Ashes Series 1920 Series

Game 2

Australia 21 def. England (GB) 8

Ashes Series 1920

Australia
21
8
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6736
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 3rd July, 1920
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Snr
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 40,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 8
Australia Scoresheet England (GB)
Viv FARNSWORTH T Frank GALLAGHER
Herb GILBERT   Arthur JOHNSON
Harold HORDER      
Norm POTTER      
Dick VEST      
 
Frank BURGE G Ben GRONOW
Harold HORDER      
 
Charles FRASER FG    
Australia Teams England (GB)
Charles FRASER
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Gwyn THOMAS
Dick VEST
[Western Suburbs]
2 W 2 Jim BACON
Viv FARNSWORTH
[Western Suburbs]
3 C 3 Harold WAGSTAFF (c)
Herb GILBERT (c)
[Western Suburbs]
4 C 4 Danny HURCOMBE
Harold HORDER
[North Sydney]
5 W 5 Billy STONE
 
Albert JOHNSTON
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Johnny ROGERS
Duncan THOMPSON
[North Sydney]
7 HB 7 Bobby LLOYD
 
Bill SCHULTZ
[Balmain]
8 FR 8 Ben GRONOW
Sandy PEARCE
[Eastern Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Alf MILNES
Norm POTTER 10 FR 10 Arthur JOHNSON
Frank BURGE
[Glebe]
11 2R 11 Herman HILTON
Bert GRAY
[Glebe]
12 2R 12 Doug CLARK
Bill RICHARDS 13 L 13 Frank GALLAGHER
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1920 - Game 1 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1920 - Game 3 vs. England (GB)
Out:
Harry Fewin (fullback), Neville Broadfoot (centre)
In:
Herb Gilbert (centre), Duncan Thompson (halfback)
Changes:
Charles Fraser (five-eighth to fullback), Albert Johnston (halfback to five-eighth), Bill Richards (second row to lock), Bert Gray (lock to second row)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1920 - Game 10 vs. Toowoomba
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1920 - Game 12 vs. Tamworth
Out:
Alf Wood (fullback), Cyril Stacey (wing), Squire Stockwell (wing), Ernest Jones (five-eighth), Arthur Skelhorne (front row), Joe Bowers (front row), William Reid (second row), Billy Cunliffe (second row)
In:
Gwyn Thomas (fullback), Jim Bacon (wing), Danny Hurcombe (centre), Johnny Rogers (five-eighth), Ben Gronow (front row), Alf Milnes (hooker), Arthur Johnson (front row), Doug Clark (second row)
Changes:
Billy Stone (centre to wing), Frank Gallagher (hooker to lock), Herman Hilton (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson