Balmain Tigers 13 def. Combined First Grade (NSWRFL) 10
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30051 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 1st September, 1917 | |||||||
| Venue | Birchgrove (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,000 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 7 | |||||
| Balmain | Scoresheet | Combined 1st | ||||||
| Edward BURNICLE | T | Eddie GALLAGHER | ||||||
| Charles FRASER | Norm PROCTOR | |||||||
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| Charles FRASER | 2 | G | 2 | Arthur OXFORD | ||||
| Balmain | Teams | Combined 1st | ||||||
| Lyall WALL | 1 | FB | 1 | Tom DWYER [Glebe] |
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| Jim CRAIG | 2 | W | 2 | James BAIN [Annandale] |
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| George POTTER | 3 | C | 3 | Norm PROCTOR [Glebe] |
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| Ray PROUST | 4 | C | 4 | Billy SPLATT [Glebe] |
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| Jack ROBINSON | 5 | W | 5 | Joe McGRATH [Glebe] |
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| Charles FRASER (c) | 6 | FE | 6 | Eddie GALLAGHER [Glebe] |
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| George ROBINSON | 7 | HB | 7 | Ray NORMAN (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Edward BURNICLE | 8 | FR | 8 | Robert STUART [Annandale] |
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| Horace WATT | 9 | HK | 9 | Arthur OXFORD [South Sydney] |
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| Billy RYAN | 10 | FR | 10 | Alec JOHNSTON [Glebe] |
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| Bill SCHULTZ | 11 | 2R | 11 | Dick TOWNSEND [Newtown] |
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| R MILLER | 12 | 2R | 12 | Claude O'DONNELL [Glebe] |
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| Alf FRASER | 13 | L | 13 | Felix RYAN [Newtown] |
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Team Info
Balmain Tigers
- Previous Game:
- City Cup 1917 - Final vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- n/a
- Out:
- Paddy Conaghan (centre), Robert Craig (front row), Reg Latta (hooker)
- In:
- Edward Burnicle (front row), Billy Ryan (front row)
- Changes:
- Jack Robinson (centre to wing), Ray Proust (wing to centre), Bill Schultz (front row to second row), Alf Fraser (second row to lock), Horace Watt (second row to hooker), R Miller (lock to second row), George Potter (bench to centre)
Combined First Grade (NSWRFL)
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- n/a
Match Notes
Exhibition game with proceeds going to Balmain Childrens Hospital. Dally Messenger was originally selected for the Combined team but was unwell from the Kangaroos game the previous Saturday.
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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