International (Test) Match 1 of 2 match series
Attendance: 42,000
Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney, Australia
Referee: Tom McMahon(Snr)
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
15 Feb 1909Northern Union [Great Britain]6 - 5Australia1908-09
23 Jan 1909Northern Union [Great Britain]15 - 5Australia1908-09
12 Dec 1908Northern Union [Great Britain]22 - 22Australia1908-09
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Charlie Russell        
2 Charlie Woodhead 1     3
3 Jack Hickey 1     3
4 Dally Messenger 1 4   11
5 Albert Broomham        
6 Bill Farnsworth        
7 Chris McKivat        
8 Bill Noble        
9 Jack Barnett 1     3
10 Bill Spence        
11 Tedda Courtney        
12 Con Sullivan        
13 Robert Craig        
Total:        
 4 4 0 20
Northern Union [Great Britain] Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Jimmy Sharrock        
2 Jimmy Leytham30 2 1   8
3 Jim Lomas   1   2
4 Bert Jenkins        
5 Billy Batten21 1     3
6 Johnny Thomas 1 1   5
7 Tommy Newbould        
8 Billy Ward        
9 Fred Webster        
10 Billy Jukes 3     9
11 Dick Ramsdale25        
12 Ephraim Curzon        
13 Albert Avery        
Total:        
 7 3 0 27



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.