LeagueNews.co | Nick Loken
The Sydney Roosters have recently completed an audit of their Men's Honour Roll, a historical list of all first-grade players, revealing a number of omissions and errors that have now been rectified.
It was discovered that two games were incorrectly recorded against Harry Flegg, with his younger brother Billy actually participating in the 1909 Round 5 match against Newcastle and the semi-final against Balmain in the same year.
To ensure accuracy, the Roosters Heritage Committee collaborated with Shawn Dollin from RLP and esteemed historian David Middleton from League Information Services to finalize the list of first-grade players and their debut matches.
This comprehensive search involved reviewing Club annual reports, NSW State Library archives, and even reaching out to players and relatives of deceased players.
However, due to the inexact recording of replacements in the early days, Sandy Pearce's injury in the Round 4, 1915 match against Newtown and his subsequent replacement by Alex Barnetson, were missed when compiling the original players' list.
Consequently, Barnetson has been allocated the no.
836 player number, which was initially assigned to Cam Cherry.