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City Cup 1923

Round 8

Summary of Matches

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>  Eastern Suburbs 13 (H. Caples, J. Dawson, L. Steel tries; A. Oxford 2 goals) defeated Glebe 11 (J. Lodge, J. McMahon, J. Toohey tries; E. Cummins goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Date: Sat, 1st September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 5-3.   Referee: Tom McMahon.   Crowd: 10,000.
Eastern Suburbs: Agar, Abotomey, Connerton, Dawson, Steel; Caples (C), Kaufmann; Molloy, Holmes, Ives, Richards, Oxford, Watkins. Int: O'Donnell.
Glebe: Cummins, Cox, Toohey, James, Lodge; McMahon, Benson (C); McGrath, Young, Lucas, Quigley, Liston, Goddard. Int: King.
>  Newtown 10 (H. Edwards, J. Mansted tries; T. Ellis 2 goals) defeated North Sydney 7 (H. Peters try; J. Ives 2 goals) at Sydney Sports Ground.
Date: Sat, 1st September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 7-5.   Referee: Joe Murray.   Crowd: 1,000.
Newtown: Ellis, Cripps, Bolewski (C), Mansted, Galway; Elliott, Stevens; McMillan, Leamy, Clamback, Edwards, Bains, Cavanough.
North Sydney: Waterhouse, Blinkhorn, Courtney, Peters, Horder (C); Coltman, Steele; Chevell, Hancock, Johnson, Farnell, Ives, Baker.
>  South Sydney 17 (V. Lawrence 2, A. Johnston, J. Lawrence, O. Quinlivan tries; V. Lawrence goal) defeated St George 6 (J. Morris, B. Paki tries) at Birchgrove Oval.
Date: Sat, 1st September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: St George 6-3.   Referee: Arthur Thornton.   Crowd: 2,000.
St George: Carstairs, Paki, Hume, Gabbe, Shadlow; Traynor, Burns; Tye (C), Gore, Peters, Morris, Justice, Lapham.
South Sydney: Hallett, Wearing, Quinlivan, Barry, Lawrence; Gillespie (C), Johnston; Horne, Willmott, Watson, Root, Murphy, Lawrence. Int: Funnell.
>  Balmain 20 (G. Robinson 2, J. Robinson 2, B. Craig, L. Hayes tries; M. Russell goal) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (W. Collins, B. McCabe tries; E. Doig, G. Stettler goals) at Pratten Park.
Date: Sat, 1st September.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 8-3.   Referee: William Neill.   Crowd: 3,000.
Western Suburbs: McMillan, Stettler, Fifield, McCabe, Collins; Brien, Doig; Lindfield, Prentice (C), Stapleton, Yanz, Drew, Leddy.
Balmain: Fraser (C), Robinson, Craig, Love, Millard; Kennedy, Robinson; Schultz, Watt, Russell, Hayes, Fraser, Latta.