Kangaroos Tour 1908/09

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The information available on this tour is still fairly sketchy. Crowds are obviously estimates, and aside from Test matches, obtaining details on squads and scorers is an ongoing process. Not all venues and referees are confirmed.



A cotton mills strike in the north of England was a contributing factor to small crowds.

Location

England, Wales, Scotland

Attendance

250,181

Top tryscorer

17 - Jim Devereux

Top pointscorer

160 - Dally Messenger

Results
To view more info on a match, click the View button.
Date	Year	Round	Home		Away		Referee	City	Crowd
Oct 3rd	1908	Game 1	Mid Rhondda	6	Australia	20		Tonypandy	7,500	View
Oct 7th	1908	Game 2	Bradford	11	Australia	12		Bradford	4,000	View
Oct 10th	1908	Game 3	Rochdale	0	Australia	5		Rochdale	3,000	View
Oct 14th	1908	Game 4	York	5	Australia	5		York	1,781	View
Oct 17th	1908	Game 5	Salford	9	Australia	9		Salford	6,100	View
Oct 21st	1908	Game 6	Runcorn	7	Australia	9		Runcorn	2,700	View
Oct 24th	1908	Game 7	Cumberland	10	Australia	52		Whitehaven	4,000	View
Oct 28th	1908	Game 8	Leigh	14	Australia	11	W. McCutcheon	Leigh	6,000	View
Oct 31st	1908	Game 9	Dewsbury	15	Australia	0	J. May	Dewsbury	2,000	View
Nov 5th	1908	Game 10	Yorkshire	11	Australia	24		Hull	3,500	View
Nov 7th	1908	Game 11	Hunslet	11	Australia	12		Hunslet	6,000	View
Nov 9th	1908	Game 12	Aberdare	10	Australia	37		Aberdare	5,000	View
Nov 14th	1908	Game 13	Warrington	10	Australia	3		Warrington	5,000	View
Nov 18th	1908	Game 14	English League	9	Australia	10		Liverpool	6,000	View
Nov 21st	1908	Game 15	Hull KR	21	Australia	16		Hull	7,000	View
Nov 25th	1908	Game 16	Lancashire	6	Australia	20		Wigan	4,000	View
Nov 28th	1908	Game 17	Barrow	5	Australia	21		Barrow-In-Furness	6,500	View
Dec 5th	1908	Game 18	Halifax	12	Australia	8		Halifax	6,000	View
Dec 9th	1908	Game 19	Swinton	9	Australia	10		Manchester	1,500	View
Dec 12th	1908	Game 20	England	22	Australia	22	J. Smith	London	2,000	View
Dec 17th	1908	Game 21	Treherbert	3	Australia	6		Pontypridd	4,000	View
Dec 19th	1908	Game 22	Wakefield	20	Australia	13		Wakefield	3,000	View
Dec 25th	1908	Game 23	Leeds	10	Australia	14	E. Smirk	Leeds	12,000	View
Dec 26th	1908	Game 24	Oldham	11	Australia	5		Oldham	11,800	View
Jan 2nd	1909	Game 25	England	14	Australia	9	J. Smith	Huddersfield	7,000	View
Jan 6th	1909	Game 26	Widnes	2	Australia	13		Widnes	1,000	View
Jan 9th	1909	Game 27	Wigan	10	Australia	7	H. Farrar	Wigan	4,000	View
Jan 12th	1909	Game 28	Batley	12	Australia	5		Batley	2,000	View
Jan 16th	1909	Game 29	Welsh XIII	14	Australia	13	E. Smirk	Merthyr Tydfil	6,000	View
Jan 18th	1909	Game 30	Ebbw Vale	8	Australia	9		Ebbw Vale	5,000	View
Jan 20th	1909	Game 31	Wigan	16	Australia	8		Wigan	9,100	View
Jan 23rd	1909	Game 32	England	15	Australia	5	W. McCutcheon	Newcastle	22,000	View
Jan 26th	1909	Game 33	Keighley	8	Australia	8		Bradford	1,000	View
Jan 30th	1909	Game 34	Hull FC	9	Australia	8		Hull	10,000	View
Feb 3rd	1909	Game 35	England	17	Australia	17	E. Smirk	Glasgow	3,000	View
Feb 4th	1909	Game 36	Cumberland	11	Australia	2		Carlisle	2,000	View
Feb 6th	1909	Game 37	Broughton Rangers	14	Australia	12		Salford	12,000	View
Feb 10th	1909	Game 38	St Helens	9	Australia	0		St Helens	1,500	View
Feb 13th	1909	Game 39	Warrington	8	Australia	8		Warrington	7,000	View
Feb 15th	1909	Game 40	England	6	Australia	5	E. Smirk	Birmingham	9,000	View
Feb 20th	1909	Game 41	Huddersfield	5	Australia	3		Huddersfield	9,700	View
Feb 22nd	1909	Game 42	Barrow	11	Australia	3		Barrow-In-Furness	6,000	View
Feb 27th	1909	Game 43	Merthyr	15	Australia	13		Merthyr Tydfil	4,000	View
Mar 3rd	1909	Game 44	England	14	Australia	7	E. Smirk	Liverpool	4,500	View
Mar 8th	1909	Game 45	Lancashire	19	Australia	14		Salford	4,000	View