Eastern Suburbs Roosters 26–13 North Sydney Bears — Semi-Final, 1928 NRL Finals Series
8 Sep 1928 · Wentworth Park, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 5,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1928 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 26–13 North Sydney Bears, at Wentworth Park, Sydney, NSW on 8 Sep 1928.
Sourcing caveat: Eastern Suburbs' coach for this specific match was not returned by the source in the fetch used; not stated here rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Steel (2); Webber (2); Kavanagh; Oxford Goals: Oxford (4) |
| North Sydney Bears | Tries: Murray; McGrath; Wood Goals: Carroll (2) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | North Sydney Bears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toby (c) | Fullback | Carroll | 1 |
| 2 | Steel | Wing | Mulheron | 2 |
| 3 | G. Harris | Centre | Wood | 3 |
| 4 | Hedger | Centre | Murray | 4 |
| 5 | Webber | Wing | Courtney | 5 |
| 6 | Fletcher | Five-Eighth | Montgomery | 6 |
| 7 | Busch | Halfback | Battersby (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Dyer | Lock | Sprouster | 8 |
| 9 | Oxford | Second Row | Humphries | 9 |
| 10 | Kavanagh | Second Row | McQuarrie | 10 |
| 11 | Bryant | Prop | Mundy | 11 |
| 12 | D. Brown | Hooker | McGrath | 12 |
| 13 | Fitzpatrick | Prop | C. Johnson | 13 |
| Coach | Tom McMahon | |||
Match officials
| Referee | William Neill |
Match report
8 Sep 1928, Wentworth Park (doubleheaded with the South Sydney-St George semi-final at Earl Park, Arncliffe). Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 3, North Sydney 10 (North Sydney led at the break).