 The NSWRFL changed the venue of the game from the Sydney Cricket Ground to Birchgrove Oval in Balmain, drastically reducing spectator numbers and, in doing so, cutting Glebe's share of the big gate takings expected at the SCG.A team consisting of lower grade players was fielded and Glebe lost heavily, 40–9.The NSWRFL suspended all the footballers who refused to play, including Frank, Laidley and Albert Burge.