Ashes Series 1948 Series

Game 3

Great Britain 23 def. Australia 9

1948/49 Ashes Series

Lions
23
9
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6768
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 29th January, 1949
Referee George Phillips
Venue Odsal (Bradford)
Crowd 36,294
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 6
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
George CURRAN 2 T Fred DE BELIN
Stan McCORMICK   Duncan HALL
Ernest WARD   Bobby LULHAM
Dickie WILLIAMS      
 
Ernest WARD 4 G    
Great Britain Teams Australia
Martin RYAN 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL
John LAWRENSON 2 W 2 Bobby LULHAM
Albert PIMBLETT 3 C 3 Doug McRITCHIE
Ernest WARD (c) 4 C 4 Johnny HAWKE
Stan McCORMICK 5 W 5 Pat McMAHON
 
Dickie WILLIAMS 6 FE 6 Wally O'CONNELL
Gerry HELME 7 HB 7 Keith FROOME
 
George CURRAN 8 FR 8 Alf GIBBS
Joe EGAN 9 HK 9 Kevin SCHUBERT
Ken GEE 10 FR 10 Duncan HALL
Bill HUDSON 11 2R 11 Fred DE BELIN
Jim FEATHERSTONE 12 2R 12 Noel MULLIGAN
Dave VALENTINE 13 L 13 Ignatius TYQUIN (c)
 
    HC   Col MAXWELL
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1948/49 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 1 vs. WA Firsts
Out:
Bob Nicholson (second row), Trevor Foster (second row)
In:
Bill Hudson (second row), Jim Featherstone (second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 37 vs. Cavaillon
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 1 vs. South Auckland
Out:
Vic Bulgin (fullback), Bobby Dimond (wing), Col Maxwell (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Bruce Hopkins (halfback), Eddie Brosnan (front row), Frank Johnson (hooker), Nevyl Hand (front row), Jack Rayner (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Bobby Lulham (wing), Johnny Hawke (centre), Pat McMahon (wing), Keith Froome (halfback), Alf Gibbs (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Duncan Hall (front row), Fred De Belin (second row), Ignatius Tyquin (lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson