1908 Interstate rugby league series

August 2019 The 1908 Interstate rugby league series was the first series of matches between the then newly formed New South Wales and Queensland rugby league football teams.Atkins Jonathan Interstate rivalry began before State of Origin http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/06/16/2928672.htm abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporation 27 August 2016 In what was rugby league in Australia's first year, three matches were played in July and all were won by New South Wales. These matches began the tradition of annual series between New South Wales and Queensland that would go on to form the basis of the State of Origin series. Following the success of the 1907–08 All Golds tour, the Queensland rugby league team went on to arrange three games against New South Wales at the Sydney Agricultural Ground. Although remaining winless, thrashed 43-0 and 37-8 in the first two games, the tight 12-3 result in the third match gave Queensland its first-ever rugby league stars, with Mick Bolewski, Bill Hardcastle, Bill Heidke and Jack Fihelly all being selected for the first-ever Kangaroo tour to England.History https://www.qrl.com.au/about/history.html qrl.com.au Queensland Rugby League 27 August 2016 Game 1 Still some months away from having their own competition, Queensland traveled to Sydney to play rugby league football against New South Wales for the first time.ARL Australian Rugby Football League 2008 Annual Report 30 Australian Rugby Football League Limited 2008 http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/files/11726_ARL_Annrep_1.pdf 2009-07-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120317182126/http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/files/11726_ARL_Annrep_1.pdf 17 March 2012 Saturday, 11 July 3:15 PM (local time) Queensland 0 - 43Results 1908-81 https://www.qrl.com.au/siteassets/more/qrl-results-of-interstate-matches.pdf qrl.com.au Queensland Rugby League 6 October 2018 Report New South Wales 9 TriesAnderson (4), McCabe (2), Butler, Cann, Deane8 GoalsMessenger Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney 5,000 Fred Henlen thumb|right|300px|The NSW team for the inaugural interstate match.Queensland: 1. E Baird, 2. W Abrahams, 3. W Heidke, 4. M Bolewski, 5. A O'Brien, 6. O Olsen, 7. M Dore (c), 8. W Hardcastle, 9. J Fihelly, 10. V Anderson, 11. R Tubman, 12. E Cartmill, 13. J Thompson New South Wales: 1. C Hedley, 2. F Cheadle, 3. H Mssenger, 4. A Morton, 5. T Anderson, 6. S Deane, 7. A Butler, 8. L O'Malley, 9. W Cann, 10. T McCabe, 11. L Jones, 12. R Graves, 13. A Hennessy (c) With the likes of the great Dally Messenger, Billy Cann, Jersey O'Malley and skipper Arthur Hennessy in their ranks the Blues represented the cream of the newly established NSWRFL, whilst Queensland had done well to assemble a team as they had not yet established a club competition. It was no surprise, then, that NSW proved far superior in this inaugural meeting, with South Sydney winger Tommy Anderson posting four tries as the Blues raced to a 43-0 win.1908 NSW v Queensland https://www.melbastudios.com.au/shopping/product_list.php?cat=24 melbastudios.com.au Melba Studios 28 August 2016 Game 2 New South Wales selected a completely new team for the second match. This is regarded as an exhibition match and is not included in official interstate rugby league totals.Middleton D. 2011 Official Rugby League Annual (Newlife Media) Wednesday, 15 July 3:15 PM (local time) Queensland 8 - 37 Report New South Wales 2 TriesO'Brien, Thompson1 GoalEvans 7 TriesBroomham (2), Frawley (2), Moir (2), Brackenreg7 GoalsBrackenreg (6), Bloomfield (1)1 Field goalLance Hansen Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney 2,000 Charlie Hutchison Queensland: 1. M Bolewski, 2. A O'Brien, 3. W Evans, 4. O Olsen, 5. W Abrahams, 6. E Anlezark, 7. M Dore (c), 8. J Fihelly, 9. V Anderson, 10. W Hardcastle, 11. P Dwyer, 12. E Cartmill, 13. J Thompson New South Wales: 1. H Bloomfield, 2. A Broomham, 3. E Fry, 4. A Conlon (c), 5. D Frawley, 6. J Leveson, 7. L Hansen, 8. E Courtney, 9. J Abercrombie, 10. S Carpenter, 11. V Harris, 12. P Moir, 13. H Brackenreg Game 3 Saturday, 18 July 2:00 PM (local time) Queensland 3 - 12 Report New South Wales 1 TryOlsen 2 TriesHansen, Moir2 GoalsBrackenreg1 Field goalHansen Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney ≈ 6,000 Tom McMahon Queensland: 1. M Bolewski, 2. W Abrahams, 3. A O'Brien, 4. W Evans, 5. O Olsen, 6. J Baird, 7. W Heidke (c), 8. J Fihelly, 9. V Anderson, 10. R Tubman, 11. E Cartmill, 12. J Thompson, 13. P Walsh New South Wales: 1. H Bloomfield, 2. A Broomham, 3. E Fry, 4. A Conlon (c), 5. B McCarthy, 6. J Leveson, 7. L Hansen, 8. H Glanville, 9. H Brackenreg, 10. L Jones, 11. P Moir, 12. D Green, 13. E Courtney The last game of the series was played on a slippery Royal Agricultural Ground before approximately 6,000. In what was described as a fast match, New South Wales led 5-3 at half time, keeping the Queenslanders out eventually winning 12-3.Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14989187 28 August 2016 The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax 21 July 1908 References Category:Rugby League State of Origin Interstate series