Kangaroos Tour 1949 Series

Game 4

South Island 8 lost to Australia 38

Kangaroos Tour 1949

South Island
8
38
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23103
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th September, 1949
Referee G Symes
Venue Addington (Christchurch)
Crowd 2,900
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 15
South Island Scoresheet Australia
P CALLINAN T 2 Les COWIE
W McKENZIE   2 Pat McMAHON
      Johnny GRAVES
      Johnny HAWKE
      Noel MULLIGAN
      Matt McCOY
 
J SOSTER G 7 Keith FROOME
South Island Teams Australia
J SOSTER 1 FB 1 Vic BULGIN
[Eastern Suburbs]
W McKENZIE 2 W 2 Pat McMAHON
P CALLINAN 3 C 3 Johnny HAWKE
[St George]
L BROWN 4 C 4 Matt McCOY
[St George]
K HENRY 5 W 5 Johnny GRAVES
[Souths]
 
George MENZIES 6 FE 6 Wally O'CONNELL
Jim HAIG 7 HB 7 Keith FROOME (c)
[Newtown]
 
Jack NEWTON 8 FR 8 Noel MULLIGAN
Bob AYNSLEY 9 HK 9 Kevin SCHUBERT
Patrick SMITH (c) 10 FR 10 Jack HOLLAND
[St George]
F BLANCHARD 11 2R 11 Kevin HANSEN
[Western Suburbs]
Charlie McBRIDE 12 2R 12 Jack RAYNER
[Souths]
Alister ATKINSON 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
 
M ORD 14 B    
   
 

Team Info

South Island

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 21 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Out:
Raymond Nuttall (fullback), ? Teen (wing), William Mountford (centre), Cec Davison (wing), L McNaughton (five-eighth), Arthur Gilman (front row), Ken Mountford (lock)
In:
J Soster (fullback), W McKenzie (wing), P Callinan (centre), L Brown (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Jim Haig (halfback), F Blanchard (second row), Alister Atkinson (lock)
Changes:
K Henry (centre to wing), M Ord (halfback to bench), Patrick Smith (hooker to front row), Bob Aynsley (second row to hooker)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 3 vs. West Coast
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 5 vs. Southern Provinces
Out:
Ron Roberts (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker)
In:
Johnny Graves (wing), Keith Froome (halfback), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Kevin Hansen (second row)
Changes:
Noel Mulligan (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson