New South Wales City Firsts vs. New South Wales Country Firsts

New South Wales City Firsts 14 lost to New South Wales Country Firsts 23

[no comp]

New South Wales City Firsts
14
23
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36192
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 12th May, 1928
Kick Off 2:00 PM (local time)
Referee J Miller
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 48,423
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 15
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Joe BUSCH T 2 Max BAILEY
Aub KELLY   2 Pat MAHER
      Jack KELLY
 
John McINTYRE 2 G 4 Jack DEMPSEY
Oscar QUINLIVAN 2      
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Oscar QUINLIVAN
[South Sydney]
1 FB 1 William BELL
Hugh BYRNE
[Eastern Suburbs]
2 W 2 Jack KELLY
Vic LAWRENCE
[South Sydney]
3 C 3 Pat MAHER (c)
[South Sydney]
Vince HUGHES
[Newtown]
4 C 4 Cliff PEARCE
Clinton QUINLIVAN
[University]
5 W 5 N LINDSAY
 
Keith ELLIS (c)
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Eric WEISSEL
Joe BUSCH
[Eastern Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Jack DEMPSEY
 
Harry CAVANOUGH
[South Sydney]
8 FR 8 Frank CURRAN
Arthur JUSTICE
[St George]
9 HK 9 Rees DUNCAN SR
Frank SPILLANE
[Western Suburbs]
10 FR 10 C HAZELGROVE
Harry KAVANAGH
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 G CRAWFORD
George SEWELL
[North Sydney]
12 2R 12 Max BAILEY
Aub KELLY
[St George]
13 L 13 Norman QUINN
 
Frank MATTERSON
[Western Suburbs]
14 B 14 C PLATER
John McINTYRE
[University]
15 B 15 Gwyn HUGHES
Charlie ROBERTS
[Balmain]
16 B    
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1928 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1929 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Vern Deacon (fullback), Benny Wearing (wing), Nelson Hardy (centre), Stan Brain (wing), Jerry Brien (five-eighth), Alby Lane (halfback), Eddie Root (hooker), Ernie Lapham (front row), Bob Lindfield (second row), George Treweek (second row)
In:
Oscar Quinlivan (fullback), Hugh Byrne (wing), Vince Hughes (centre), Clinton Quinlivan (wing), Keith Ellis (five-eighth), Joe Busch (halfback), Harry Cavanough (front row), Arthur Justice (hooker), Harry Kavanagh (second row), George Sewell (second row), Aub Kelly (lock), Charlie Roberts (bench)
Changes:
John McIntyre (lock to bench)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1928 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1929 - vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Don Hughes (fullback), Frank Hawthorne (wing), Eric Freestone (centre), W Taylor (wing), Charlie York (hooker), K Quinn (second row), Jack Kingston (lock)
In:
William Bell (fullback), Jack Kelly (wing), Cliff Pearce (centre), N Lindsay (wing), Frank Curran (front row), C Hazelgrove (front row), Max Bailey (second row), Norman Quinn (lock), Gwyn Hughes (bench)
Changes:
C Plater (front row to bench), G Crawford (front row to second row), Rees Duncan Sr (second row to hooker)

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson