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Vol. 4-No. 2 (COPYRIGHT) S~DNEY, MAY 12, 1923. Price-Threepence

With these three fine stalwarts (2 internationals Grand and the other an inter­ Opening-Season 1923. state rep.) ·l!!lalmaln have the nucleus of a forward BRIGHT., KEEN RU.GGER. team that is likely to turn the Premiership into 'Dh~'· class of football shown by the clubs another channel, which, in thus '.early all probablllty, will lead in the season, the neat, spkk their way. and span manner in which each appeared on the field, marked another notch in the A. FRASER• . League's slogan, "Efficiency leads to suc­ cess;" and the officials of each district club are to be complimented on, their neat- ness. . That the League fa always wide awake seeking improvements, is proved by th~ number of innovations introduced in order to minimise the risk of injury to those· par­ ticipating. One of these was the intro­ duction of the p~ier ··mac_he boundary poles, which have saved many a player colliding with them from, perhaps, serious injury. In the past, players have oftimes been forced against th.e. hardwood uprights with disastroµs results, and the League authorities cast about to find means to . o_bviate this, and have now adopted padding the posts to a height of sfx feet, so that the new,~omer to the matches will see a couple of stout, padded legs at each end of the field, which remind one of a rather lengthy batsman at the wickets. These are small items, no doubt, but they tend to show that the League is not built up on the old conservative lines, and is ready to study its players' comfort as well as that .of the public. Pratten Park has also been renovated and banked, so that it will now accom­ modate a crowd of about twenty thoui::­ and. This is as it -should be, for West­ Last Saturday ushered in what promises to be-if we ar8' to ern Suburbs give promise of playing a judge by the_brightness of the football shown, and the keen leading part in the competition, and their interest taken by the thousands who braved th,_e overhanging home ground will yet feel the need of leaden sky, to cheer their favorites on-a splendid season from · india-rubber walls if they continue to show every point of view. . such promise. When one pauses to think of the thousandf of League The League is also taking a deep interest Rugby followers who postponed their football feast till this in the encouragement of country football~ round, or were attracted by the great counter~:;i.ttractions of the for the code has gained such a hold on this. day, the numbers ot enthusiasts who chanced a ducking at each State and Queensland that· the demand for match must be accounted as more than satisfactory. . And · coaches to instruct and play with country such counter-attractions as they were-Randwick races, to start centres has become so great that rivalry­ with, then th8' "Head of the River" struggle, which attracted between the various districts seems to 'put an unprecedented crowd to the Parramatta River. metropolitan rivalry entirely in the shade~ THE NEWS. May 12, 1923- ~- iiJ~r i lt!lb1lllta9itt Ntins

Vol. 4-No. 2 (OOPYRIOHT) SYDNEY, MAY 12, 1923. Price- Threepence

To-Day's to-day, opposed to Glebe, and it be­ North Sydney look like register­ Games. hoves the wearers of mar oon to ing their second successive win sharpen up a great deal i n their against the youthful St. George­ Now that we have witnessed. the attacking movements ·.as well as to team, but ..the .red and white brig... opening matches of the serious stiffen- up their defence, for Souths ade can· be dep~nded upon to put competitions, when every district give pr.omise of having a nippy.com­ up· a stiff fight before they strike club is striving to outdo the other bination that will fully test the their colours, and, if, indeed, they in order to notch a couple of points powers of Glebe. When these were to come out victorious over. more on the premiership table, we teams met for the first time last the flying premiers, what sort of a· are able to gauge the capabilities of season Glebe had a r unaway vic­ following would they have to wit-­ the clubs more closely as to how tory by 6 tries and 3 goals (24) ness their n ext mat ch against they are likely to shape with the to Souths' solitary try, and 2 goals Glebe in the fourth round, for n ext colours up. The meeting to-day of ('(), but the men from Surry Hills Saturday they have Eastern Suburbs and Newtown, were not to be denied ·in the second the bye. Last who were successful in their open­ round, for, persevering with a team season Norths put up a total of 7& ing matches against Uni. and Glebe of colts· they turned the tables and points to 10, viz., fi rst round, 41. respectiv:ely, should produce the ran out winners, scoring 3 tries (9 tries 7 goals), to 8 (2 tries 1. brilliant, sparkling class, of foot­ and 3 goals (15) , to 2 tries and goal) ; second ·i·otmd, 35 (7 tries T ball that has made our C()_~e so at­ 2 goals (10), so that on the season goals), to a solitary goal (2), so tractive to the public. TlJe form they finished even. that the propects or' the Saints shown by both teams was far, in advance of wll a t one would expect thus early in the season, and each executed some beautiful combined efforts that brought the thousands to their feet to applaud them on to do greater things. The battle for supremacy in the hooking de­ partment should rather favour the Blues; and, if so, Easts' backs will be fully tested in defence, for the suburban three-quarters seem to be a happy family and showed some N.s.w-. RUGBY very neat and q_lassy m ovements. FOOTBALL LEAGUE. On the other ·hand Easts have such a really great side, both back Designs are invited for and forward, that the idea of de­ ' \ feat does not trouble them, for Premiership medals. when they unwind some of their brilliant bursts goalwards they £6 - 6 - 0 will be given for combine and back up so well that each accepted design. they are well nigh irresistible. In the opening match last season Designs will be received up Easts found holes in the defence of till 5 p.m. on Tuesd~y, 5th the Blues and won by 18 ( 4 tries 3 goals) to 10' ( 2 tries 2 ·goals) , June.- while the Tricolors were again Furthe~fparticulara on application_to:• successful in the second round, H. R. MILLER . when they scored a similar num­ Ii ber of tries, 4, and 1 goal - 14. Secretary, 165 Phillip St., City. Newtown replying with 1 try and a goal - 5, so that it is up to them to put their best efforts for­ ward to turn the tide of defeat.

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emerging victorious are, to say the least, remote. ----"Tedda" Courtney proved con- medical advice, for he took the "University, on* their showing clusively to those who contend that field (after "Zam Buk" had patched 1'8.gainst . -Easts, . should put up a t~e. vet~ran- ''.lags _sµperfluous on him up) with a badly-damaged in- "\Sterli~g forward ·st-r:i!ggle -wjth. the the:' field" Jhat-h§.· is.,. just as danger­ ·'·s-tep, caused through being spiked formidable Balmain side, btit they ous with his flying driving tackle by a comrade whilst training. -will need to sharpen up a great as ever he was. When he made Seddon's increased weight, gained ·deal in attack, and . pay more at­ that sensattpnal dive which stopped duri,ng .· the summer, now places ·tention to defensive methods to Norths' · sturdy full-back, Ted put him in the running for the highest keep the Black and Gold out, for the seal on his right to represent 11,0nours, for . his football leaves ·Main's selectors have dug out a the black-jerseyed brigade. little ·to ·be de-sired . • Last Saturday -very solid and fairly well-balanced he was easily the nippiest man on ·team whose outstanding feature is the mu

Little McGowan of _ Western point in the first grade, and, a few goals, for last season they Suburbs applied for and received strange to say, the premiers were opened up with five against Norths,. a permit to play junior football on one ·of them. Norths failed to per medium of Alex. Main. This the grounds that he was too small score opposed to Balmain, while St. year it is a new _recruit, J. Day, to stand the h eavy buffeting in­ George followed suit against Glebe who also plays fui(l>ack, that has.­ separable from first-grade football. and Newtown, and Balm a in and brought that department of Ute: If this be a fact, what is in store Glebe held Uni. to a scoreless· de­ game, and incidentally himself, intOI for the youthful half-back of the feat. the spotlight, for he landed four­ students ? He is easily the small­ beauties (all lefUoot efforts), and. est man in grade football, and, for C. H. Munro, *one of the latest bids fair to out-rival those other· his inches, he is a veritable tigei'. recruits to the 'Varsity, on his two left-footers, Harold Horder and Against Easts he got a very fair showing against the experienced . share of the ball from the' scrum, East pack, will be a tower of and opposed to such .hard nuts as strength to them, for his display Felix Ryan ·does* not grow any· Kaufman and Caples he performed was up to the highest standards less in girth as season succeeds­ very creditably- indeed, getting the of football. Big, strong and season, but he nevertheless doeE ball away with clean, sharp passes vigorous, he fackled like a demon, not lose any of his pace, and to· and tackling very ably. He is the and never a movement of the see him out-distance practically the., acme of gameness. students forward was without his whole of the opposition when h&· participating. His form will cer­ scored last week opened the ey.es-­ * tainly bring him under the notice of the fans. Saw brother Rex outside the of the State selectors if he con­ pickets at the Sports Ground. Rex tinues as he has started. says the drudgery of strenuous T. Lins key was* not in his best. training to start the season has form opposed to Easts; in fact,.. been too irksome, and he· intends Uni. forwards, *by the way, were his form was too bad to be true., to take a spell. Had Easts an a tougher proposition than was an­ but perhaps, the lack of support. opening as full-back he would, per­ ticipated, for they have introduced from his insides made his task no,· haps, have had designs on the a deal of weight into their pack enviable one, and perhaps that.: position; as it is - well, ask Rex. with the most beneficial results, had a bearing on his poor display. and they held the burly Easterners in a manner that surprised most The absence of* Dr. Flattery was people. while in the loose rucking C. R. Evatt took* more than his. a severe handicap for the students, work they were excellent. share of the ball against Easts'" for they were compelled to play hooker, T. Molloy. With plenty iof· E. J. Ryan in his place - he weight in their pack, as they no-w­ usually plays in the scrum - _so Easts' new centre.* J. Dawson, have, Uni. should prove a hard nut. that to put him up against oppo­ took a great risk of committing to crack as the season advances~ nents of the calibre of Easts' three­ football suicide when he scored a quarters was a . severe test, but he most spectacular Jry. Receiving * acquitted himself well, all things the ball in mid-field at the twenty­ Wests, as anticipated, gave th~ considered. five, he, with Steel and Wright premiers a desperate battle to stave.. tracking alongside for a certain off defeat, for in the concluding­ * try', electe·d to gd on and beat half­ stages of the game they repeatedly­ An incident that could well have- a-dozen tacklers. As luck was on stormed Norths' line in-a desperate,. °Qeen avoided in the East-Uni. match his side, _he succeeded in grounding endeavour to pierce the defence,.. was once when Rigney, ;tackJed on the ball just - over the line. It and an ounce of luck their way the line and thrown. ,out of bounds,· was spectacular, but bad football, would have turned defeat into< lost his head and · threw the ball for, had he failed, he would have brilliant victory - and then th& at his tackler, striking .him on the called down upon his head the applause would have shaken the,· head. The crowd showed their dis­ wrath of the whole of Eastern heavens, for the Western fan.. approval in no uncertain manner. $uburbs - both players and fans. knows how to let himself gO!l when things are coming his way ;: Only on five occasions*' last sea- Newtown have* evidently a pen- and what about the lady bar~ son did teams fail to notch a single chant for opening the season with rackers?

...·1,;.. 6 THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. May 12, 1923.

Jack Dawson made a good debut PROGRAMME. (COPYRIGHT.) in League football and justified a little experi­ llis inclusion. With PRATTEN PARK-3.15 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 1923. ·-ence he should, with Kaufman ,Caples and Steel, make one of th~ ;soundest inside combinations in FIRST GRADE. the game, and give Gordon Wright many opportunities to display his ST. GEORGE v. NORTH SYDNEY. undoubted abilities as a great ..scoring winger. St. George. North Sydney. * Colors - Red , and White. Colors - Red and Black. re.ratifying indeed are the r esults FULL-BA°CK : FULL-BACK: "already achieved by tne League's 1-H. King 1-N. Proctor. .scheme which was inaugurated last year for the development of 'f l JT:EE-QU AitTERS : THREE-QU ARTERS: the ashes which R. Horne (39) • ..~ \ Two to b e omitted.) -were wrested from our gallant j :Kangaroos in the snow and slush at on the memorable neat, combined play with " Snowy" C. Abotomey, one of last year's 14th January, 1922. - Porky W. Latta, which resulted in a try, and Juniors selected · to play with his clever anticipation when he se­ Eastern Suburbs first-grade team, * cured the ball from a penalty cross­ had the bad luck to be ill when The name of Craig has been asso­ kick by C. Fraser, and ran in un­ the first match was played, and ,ciated with Balmain League foot­ opposed with a try, showed that was forced to drop out. His illness ball for many years, and has de­ he is possessed of football twains prevented him from training, and servedly held a promine1i,t place, and has the ability to use them. to-day he will figure with the re­ both on and off the field. Bal- This young player is also a very serve-graders. On his form in the :main's present winger, Billy Craig, determined tackler, as Paki can practice matches he should soon looks like keeping up the reputa­ verify, and if he· keeps 0·1i:' playit1g be b8:'9¥ in the first team. as he did last Saturday shouHl ,."!. • ' -tion. On Saturday last, against O * St. George, Billy scored four tries, prove a tower of stre·ngth to th'e Harry Caples, Easts· skipper, ::and, when it is remembered 'be was 'Mains during the pl'esent season. played a fine game against the opposed by such a fine player as students on Saturday. He is play­ the Maori, B. Paki, it will be ing with grel'l ter confidence than * seems to have -:realised that his performance was " Snowy" Rigney was at his best last season, and frum his injuries; his -a very meritorious one. Billy has on Saturday against Uni. His field­ recovered play shou.ld be very helpful t0

'I• what a loss to Easts, and to the ~. This is a big thing game, his retirement would have to say, especially as the Blue and been - players of his calibre will Gold boy is only making his debut "be wanted when the light Blues ASK FOR in first-class football, but his inWal -tackle John Bull & Co. next sea- entry has been so striking that -s on. there may be some excuse for the optimism of his admirers. Eighteen * years of age, standing over six feet To H. J. Leddy, of Western DAWSON'S high, with the 11 a ce of the average Suburbs, falls the honour of being back, and combining with splendid first to cross the premiers' line determination the energy and vim this winter. What a good forward of youth, he has at least those he j s ! Revelling in the "hard basic qualities that are the material -stuff," he is always up with the play SCOTCH for a first-class footballer.- H.C.M. and knows what to do with the ·ball when it comes his way. Last season, Frank Burge was the only In strange contrast* with Munro -forward to score more tries than was Unwin, who played his mai­ WHISKY den game in the first grade as this man, from W ests. Leddy has l iegun well enough to improve upon half-back for Uni., and made a 11is performances of a year ago, .AGE AND QUALITY strong impression by his game and a nd all barrackers will wish him clever display, hrs tacl{Ung being the best of good luck, since he NEVER VARY >p.arti'cularly fine. Easily the lives up to the best traditions of shortest and frailest player on the the game by always playing it like ground, and probably in Rugby a gentleman.-"W.D.F." League football to date. · Un win showed trickiness and tenacity of DISTRIBUTORS- a high order. Though roughly Les. Ste·e1 played* a great game handled, and at times unneces­ for Easts against the Blue and sarily so, he did not let up for an Gold; his try, when he dummied C. D' Arey & Co. instant. "Good luck for the ban­ tam! "-H.C.M. the Uni. full-back, was very clever, although, with Steel in possession George Street, Sydney and the speedy Wright trailing Linskey r eappeared* in the full- alongside, any full-back is liable to back role for University on Satur­ be beaten. Steel's only fault was day after a sojourn in the thre& an incljnation to cut in-field after quarter line, and gave a charac­ 11e had made an opening for the South Sydney had seven success­ teristically sound and solid display. winger; when he remedies this ive victories over Glebe before the Linskey is a deadly tackler, and it fault he will be a classy player. latter turned the tables in 1911. In is unlikely that he will fall as all, they have met in 29 premjer­ easily to the " dummy" again as he ship matches, South winning 17, did on Saturday ' when Steel prof­ To-day Eastern* Suburbs and New- and Glebe 12. South won the first fered the temptation.- H .C.M. town will meet for the twenty­ match nearly fifteen years ago by ninth time in premiership ~ames. 21 points to 5. A few who took * Eastern Suburbs have won 13, New­ part in that match are still in­ No less than- twelve players of town 11, and four games have been terested in the game. The teams 1921-22 President's Cup players are drawn. The pair played in the were:- included in the first and reserve­ opening match in 1908 at Went­ South Sydney: W . Neill, F. Jar­ grade teams of Balmain this sea­ worth Park, Eastern Suburbs win­ man, J. Anderson, A. Conlon, E. son: D. Millard, L. Hayes, W. ning by 32 to 16. E asts' win of 30 Fry, J. Levison, A. Butler, J . Rose­ Coonan, S. Greenlees, C. York, W. to 5 in 1921 is their biggest mar­ well, A. Hennessy (Capt.) , R. O'Shea, G. Bishop, F. Ferguson, H. gin, whilst 16 to 7, in 1911, was Green, J . Davis, J. Cochrane and Latta, N. Robinson, E. Bevan and Newtown's greatest success. Of H. Butler. Glebe: C. Hedley, A. W. Wiggins. Other players who the 11 victories the Blues have Wright, W. Ogaard, L. Edwards. figured in previous President's gained, one has been by 9 points, H. Prendergast, A. Conlon (Capt.), Cups are also included: G. Robin­ two by 8, one by 6, one by 3, three A. Halloway, V. Harns, J. Price. son, M. Russell, H . Watt and R. by 2, and three by a single point, P . Mow, N. Reid, T. J . McCabe and Latta, so that the President's Cup s o that they have never had a .T. Ryan. ,Dick Green, Artie Butler, has justified itself fully in the wery easy win. Johnny Rosewell and Arthur Hen­ Watersiders' district.- Xray. nessy (2), scored tries for South, Green kicking two goals and Harry Butler one. Vic. Harris a try, and H w e Your Team Photoeraphcd by Albert Conlon a goal, were the Glebe scorers. Tom Costello was "Melba" Studios The Dally M r eferee. 65 Market Street, Sydney IIIP!tOVED PATENT . * Official Photographers to In Munro, University have un­ N.S. W . . LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL BOOT earthed a forward who seems likely to follow on the lines of the great 'Pho••• City 627 THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. May 12, 1923.

PROGRAMME -3.15 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 1923. FIRST GRADE . ~ Batchelor Managing EASTERN SUBURBS v. NEWTOWN.

D irect or0 The Cheapest House in Eastern Suburbs. Newtown. Color - :Royal !!Slue. Sydney for a _Colors - Red, White and Blue. g ood class of . FULL-B ACK : F URNITURE FULL-BACK: . -13-J. Day 13:.._E, Rigney. THREE-QUARTERS : THREE-QUARTl!:RS : 12-A. See D. Seddon-1 1 G. Gaudry-9 12-G. Wright L. Steel-11 10-J. Mansted 10-J. Dawson E. Connerton-28 HALVES: 8-A. Bolewski C. Kell-7 H ALVES: COACH FOR BOGGABRI FORWARDS: 8-H. Caples S. Kaufman-? 6-G. H. Clamback H. Cavanough-16 Applications will be received by FORWARDS: 4--E. H. Stephenson the secretary of the League up to 6-J. Watkins A. Oxford-5 H . V. Bains-3 Monday, the 14th inst., at 5 p.m., 4-W. Richards W. lves-3 2-J. Knight F. Ryan (C.)- 1 for the position of coach for the 2-T. Molloy H. Holmes-1 Boggabri team. Further particu­ RESERVES: at 14--S. Mansted lars may be had on application RESERVES: the League Office. H. H. Stephenson-15 14-A. R. Lewis R. Wittrien-15 31-H. Andrews E. Tate-26

Refi:ree-T . McMalJon. Touch J udges-J. Farquhar and J. Gr iffen. SEEING N.S.W. ~ RESERY~m?RADE. I~ Cars leave daily at 9.45a.m. I Touring ·.•- - ______-- Referee-V. Dickenson . . ~T: ::::::::::::-=:_-=:_-=_-=_-=_-=._-=._-=._-_-_~ for BULLI PASS and NATIONAL 1 . Touch Judges- G PARK.. Fare, 25/- Return I~------!--..I L . Hansen & E .Kerr. ...,;;,______-.:.._.J to- Blue Mountains and 3 Day Tour EASTERN SUBURBS-Full-Back: G. NEWTOWN-Full-B.ack: A. H. Beed Jenolan Caves, Touring Cars leave Agar (26). Thre e - Quarters: A. Col­ (21 ). Three-Quarters: E. Col bran every Monday, Wednesday,· and Friday. lins (27) , C . Abotomey (9) , J. Crowell (22), W. Cou rt (24), T. McGuinness Fare, £6/6/- Return. (29), E. Carroll (40). Halves: W. (25), M. Pendergast (39). Halves: Phillips (31), F . Egan (32). For­ E '. Tate (Capt.) (26) , F . Elliott (27) . (_ ~n _clu~in_g"~irst .. ~!llSs . _J\.~c~rnIIi~~a.6~n). wards: G. Boddin gton (33) , G. Keys Forwards: C. H . L ambert (28) , T. . Book at- (34), E . Bartley (35) , J. O'Donn ell L eamey (35), T . Jones (30) , L . Bull (36) , T. F it zgerald (37), A. Thomp­ (29), H. Deeble (32), W . McMillan N.S.W.· Travel Agency and son (38). Reserves: S. W ittrien (33). R eserves: H, Edwards (36), R. (39), T. M urray (41) , V . Kenn elly J ackson (23) , P . Lee (34), B . Motor Tourist Bureau. (30) , J . Tuclrny (42). Stevens (38) , C. Walker (37). 14A Martin Place· (Mercantile Mutual Bld11.) Phon~ City 4084. W. KELL.Y, Mar . (COPYRICHT.) LAGER & RESCH'S Ale Dinner D. A. May a , 1923. THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. 9 The Rugby League . Jeweller HARRY YOUNG 524 GEORGE ST. PROGRAPJME -3.15 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 1923. FIRST GRADE. GLEBE v. SOUTH SYDNEY. Glebe. South Sydney. Color - Maroon. Colors - Red and Green. FULL-BACK: FULL-BACK: 18-A. Main 13-H. Hallett THREE-QUARTERS : THREE-QUARTERS : 2-J. Toohey. E. Summers--4 9-B. Wearing D. Quinleven-11 3-T. James E. McMillan-5 10-V. Lawrence T. Barry-12

HALVES: HALVES: 6-C. Ricketts W. Bensoh-7 7-A. Johnston W. Gillespie-8

Fo~wARos: FORWARDS: HARBOTTLE, BROWN & CO. LTD. 12-T. McGrath W. Haddock-13 1-W. Cameron E. Wilmott-2 11-W. Lucas R. Liston-10 3-F. Funnell A. O'Connor--4 21 Lang St. Sydney 9-E. Goddard B. Gray (C.)-8 5-P. Murphy J. Lawrence-6

RE!ERVES: RESERVES: 19-W. Cockburn W. Stirton-17 15-H. Courtenay A. Blair-14 14-J. Redmond C. Stuart-16 16-E. McGrath Referee-W. Neill. Touch Judges-Franl{ Delaney and R. Cody.

TG ~I RESERVE2 p.m. GRADE. ITG ---1l T ·---- Referee-S. Jackson. T •-G------Touch Judges- G '------..:.--' T. Whitbread & V. Goulding.'!------.:.--' GLEBE-Full-Back: E. Cummins (26). SOUTH SYDN EY-D. Hickey (39). Three-Quarters: J. Lodge (27), H. Three-Quarters: P. Bagwill .(35), R. Pidcock (15), J. Brolly (28), R. Booth (37), R. Burke (36), W. Allan Stapletol). (30). Halves: A. Sherry (38). Halves: J. Jones (32), L. Do­ (28), E. Cox (39), J . Regan (Capt.) lan (33), J. Breen (34). (One to be (31). (One to be omitted.) For­ omitted.) Forwards: D. Watson wards A. Luck (33), C. Geelan (35), (26), P. Horne (Capt.) (29), W. Cody W. Beaumont (43), S. King (36), L . (27), R. Beiber (30), R. Linklater Wilson (37), S. Quigley (38). Re­ (28), W. Sheehan (31). Reserves: serves: Backs, W. Heath (40), J. E . Root (41), L. Shillane (42), E. Muir (42); Forwards, R. McLaughlin Addicott (40). (34), M. Thompson (41). (COPYRIGHT.) King George IV~ _ " Top Notch " of Scotch Whisky. 10 THE _ RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. May 12, 1923.

Barry, of Uni., late of the Re­ PROGRAMME. (COPYRICHT.) serve grade, gave a very promising BIRCHGROVE OVAL-3.15 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 1923. display jn the centre three-quarter position, and, with experience, FIRST GRADE. should go iar in the ganie. He v. UNIVERSITY. has a cousin namesake who figures BALMAIN for the Red and Green.-H.CM. Balmain. University. Colors - Black and Gold. Colours:-Blue and Gold. * FULL-BACK: In juniors, McCabe, Matt~ rson, FULL-BACK: 1-T. W. ·LinsKey. an Stapleton, Wesfs have three ' 6-J. Love. men sure to go far in the League THREE-QUARTERS : game. · The try by McCabe was a THREE-QUARTERS : 3-,:-. Barry E. J. Ryan-14 fine individual effort. His deter­ 2-W. Craig J. Robinson-4 4-H. C. Finn W. Murphy-2 mined running, coupled with his 3-C. Fraser (C.) D. Mil!ard-5 HALVES: tackUng of the brilliant 6-M. A. Conninghan resolute HAL\.ES: Border was a feature of the game. L. Unwin-7 15-C. S. Cuneo G. Robinson-? Matterson tackled like a champion, FORWARDS: and frequently left the Red and FORWARDS: 8-M. L. McKeon C. R. Evatt--'-9 Black brigade "'-tanding. Staple­ 10-W. Schultz H. Watt-9 10-W. Fennell J. Dunworth-11 ton··s hard play stamps him as ·a 8-M. Russell C. Ru ssell-12 12-R. A. Dunworth forward of outstanding ability. 11-A. Fraser R. Latta-14 C. H. Munro-13 When the selectors have the un­ envjable task of selecting the next RESERVES : REeERVES : representative team against Eng­ 13-L. Hayes W. Coonan-16 i 16-L. Hanley M. J. Dodds-17 land's best, these "youngst er ,::" will 1-D. Ponchard 15-J. MacMahon W. Darragh-33 be 1-nocking at the door.- F .B. Referee-A . '.rhornton. Touch Judges-J . Buchanan a n d H. Poulton . RESERVE GRADE.I T * • TG I 2 p.m. G I~ Referee-E. Ruckle~' . ~T=------The same old "Hoodoo" s till _G______West­ Touch Judges- hovers around the unlucky ~ H. Elliott & E. Edenborough. ______._ _ _. Suburbs team. 'l'ne Red and I ern R. J. Black. brigade ·were reckoned for­ BALMAIN-Full-Back : W . Coonan UNIVERSITY. - Full-Back: (1 6) . Three-Quarters: S . Denham O'Brien (26). Three- Quarters: H. t,unate to leave Pratten Park (Capt.) (22) , '.r. Kennedy (23), A. McLoskey (29), R. S. C unningham victors by one po-int. At one Russell (24), C. Yol'l{ (25). H alves: (37), M . .J. D odds (17), B. Boden period of the _game Wests appeared _ ?\. Robinson (34) , C. Sulliva n (27). (28). Halves: A. Ritc hie (38), A. S. F'orwa rds: W. O'SL!ea (28), S . Lane (31 ). Forwards: F. Lyons to be outclassed, but rapidly pull­ P e ters (31), F . Fergi;son (29), G. (38), W. H. Darragh (33), L . Sen d- ing themselves together gave Bishop (32), S. Bell (30), H . Latta er (41), K . ~L' arlinton (35), L . Hal- men (33). Reserves: (Backs), J . Byrnes berst a ter (36), H. Moxon (34) . R e - Tho.mpson and his merry C. Mac - until the final (26), S . Greenlees (21). (Forward s). serve : C. Massey (30). a very anxious time F'! McKell (36), E. Bevan (37), W . k enzie (27), L . Woodlands (39), E. whistle. Peters gave a sparkling ..Wi g-gins (39) · MaclVIahon (40). display, and his try was a fine in­ dividual effort. Wests have the of a fine team, and, with Chas. Fraser, "Junker·• Robinson nudleus ch carried such a plethora of talent offering, and "Snowy" Latta ea inexperienced sho:uld mould! itself into a side too may guns for the to that led by Herb. Gilbert. Saints, and the 'Mains' superiority The· Boot to Score -Succua equ~l mainly to evergreen Tedda Courtney on the day was due The judgment. WEAR played his usual fine game. McMil­ their combined tact and his chances of The evergreen Chas. Fraser was a lan further enhanced many as the rep. full-hack. veritable will-o'-the-wisp, his sele'ction play, Thompson, Peters, Faull and O'Don­ tricks, combined with heady and White The Dally M nell, made their presence felt. Next nonplussing the Red he dis­ tirn~, Norths - look out.-F.B. freshmen. The judgment played on one occasion, after mak­ IMPROVBD PATENT ing a pretence of kicking for goal ThoughI the critics* of the Sunday then cross-kicking for W. Craig to LIGHTWEIGHT papers state that Norths played the score, was one of the tit-bits of FOOTBALL BOOT fine-wea.ther game against Wests, the match, and brought forth well­ the scoring seems to beiie them. merited applause. "f/em by Famoue Auatrali,n and E..&.li Of the 5 tries the premiers scored, laterDational RepreaeatatiY-. only two were scored by the backs. Harold King *was a vedtab1e scored Rock of Gibraltar as the last line Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer : while no tries that were by Norths' forwards were purely of defence for St. George at Birch­ J. McKEOWN through the forwards' work. With grove. His fielding and powerful O'Donnell to strengthen the pack, kicking was a feature, and he 5...... Street - · - ERSKINEVJLLE and Farnell at his top, Norths have easily over-shadowed his vis-a-vis, Ponchard. His display was very BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITAnONI a set of forwards that will more than hold their own during tlrn pleasing to his club mates after season.-Dixie.· his indifferent form in the trials. May 1:::!, 1923. TH!=: RUGBY LEAGUE rJ EWS. n

The Scsne : \Vednesdav afternoon at Public Schools. League r oom s. Enter fiery indi­ vidual full of business. " I want a season ticket, please." The branches of sport in which Arthur: "They are not availabl "the children of the public e schools till to-morrow, sir." -:participate are many and varied, "Your advertisement says they but, in no branch, except Rugby are available after 10 a.m. on :League, is tlrn unstinted support of Thursday, and I want you to keep the controlling State authority y::mr word - there's the casn.·• .given. Financial assistance in re- Arthur: "But to. day is only presentative matches, challenge Wednesday!' ·trophies and referees, plus a foot­ F.I.: "Gorstruth ! What price me - I've slipped a blooming day ball to each competing school, has - I thought it was Thursday; I'm l>een the rule since the thirteen· sorry." a-side code swept into oblivion the Coaches for Country ~ umbersome fifteen-a-side game. leagues. 'The· latest evidence of paternal in­ terest is the presentation of sea- ;son tickets to each school's sports­ Next Saturday's Matches. Country centres are requested to -master. Hon. Sec. F. M. Gordon make direct application to the League secretary when Bal ma in v. North Sydney. desirous of :arranged a "handing-over·• function engaging the services of a coach. at the P.S.A.A.A. last week, at Uni versity v. Newtown. The League will not be respons­ -which Secretary H. R. Miller, Geo. Eastern S uburbs v. South Sydney. ible for the ability or conduct of any coach leaving Sydney for the 13all and the two J acks - Chase- West ern Suburb::, v. Gle be. country unless he has been re­ 1ing and Quinlan - had a heart-to­ St. George, a bye. commended by them. heart talk with the mentors of our future reps. Judged by the tone -.of the meeting, as voiced by Pl'imarily, t h e enormous popu- Popular Players. Messrs. Wheeler and Simon in the larity of the Player -vote of thanks, the game will de- P iano may be said -velop in the public schools a la to be based upon -snowball. The following the unive1·sal Jov e figures for music. But show its progress :-1920 (initial deeper tha n this year), 4 7 schools; 1921, 49; 1922, lies t h e s ubtle 52; 1923, 57 · - not including High fascination of per­ sonally produc ing Schools. H. R. M. spoke of the 1nus ic one's self. possibility of first-class referees We a ll love lecturing sportmasters, and Johnny 1nusic, and we would like to have Quinlan stated the Ref.'s Associa­ 1nore 1nusic in our tion would go anywhere, any time, homes. But, above to lecture the boys. That's the all, we would lilrn to be able to make right stuff, and, in closing, it may the music our­ be mentioned that voluntary selves. The Player referees are required for grades 3 Piano en ables an~· - -and 4 each ·wednesday one to play t he and Friday piano a rtistically, -afternoons. A line to U'. M. Gordon, w ithout practice or Education Department, will be previous knowledge heartily welcomed. Who's in? of music. If you have a pia no and you can_ not play. let m e exchange f o r a Player Piano. I will make a League p laye,rs object to wet liberal a llowance on grounds - for divers reasons. an absolutely j ust basis, and arrange "Haddock was repeatedly beaten easy terms. Call and see me for the ball."-For a haddock, he at the show rooms, \Was a bad catch! I will demonstrate these popular in­ After starting the season · under strumen ts to you. Sold on easy terms muddy conditions, League p layers from £20 deposit, BILL Y CANN. Nicholson & Co. :Should make good farmers. T hey balance, 20 / - per 342 George Street, Sydney. are good at taking up land. week. THE RU GBY LEAGUE. NEWS. 12 19!$. .' ~.lay ' "'" ": May 12, 1923. THE RUGBY· LEAGUE NEWS. 13

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BALMAIN- Tries. Goals.Points. W. Craig ...... 4 12 M. Russell ...... 6 First & Reserve Grade Draw R. Latta ...... 1 3 SEASON, 1923. H. Watt ...... 1 a

EASTERN SUBURBS- Second Series. L. Steel ...... 2 6 A. Oxford ...... 6 H. Holmes ...... 1 3 J;3almain v. University, G. Wright 1 3 -Contribuiors­ St. George v. North ~ydney. J. Dawson 1 3 -Eastern Suburbs v. Newtown. (This means YOU) GLEBE- Glebe v. South Sydney. E. McMillan . . . . 1 s Bring "Tne Rugby League .News". Western Suburbs, a bye. T. James ...... 1 3 :up to date by contributing to it weekly. Contributions will be paid NEWTOWN- .f or at current rates. When your con­ .. Third , :series. J. Day ...... 4 8 :tribution appears cut it out, paste it A. See ...... 1 3 -on a sliv of paper, count the lines, Balmai11 v. North Sydney. H. Cavanough . . 1 3 3 ·and theri forward it to the Secretary University v. Newtown. F. Ry an ...... 1 G. Gaudry ...••• 1 3 ,o f the New South W.ales Rugby Foot­ Eastern Suburbs v. South Sydney. 1· ba_ll League, 165 Phillip Street. Western Suburbs v. Glebe. St. George, a bye. NORTH SYDNEY- Payments will he made on the Fri­ H. Peters ...... 2 6 day afternoon following publication. G. J ohnson ...... 1 3 J. C. Ives ...... 1 3 Fourth Series. J. Pye ...... 1 3 We do not undertake to acknow­ H . Horder ...... 1 2 l edge or to return unused paragraphs. Balmain v. Newtown. Writers should keep copies. Every University v. South Sydney. ST. GEORGE- ,H em must bear a sign ature. St. George v. Glebe. Eastern Suburbs v. Western Sub. N. Shadlow ...... 2 6 1 2 H : -R. MILLER, North Sydney, .a bye. F. Saunders •.... Secretary, N.S.W. Rugby Football League. UN IVE.RSITY- Fifth Series. C. H. Munro . . . . 1 3 2 Newtown v. South Sydney. T. L inskey . . . . • . 1 Seasonable Sayings. North SydRey v. Glebe. University v. Western Suburbs. WESTE-RN SUBURBS- G. Stettler ...... 1 1 5 N.S.-Nearly Settled! St. George v. Eastern Suburbs. H. J. Leddy ... ·. 1 l Balmain, a bye. W. McCabe ...... 1 s L. Yanz 1 3 :E.S.-Early Success!* 1 E. Doig ...... •• 1 2 Sixth Series. W.S.-Welcome* Start! Balmain v. South ~ydney. --· in off the red."-Newtown,* 20-6 ! Newtown .v. ..· Weste~n Suburbs. North Sy_d.n~y ;v,. Easte!n Suburbs. Beaten, 24-8, in · the first game­ "A bolt from ·the* 'Blue.' "-Glebe University v. St. George. st. George seems to· still have ihe-­ :20-6, defeat! Glebe, a bye. drag . on!

"Flash o' Steel.''~Two* tries. Seventh Series. Paki found , the* oppositic.'u a rocky Craig! · The 'Main-24* points. Balmain v. Glebe. South Sydney v. Western Suburbs. 4 goals from 4 *tries-A Day Out! Kewtown v. St. George. With a total *of 5, Red, White North Sydney v. University~ and Blue is _a good TRY. color! Out of "Horder"* -Only 2 poi_nts. Eastern Suburbs, a bye. * -;. - - Amongst North* Sydney bar- Works of Art.-Oxford's 3 goals! Eighth _Series. rack.ers, the favourite "I scream" * ' is Peters'! W.S.-Nearly Won Out; ther Balmain v. Western .Suburbs. ~ere' only one out. Glebe v. Eastern Suburbs. South Sydney v. St. George, "Harder and Blinkqorn* were w.elJ. The premiers managed* to scrape Newtown v '.- North Sydney. watched.''-Still,. they ·couldn't get :home; it was ·a close shave: . Univer sity, a bye, going! _;rl :- •r,c;J-·,~L ,~ . .' 1~ THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. lVfay 12, 1923.

OLD BILL'S ADVICE. objects for which the Junior Leagues were est.ablished. . .I was walking througl1 the parl( last week, When old "YalJ ha" saYS to me: Take the district club teams of "League foot:r starts t o ~morrow, the present season, and it will be­ And that's good enough for me; I've bought me se::ison ticlrnt, found that they are mainly com­ And the ·old gal's g-ot one too, I'll take her to the Crici

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