Rugby league club Eastern Suburbs first match
- Rugby league club Eastern Suburbs first match
Premiership Round 1, 20th of April 1908. The opening round of the New South Wales Rugby League's competition consisted of two double headers, the match involving Eastern Suburbs was played at the Wentworth Park ground at 2pm on a Monday of the Easter weekend.
Eastern Suburbs 32(4 Johnno Stuntz, + 4 Tries ; 4 Goals) defeated Newtown 16 Jack Scott, H. Hamill , + 2 Tries ; 2 Goals) at the Wentworth Park Ground. The referee for the match was E. Hooper, the crowd figure was 3000.
Newspaper reports of the match were enthusiastic with one journalist describing the match as, “A capital display considering that the contestants have as yet only a fair acquaintance with the rules.”. Another, 'The Sydney Mail' described it as “The best game of the day".
Newtown three-quarter Jack Scott had the honour of scoring the first ever try in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership when he took an intercept early in the match.
The line-ups that day were:- Eastern Suburbs {W Fry; Johnno Stuntz, W. Smith (replaced by Horrie Miller), D Brown, D Frawley; Albert Rosenfeld, Lou D'Alpugent; Bob Mable, Larry O'Malley, Lou Jones , Herb Brackenreg, Sandy Pearce, Jersey Flegg(c)}. Newtown {E Hurlford, Jack Scott, C Meredith, F Cheadle, L Fairburn; E Burdett, J MacFarlane; T McIntosh, E Courtney, J Williams, H Hamill, B Noble, C Powell}.
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Eastern Suburbs season 1913 — Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 6th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in1913.Details* Home Ground: Agricultural Ground * Lineup: Les Cubitt • D. Flannery• Dan Frawley • Ernest Gowenlock • Arthur… … Wikipedia
Eastern Suburbs season 1921 — Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 14th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in1921.Details* Home Ground: Agricultural Ground * Line ups: Robert Batchelor• John Dinny Campbell• W. Cameron• Harry Caples•… … Wikipedia
Eastern Suburbs season 1908 — Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their first New South Wales Rugby League season in 1908. They won 9 of their 11 matchess and finished runners up, being defeated by the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the first premiership … Wikipedia
Lou Jones (rugby league) — Lou Baby Jones was one of the earliest rugby league players in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership.A forward, Jones played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 to 1910. Jones played in Eastern … Wikipedia
Rugby league in New South Wales — Rugby league has the highest spectator numbers of the various codes of football in New South Wales. It began in Australia in 1907, when the New South Wales Rugby League was formed as a professional competition, following the rules of the Northern … Wikipedia
Eastern Suburbs season 1935 — Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 28th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in 1935.Detailsline up for the 1935 season contained: Arthur Pony Halloway (Coach); Jack Beaton, Dave Brown, Jack Coote, John… … Wikipedia
Noel Morgan (rugby league) — Noel Morgan Personal information Full name Noel Morgan Nickname The Little Master Born 1940 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Died February, 1990 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia … Wikipedia
David Tyrrell (rugby league) — Dave Tyrrell Personal information Full name David Tyrell Nickname The Caveman, Tarzan … Wikipedia
Rugby League World Sevens — World Sevens Sport Rugby league football Instituted 1988 Ceased 2004 Region … Wikipedia
Rugby League State of Origin — The State of Origin series is one of Australia s and the region s premier sporting events, attracting a huge television audience and usually selling out the stadiums in which the games are played. State of Origin series have a reputation as the… … Wikipedia
