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Fix this textA Journal devoted to the interests of Rugby League Football, nnd containing ffe
Fix this textonly authorised List of Names, Numbers, Colors and Positions of Players,
Fix this textftMiehed by the N.S.W. Rugby Football League at their Qflee, 16S Phillip Street, Sydney,
Fix this textVol. 3 —No 15
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Fix this textSYDNEY, JULY 22nd. 1922
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Fix this textT. JAMES
Fix this textCentre ¾.
Fix this textt. McGrath
Fix this textForward.
Fix this textJ. Murphy (full-back) made his
Fix this textdebut with Glebe Arcadia Juniors
Fix this textin 1918. Showing splendid form,
Fix this texthe was called up to play with the
Fix this textdistrict third-grade team in 1919.
Fix this textBut this youth had set out to get
Fix this textto the top of the pile, and the fine
Fix this textability displayed by him made its
Fix this textmark, for next season we find him
Fix this textamongst the second-graders, and
Fix this textmore than holding his own. Now
Fix this textcomes the crowning point of his
Fix this textcareer (up to date, at least), for
Fix this textwhen Norm. Proctor left the dis-
Fix this texttrict without a star custodian along
Fix this textcame the Lilliputian’s opportunity,
Fix this textand how well he has seized it and
Fix this textmade good is the talk of all admir-
Fix this texters of a brilliant and clever little
Fix this textplayer. Sure of handling, sound
Fix this textin defence, he has a happy knack
Fix this textof getting his three-quarters mov-
Fix this texting with a well-judged run instead
Fix this textof the usual catch-and-kick style,
Fix this textfully realising that success comes
Fix this textonly to those who study the first
Fix this textlaw of League football —possession.
Fix this textHe is but a feather-weight, but has
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Fix this textJ. Toohey, left wing three-quart-
Fix this texter, is another product of the local
Fix this textjuniors, playing with Glebe in 1916.
Fix this textThe second-grade selectors awoke
Fix this textto his ability in 1917, and he con-
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Fix this text1920. During this period he was
Fix this texta most prolific try-getter, and his
Fix this textgeneral all-round play entitled him
Fix this textto a try-out with the first-grade
Fix this textteam last season. How he made
Fix this textgood is history, and he gives prom-
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Fix this textHe distinguished himself against
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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