLOWAY | ||||
| David DAVIES | 8 | FR | 8 | Robert GRAVES | ||||
| T JENKINS | 9 | HK | 9 | Jim ABERCROMBIE (c) | ||||
| Dan LEWIS | 10 | FR | 10 | Sandy PEARCE | ||||
| Dai BEVAN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Pat WALSH | ||||
| WD THOMAS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ed COURTNEY | ||||
| Dai THOMAS | 13 | L | 13 | Bill NOBLE | ||||
Team Info
Merthyr
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 26 vs. Treherbert
- Next Game:
- Match Day vs. Aberdare
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 42 vs. Barrow
- Next Game:
- 1908/09 Kangaroos Tour - Game 44 vs. England
- Out:
- Dally Messenger (fullback), Frank Cheadle (wing), Jim Devereux (centre), Larry O'Malley (hooker), Bill Hardcastle (front row), Alex Burdon (second row), Tom McCabe (lock)
- In:
- Albert Rosenfeld (wing), Alf Dobbs (centre), Andy Morton (centre), Jim Abercrombie (hooker), Sandy Pearce (front row), Pat Walsh (second row), Bill Noble (lock)
- Changes:
- Mick Bolewski (centre to wing), Charlie Hedley (wing to fullback), Arthur Halloway (five-eighth to halfback), Ernest Anlezark (halfback to five-eighth)
Match Notes
Australia played a lot of the game with 11 men owing to injuries to Dodds and Walsh, Dodds resumed at some point with a knee injury but was no more than a passenger.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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