Eastern Suburbs Roosters 23–10 North Sydney Bears — Semi-Final, 1908 NRL Finals Series
15 Aug 1908 · Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 400
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1908 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 23–10 North Sydney Bears, at Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney, NSW on 15 Aug 1908.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's default scoresheet only surfaced 3 of Eastern Suburbs' 5 tries (Miller alone); Kelley and Frawley's tries were needed from the fuller scoresheet to reconcile the 23-point score. Coaches for both sides were not found in any available source.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Miller (3); Kelley; Frawley Goals: Brackenreg (4) |
| North Sydney Bears | Tries: Bollard; McCarthy Goals: Glanville (2) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | North Sydney Bears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | Fullback | Whitfield | 1 |
| 2 | W. Smith | Wing | Broomham (c) | 2 |
| 3 | Miller | Centre | Glanville | 3 |
| 4 | D. Brown | Centre | McCarthy | 4 |
| 5 | MacNamara | Wing | Mathieson | 5 |
| 6 | D'Alpuget | Five-Eighth | Sprouster | 6 |
| 7 | Kelley | Halfback | Hansen | 7 |
| 8 | Brackenreg | Lock | Notting | 8 |
| 9 | Frawley | Second Row | Bollard | 9 |
| 10 | White | Second Row | Odbert | 10 |
| 11 | Mable | Prop | Boland | 11 |
| 12 | Green | Hooker | Rochester | 12 |
| 13 | Flegg (c) | Prop | Curphey | 13 |
Match officials
| Referee | Charlie Hutchison |
Match report
15 Aug 1908, Royal Agricultural Society Showground (doubleheaded with the South Sydney-Glebe semi-final at Wentworth Park). Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 10, North Sydney 5. This was the competition's inaugural season.