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1928 New Zealand vs England Series

Game 1

New Zealand 17 def. England (GB) 13

1928 New Zealand vs England
Game 1

New Zealand		 17
–
13
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14331
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th August, 1928
Referee L Bull
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 28,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 – 3
New Zealand Scoresheet England (GB)
Leonard SCOTT 2 T Alf ELLABY
Claude LIST   Les FAIRCLOUGH
      Joe OLIVER
 
Frank DELGROSSO 3 G 2 Jim SULLIVAN
Craddock DUFTY      
New Zealand Teams England (GB)
Craddock DUFTY 1 FB 1 Jim SULLIVAN (c)
Roy HARDGRAVE 2 W 2 Alf ELLABY
Claude LIST 3 C 3 Joe OLIVER
Leonard SCOTT 4 C 4 Jim BROUGH
Maurice WETHERILL (c) 5 W 5 Tom ASKIN
 
Stan PRENTICE 6 FE 6 Les FAIRCLOUGH
Frank DELGROSSO 7 HB 7 Billo REES
 
Lou HUTT 8 FR 8 William BURGESS
Wally SOMERS 9 HK 9 Nat BENTHAM
Andrew O'BRIEN 10 FR 10 Frank BOWEN
Tommy TIMMS 11 2R 11 Bob SLOMAN
Herbert O'BRIEN 12 2R 12 Albert FILDES
Vern GOODALL 13 L 13 Bill HORTON
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
1926/27 England vs New Zealand - Game 3 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
1928 New Zealand vs England - Game 2 vs. England (GB)
Out:
Lou Brown (wing), Hector Cole (centre), Jack Kirwan (centre), Jim Sanders (wing), Wilson Hall (halfback), James Parkes (front row), Ernest Herring (hooker), George Gardiner (front row), Henry Thomas (second row), Len Mason (second row), Bert Avery (lock)
In:
Roy Hardgrave (wing), Claude List (centre), Leonard Scott (centre), Maurice Wetherill (wing), Stan Prentice (five-eighth), Lou Hutt (front row), Wally Somers (hooker), Andrew O'Brien (front row), Tommy Timms (second row), Herbert O'Brien (second row), Vern Goodall (lock)
Changes:
Frank Delgrosso (five-eighth to halfback)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
1928 Lions Tour - Game 17 vs. South Auckland
Next Game:
1928 Lions Tour - Game 19 vs. Auckland Province
Out:
Walter Gowers (fullback), Alf Frodsham (wing), Emlyn Gwynne (wing), Bryn Evans (five-eighth), Billy Williams (front row), Oliver Dolan (hooker), Ben Halfpenny (second row), Joe Thompson (second row), Harold Young (lock)
In:
Jim Sullivan (fullback), Alf Ellaby (wing), Tom Askin (wing), Les Fairclough (five-eighth), William Burgess (front row), Nat Bentham (hooker), Bob Sloman (second row), Albert Fildes (second row), Bill Horton (lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson