Ashes Series 1954 Series

Game 3

Australia 20 def. Great Britain 16

Ashes Series 1954

Australia
20
16
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7934
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 17th July, 1954
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 67,577
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 8
Australia Scoresheet Great Britain
Peter DIVERSI T 2 Dickie WILLIAMS
Noel PIDDING   Ernie ASHCROFT
Alex WATSON   Dave VALENTINE
Harry WELLS      
 
Noel PIDDING 4 G 2 Lewis JONES
Australia Teams Great Britain
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Lewis JONES
Brian CARLSON 2 W 2 Billy BOSTON
Harry WELLS 3 C 3 Phil JACKSON
Alex WATSON 4 C 4 Ernie ASHCROFT
Noel PIDDING 5 W 5 Terry O'GRADY
 
Bob BANKS 6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS (c)
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Gerry HELME
 
Duncan HALL 8 FR 8 Jim BOWDEN
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
9 HK 9 Tom McKINNEY
Brian DAVIES 10 FR 10 Alan PRESCOTT
Kel O'SHEA 11 2R 11 Charlie PAWSEY
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
12 2R 12 Nat SILCOCK
Peter DIVERSI
[North Sydney]
13 L 13 Dave VALENTINE
 
Vic HEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1954 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
World Cup 1954 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Noel Hazzard (centre), Bob Sullivan (five-eighth), Roy Bull (front row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Harry Wells (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Brian Davies (front row), Peter Diversi (lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 18 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 20 vs. NZ Maori
Out:
Geoff Gunney (fullback), Jack Wilkinson (wing), Jack Cunliffe (centre), Doug Greenall (centre), Brian Briggs (wing), Ray Price (five-eighth), Alf Burnell (halfback), Tommy Harris (front row), John Henderson (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Lewis Jones (fullback), Billy Boston (wing), Phil Jackson (centre), Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Terry O'Grady (wing), Dickie Williams (five-eighth), Gerry Helme (halfback), Jim Bowden (front row), Nat Silcock (second row), Dave Valentine (lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson