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Kangaroos Tour 1908 Series

Game 43

Merthyr Tydfil 15 def. Australia 13

Kangaroos Tour 1908/09
Game 43

Merthyr Tydfil		 15
–
13
Australia
Match Info
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 15 Albert ROSENFELD
James COWMEADOW 3 C 22 Alf DOBBS
? SWATBRIDGE 4 C 14 Andy MORTON
? SMITH 5 W 2 Mick BOLEWSKI
 
? HARRIS 6 FE 9 Ernest ANLEZARK
James HARRISON 7 HB 8 Arthur HALLOWAY
 
David DAVIES 8 FR 24 Robert GRAVES
T JENKINS 9 HK 16 Jim ABERCROMBIE (c)
Dan LEWIS 10 FR 33 Sandy PEARCE
Dai BEVAN 11 2R 35 Pat WALSH
WD THOMAS 12 2R 18 Ed COURTNEY
Dai THOMAS 13 L 31 Bill NOBLE
   
 

Team Info

Merthyr

Previous Game:
Match Day 26 vs. Treherbert
Next Game:
Match Day vs. Aberdare

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1908/09 - Game 42 vs. Barrow
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1908/09 - 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.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin