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Kangaroos Tour 1908 Series

Game 27

Wigan 10 def. Australia 7

Kangaroos Tour 1908/09
Game 27

Wigan
10
7
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22164
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 9th January, 1909
Referee H Farrar
Venue Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd 4,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 7
Wigan Scoresheet Australia
Bert JENKINS T Pat WALSH
Jim LEYTHAM      
 
Jim LEYTHAM 2 G 2 Dally MESSENGER
 
    OFF Larry O'MALLEY
Wigan Teams Australia
Jim SHARROCK 1 FB 2 Mick BOLEWSKI
Jim LEYTHAM 2 W 4 Dally MESSENGER (c)
[Eastern Suburbs]
Bert JENKINS 3 C 10 Sid DEANE
[North Sydney]
Lance TODD 4 C 21 Jim DEVEREUX
Joe MILLER 5 W 13 Wilhelm HEIDKE
 
Edmund JONES 6 FE 9 Ernest ANLEZARK
Jack PRESCOTT 7 HB 8 Arthur HALLOWAY
 
Dick RAMSDALE 8 FR 32 Larry O'MALLEY
Walter CHEETHAM 9 HK 16 Jim ABERCROMBIE
[Western Suburbs]
Dick SILCOCK 10 FR 33 Sandy PEARCE
[Eastern Suburbs]
Jimmy BLEARS 11 2R 18 Ed COURTNEY
[Newtown]
Howell DE FRANCIS 12 2R 29 Tom McCABE
[Glebe]
Jack BARTON 13 L 35 Pat WALSH
[Newcastle]
   
 

Team Info

Wigan

Previous Game:
Match Day 20 vs. Leigh
Next Game:
Match Day 22 vs. Broughton Rangers

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1908/09 - Game 26 vs. Widnes
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1908/09 - Game 28 vs. Batley
Out:
Charlie Hedley (fullback), Dan Frawley (wing), Arthur Butler (halfback), Robert Graves (front row), Arthur Hennessy (hooker), Billy Cann (lock)
In:
Mick Bolewski (fullback), Jim Devereux (centre), Arthur Halloway (halfback), Larry O'Malley (front row), Jim Abercrombie (hooker), Pat Walsh (lock)
Changes:
Dally Messenger (centre to wing)

Match Notes

Played in drizzling rain and thick fog which made it almost impossible to follow the game from the sidelines.

O'Malley was sent off just before fulltime for a dangerous tackle on Blears.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash