NSW V New Zealand, Sydney Cricket Ground First Rugby League Match

Depicted here is the first rugby league match to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. At the time rugby union was the dominant football code to use the SCG who had refused to host a rugby league match since the break away football code formed in 1907. However, a celebration for King George V's Coronation Day at the Showground meant that the SCG was obliged to host the match.

Despite the low visitation of SCG Members the attendance was 46000 which at the time was the largest attendance at a rugby league match. Former rugby union skill Dally Messenger scored two tries, set up a third, converted three and kicked a penalty goal.

In recent years Messenger has been honoured by the Trust with the naming of the Dally Messenger Stand, a plaque in the Walk of Honour and as a subject in the Basil Sellers Sports Sculptures Project.