History of Newport RFC :: 1874

FoNR TALK Newport History of Newport RFC

	Newport RFC	South of Ireland
Points *
Tries	2	0
Conversions	2	1
Penalties	0	0
Drop Goals	0	0
Goals From Mark	0	0

Venue	Home
Game Category	Official
Attendance	unknown
Referee	unknown

The intended teams published in the Western Mail on the morning of the match were as follows:-

"South of Ireland: T. Harrison (Cork), back; T. M. Corker (Cork) and W. Wallis (Waterford), half back; W. J. Goulding, Capt (Cork) and W. Peics (Cork), quarter back; W. A. Cummins (Cork), A. Forrest (Limerick), F. Gray (Cork), W. Kelly (Limerick), J. J. Keon (Limerick), F. Kennedy (Fermoy), A. R. McMullen (Cork), R. Meyers (Wexford), J. Purdon (Wexford), and E. W. Loane (Queenstown), forwards. Newport: C. F. Thompson, back; F. Phillips and H. H. Hancock, quarter back; C. H. Newman, C. H. Knox, and T. Spittle, half back; A. Goss, F. A. Goss, G. F. Harding, T. Harding, H. S. Lyne, A. A. Newman, W. Phillips (Capt.), W. Ponsford, and J.J. Woods, forwards."

On 19th November 1879 the Western Mail reported on this game, the first of three in "NEWPORT FOOTBALL WEEK", with the visitors being Blackheath on Thursday (20th) http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/games/games.php?id=000225 and Weston Super Mare on Saturday (22nd) http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/games/games.php?id=000226 :-

"SOUTH OF IRELAND v. NEWPORT. – On Tuesday afternoon this match came off on the Newport Club ground, resulting in 2 goals, 2 tries, and 12 touches down in favour of the home team, the Irish team having only secured one goal, and caused their adversaries to touch down once in self defence. The strangers received a hearty reception, and were met at the station by the Catholic drum and fife band. The game was watched with considerable interest by a large number of persons, and the utmost good humour and friendly feeling marked the day's proceedings."

* There was no points system in place prior to 1890-91. Instead, a game was determined by the number of goals scored (conversions, dropped goals, and later, penalties). If a try was scored, an opportunity to convert the try into a goal was given. If the goal was kicked successfully, the try no longer counted.

For these games, the number of Tries are shown under 'Tries', and Goals are shown under 'Conversions'. Drop Goals and Penalties are shown in the normal way.