QRL Premiership 1921, Challenge Final
Carlton vs Coorparoo
‘Twas a finals series which belonged to, of all people, Carlton super-sub S Kelly. He played one game in 1920 and hadn’t played first-grade at all in 1921 until he was called from the bench in the semi-final against Valleys, making a key contribution to Carlton’s victory. He then came off the bench and did it again in the Grand Final. Bravo!
| Saturday, October 01, 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue: Davies Park, West End | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Crowd: “good”, “large” | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlton | Coorparoo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tries: | Tries: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Brown, S Kelly | P Bess, W Ehlers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals: | Goals: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Kelly (2), G Stallard | C Thorogood, W Ehlers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Silverthau | 1 | J Vinson | |||||||||||||||||||
| H Brown | 2 | P Williams | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Brown | 3 | C Sturgess | |||||||||||||||||||
| George Stallard | 4 | Charlie Thorogood | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Fitzgerald | 5 | W Ehlers | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Bath | 6 | John Holborrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Hoare | 7 | J Horsley | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Corkery | 8 | A Jeavons | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Sigley | 9 | Arthur Henderson | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Puddfoot | 10 | P Bess | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Meaney | 11 | H Burnett | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Ivo | 12 | J Rinaldi | |||||||||||||||||||
| N Doherty | 13 | Harry Jacques | |||||||||||||||||||
| S Kelly | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 44; Telegraph, 3 October, page 6; Daily Standard, 3 October, page 7. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Part of 1921 season