A Journal devoted to the interests ol Rugby Leawa• Football, ancl containin1 tla• only authorised List ol Name•, Numbers, Colors •nd Position• of Player•. P11Lli1hed by the N.S. W. Rugby Football Leaau• Ai their Oftice, 166 Phi!liD Rtritet.. Sydn@y, N.8. ,r, Vol. 4-No. 4 (O O PY~IQHT) SYDNEY, MAY 26, 1923. Price-Threepeaae New South Wales Rugby League. CHAMPIONSHIPS ON JUNE 4 AT SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND~ On Monday, June 4th, the much the League knock-out oompetitio:a, d'ebated ·· question .of who is the which will comprise games of t en most speedy in the Rugby League minutes' duration each way, and (under football conditions), will the veriest f ootball fanatic · w ill be set at rest-:-for a time at least­ surely have his ardent appetite for on °that day there ·will _ be a satisfied. This kn~-out comp. great gathering of footballers will be contested by eight teams, from all grades who will pit their and to obviate one team of the powers one against the other. present nine being obliterated, t he The programme arranged will in­ two teams who are at the bottom clude :- of the premiership list after to• day's round ;wm make up a com­ · 100 Yards' c ·hamplonship (Backs). bined team; each individual from each club will play in his own HOWARD HALLEFT 100 Yards' Championship (For­ wards), club's colours. (South Sydney'• Brilliant The day's outing will prove t o 100 Yards' Championship of the · Full-Back). be a great attraction, and should, League. (Open to bona-flde mem­ as we said above, settle the vexed When t t:e !>e<·onrl K a n g-a roos were bers of League Clubs.) making hist ory in F.n g-land some y ea rs question of who is really the most ago a you ng-!'t ter <'ame t'l light as · 440 Yards' Relay Flag Race • . speedy. All competitors are noti­ Australia's full-ha<'k. E n g-lls h critics w ere unstintPrl ln t heir prai.:;e of this 100 Yards' Cnampionship of the fied that full football rig must be play er's t> r i11 1anc t> a nd h a ile'1 him as the bes t fu!l-back in L eague football. Junior Leagues. __ _ worn in all races. That is a com paratively long time ago, a nd yet t o-day we fi n d Hallett - * for h e is t he youngs t er of those days · This great programme of ath­ The championship of the League - is still a hle to br ing fo rth and exe­ letic events will draw its thousands cute a number of those w onderful should attract a good erowd to the cleve r m ove1> tha t m adP his n a me a no doubt, but the football pro­ Hospital Benefit Match, on June househ old word wt•erev er League Rugby is played. "He mu:st be g etting gramme will, perhaps, appeal . to 4th. The meeting of Border, t oo old," says on e scribe, but t here many more enthusiasts, for the Blinkhorn, Lapham, See and others a re not too m a n ~' . eit her side of t he h erring Pond, tha t can ou t -play t he series of President's Cup matches should settle the much-discussed Red a nd Green custodia n . His age ' is 3,. will be inaugurated on that day. question of who is the fast• st Add to this the new innovation of man playing League football.-B.D. I THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS• May 26, 1923. .. i Tbe Wonder H DALLy M H Price I I R••-Lv Ball . 22/6 • ugu., - FINEST MADE Complete ,1 · ahln Guardo, no straps, 2/3, 3/ 1 M, S. ;..:.~!~:::.~pec:1. 16/- Football lnftato,a, 2/ ·, a,., 4/1, •hln Guards, · c O n tin u O u 8 Dally M. Rugby Boots . 18/11 · 5/6 atrape _ 2/8, . 2/9, 3/3, 4/9 Elastic Bandages, knee or Football Pump Adaptors •• Bd. 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New­ couple of years ago when a record ·To-Day's Matches. town have but to produce the crowd saw a brillia11t exhibition same sparkling form as they of Rugger at the S~ney Cricket Now that the teams are settling showed against Easts to ensure Ground between these teams, we down into their stride, there are this. can only hope that the present-day beginning to appear a few loop­ players of these districts will re­ holes in some of their defensive The meeting of* Easte1·n Suburbs produce some of the same class of schemes. The third round of and Western Suburbs is sure to brilliant Rugby that each side has matches, completed last Saturday, provide a tough and even game, . shown itself to be capable of. The leaves North Sydney and South with the winner hard to pick, as first meeting of the pair last sea­ Sydney alone and undefeated at both sides have introduced a deal son saw the Tricolours victorious the head of the table, and, as of new blood into tb.eir teams by 2 tries (6 points) to 1 goal (2 Norths have the bye to-day, and which reflects great credit en th~ points); Easts were again returned Souths meet University, the pros­ officials of each district. Wests winners in the second round, w h en pect of a change Jn the position of · to date have not quite S;ettled they scored 4 tries and 4 goals the leaders is remote. down as a successful combination, (20 points) to 2 tries 2 goals (10 and, although they suffered a point.s). The tit-bit <;>f *the draw to-day rather severe reverse from the un­ should be the meeting of Balmain fortunate Glebe thirte'en, that form St. George to date* e.ave not suc- and Newtown, which should pro­ was rather too bad to be true, ceeded in winning a match, but in vide a battle royal between two and, when one calls back to mind each game played they h ave p ut powerful sets ·of forwards, for each that memorable drawn game a up a most creditable showing, and have always been noted for the solidity combined with brilliance of their vanguards. Balmain ran up a total of 12 point•s in the first half, against Norths, but were un­ able to add to that total for the re­ mainder of the game, while their opponents put on 12, which fact some people wHl argue does not add lustre to the 'Mains as brilliant finishers - but then the ·N.S.W. RUGBY game was fought out at such a tremendous pace that it was but a FOOTBALL LEAGUE. matter of which team would have the most pace left as a deciding De,igns are invited for factor - and that team was N ort)ls. In Newtown, they will be meeting Premier~hip. medals. a team that is not quite _so speedy as a CO:ffibination, and, ther~fore, £6 - 6 - 0 .will be .given for· the ·game sh,ould provide so.me each accepted ,.design. tlir.illing football, for these teams gener_ally manage to hold each . Designs will b~ received up other ..to a close game. Last sea­ till 5 .: P·.m.- on Tuesday~ 5th son · ·in the first round the over­ wate1' brigade won a hard-fought June. struggle by the very narrow mar­ gin of one point, although the Further j>articulara on application t o :­ Blues never crossed their line. The H. R. MILL ER scores were: Balmain 11 (3 t1iies Secretary. 165 Phillip St:, City. 1 goal), to 10 (5 goals) , while the second round produced a draw, 11-11, each side' scoring 3 tries and 1 goal, so that the prospects of a fine match between these teams is an excellent one, and the great urnss of football lovers will be more than satisfied with the dis- ' THE RUGBY LEAGUE NEWS. May 26, 1923. WEEKES' HOill CAFE .bA Bottle Departm!nt ,; co•NZII ll.&JlliC!ltl' ~ OAS'1':t,EJ11; ...A4H!!: S 'rallll"'!:.i Phon e: 2432 0 117. give promise of ·extending the very best of t he teams when they de­ velop a little fi nish to their strenu­ ous work; t hey have plenty of dash and viL'1, but lack the little Souths• sturdy little half-back, an adept in administering the dum­ bit of finesse tha t is needed to Alick Johnston, who was featured my t o his opponents, the former -finalise br illian t individualism.