Lions Tour 1928

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England (GB)

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Tour Appearance Summary

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Player	1 LT	2 LT	3 LT	4 LT	5 LT	6 LT	7 LT	1 AS	9 LT	10 LT	11 LT	12 LT	13 LT	2 AS	15 LT	3 AS	17 LT	1 NZvE	19 LT	20 LT	21 LT	22 LT	2 NZvE	24 LT	3 NZvE
Tom ASKIN					C	W	W	W	W	W	FE	W		W		C		W			C	C	C		C
Nat BENTHAM	H		H	H	H		H	H		H		H		H		H		H		H			H		H
Frank BOWEN				FR	FR		FR		FR				2R				FR	FR	FR	FR	H	H	FR		2R
Harold BOWMAN	FR	FR						FR		FR	2R	FR	FR		FR	FR			2R	2R	FR			FR	FR
Jim BROUGH	W			C			C	C	FE	C		C	C	C	C		C	C		C	FE		C
William BURGESS	FR					FR	FR	FR			FR	FR		FR		FR		FR		FR		FR	FR
Oliver DOLAN		FR				H			H		H		H		H		H							H
Alf ELLABY	W	W	W	W				W		W	W	W		W		W		W		W		W	W	C
Bryn EVANS		HB		HB	HB		HB								HB		FE		FE	FE	HB	HB	FE
Jack EVANS		C	C	C
Les FAIRCLOUGH	HB				FE	FE		FE		HB		FE	FE		FE	FE		FE	C	C					C
Alec FILDES	2R		2R	2R				L	2R	L		2R		2R		2R		2R			2R	2R	2R		2R
Alf FRODSHAM	C		W		W	W	W		W	C	W		W		W		W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Walter GOWERS		FB			FB	FB			FB		FB		FB		FB		FB		FB		FB			FB
Emlyn GWYNNE		W		W	W		C								W	W	W		W		W	FE		W	W
Ben HALFPENNY		L	L		2R		L					L	W		2R		2R		2R		L			2R
Bill HORTON		2R	2R	2R		2R	2R	2R		2R				L		L		L		L		L	L		L
Joe OLIVER	C				C	C		C	C					C		C	C	C				C		FE
Jonty PARKIN	FE		HB											HB										HB	FE
Billo REES		FE	FE	FE		HB	FE	HB	HB	FE	HB	HB	HB	FE		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB			HB		HB
Mel ROSSER		C	C			C			C		C	C	C		C				C		C			C
Bob SLOMAN	2R					2R	2R	2R		2R		2R		2R		2R		2R			2R	2R	2R	2R
Jim SULLIVAN	FB		FB	FB			FB	FB		FB	C	FB		FB		FB		FB		FB		FB	FB		FB
Joe THOMPSON		2R	FR	L	2R	FR			2R	FR	2R		2R	FR	2R		2R		H	2R					FR
Billy WILLIAMS		H	FR	FR	FR				FR		FR		FR		FR		FR		FR		FR	FR		FR
Harold YOUNG	L				L	L			L		L		L		L		L		L					L

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13
Lions Tour	Game 1	South West NSW	D	14	-	14	Sullivan   4G	Ellaby	Frodsham	Oliver	Brough	Parkin	Fairclough	Burgess	Bentham	Bowman▮	Fildes   1T	Sloman   1T	Young	View
Lions Tour	Game 2	NSW Firsts	L	15	-	20	Gowers   3G	Ellaby   1T	Rosser	J. Evans   1T	Gwynne	Rees	B. Evans	Dolan	Williams	Bowman	Horton	Thompson   1T	Halfpenny	View
Lions Tour	Game 3	NSW Firsts	W	22	-	9	Sullivan   5G	Ellaby   2T	Rosser	J. Evans	Frodsham	Rees	Parkin   1T	Thompson	Bentham	Williams	Horton   1T	Fildes	Halfpenny	View
Lions Tour	Game 4	NSW Firsts	L	7	-	22	Sullivan   2G	Ellaby	Brough	J. Evans	Gwynne	Rees	B. Evans	Bowen	Bentham	Williams	Horton	Fildes   1T	Thompson	View
Lions Tour	Game 5	Far North Coast	W	20	-	9	Gowers   1G	Frodsham	Askin	Oliver   2T	Gwynne   2T	Fairclough	B. Evans	Williams	Bentham	Bowen	Halfpenny   1T	Thompson	Young   1T	View
Lions Tour	Game 6	QLD Firsts	L	7	-	21	Gowers   2G	Frodsham	Rosser	Oliver	Askin	Fairclough   1T	Rees	Burgess▮	Dolan	Thompson	Horton	Sloman	Young	View
Lions Tour	Game 7	Ipswich	W	23	-	13	Sullivan   4G	Frodsham   1T	Brough	Gwynne   1T	Askin	Rees	B. Evans	Bowen	Bentham	Burgess	Horton   1T	Sloman	Halfpenny   2T	View
Ashes Series	Game 1	Australia	W	15	-	12	Sullivan   3G	Askin	Oliver	Brough	Ellaby   1T	Fairclough   1T	Rees	Burgess	Bentham	Bowman	Sloman	Horton   1T	Fildes	View
Lions Tour	Game 9	Central QLD	W	27	-	11	Gowers	Frodsham   1T	Oliver	Rosser	Askin   2T	Brough   1T	Rees	Bowen	Dolan   1T	Williams	Thompson   1T 3G	Fildes	Young   1T	View
Lions Tour	Game 10	North QLD	W	30	-	16	Sullivan   6G	Ellaby   1T	Brough   1T	Frodsham	Askin   1T	Rees	Fairclough	Bowman	Bentham   1T	Thompson	Horton   1T	Sloman	Fildes   1T	View
Lions Tour	Game 11	Wide Bay	W	61	-	13	Gowers   6G	Ellaby   3T 1G	Rosser   1T	Sullivan   2T 2G	Frodsham   2T	Askin   1T	Rees	Burgess	Dolan	Williams	Bowman	Thompson   1T 2G	Young   3T	View
Lions Tour	Game 12	Toowoomba	W	17	-	12	Sullivan   4G	Ellaby   2T	Brough	Rosser	Askin	Fairclough   1T	Rees	Burgess	Bentham	Bowman	Sloman	Fildes	Halfpenny	View
Lions Tour	Game 13	Newcastle (AU)	W	19	-	17	Gowers	Halfpenny   1T	Rosser   1T	Brough   2T	Frodsham	Fairclough	Rees	Williams	Dolan▮	Bowman▮	Bowen	Thompson   2G	Young   1T	View
Ashes Series	Game 2	Australia	W	8	-	0	Sullivan   1G	Askin	Brough	Oliver	Ellaby   1T	Rees	Parkin   1T	Thompson	Bentham	Burgess	Sloman	Fildes	Horton	View
Lions Tour	Game 15	Western NSW	W	22	-	9	Gowers	Gwynne	Brough	Rosser   1T	Frodsham	Fairclough   1T	B. Evans	Williams	Dolan	Bowman   1T	Thompson   1T 5G	Halfpenny	Young	View
Ashes Series	Game 3	Australia	L	14	-	21	Sullivan   4G	Ellaby	Askin	Oliver	Gwynne	Fairclough   2T	Rees	Bowman	Bentham	Burgess	Sloman	Fildes	Horton	View
Lions Tour	Game 17	South Auckland	W	31	-	5	Gowers   2G	Frodsham   5T	Brough	Oliver	Gwynne   1T	B. Evans▮	Rees	Williams	Dolan	Bowen	Halfpenny   1T	Thompson   3G	Young	View
New Zealand vs England	Game 1	New Zealand	L	13	-	17	Sullivan   2G	Ellaby   1T	Oliver   1T	Brough	Askin	Fairclough   1T	Rees	Burgess	Bentham	Bowen	Sloman	Fildes	Horton	View
Lions Tour	Game 19	Auckland Province	W	14	-	9	Gowers   1G	Frodsham   1T	Rosser	Fairclough   1T	Gwynne   1T	B. Evans	Rees   1T	Williams	Thompson	Bowen	Halfpenny	Bowman	Young	View
Lions Tour	Game 20	Auckland	W	26	-	15	Sullivan   4G	Frodsham   1T	Brough   1T	Fairclough	Ellaby   1T	B. Evans   1T	Rees   1T	Burgess	Bentham	Bowen	Thompson	Bowman   1T	Horton	View
Lions Tour	Game 21	Buller Region	W	72	-	3	Gowers   11G	Gwynne   2T	Askin   3T	Rosser   2T	Frodsham   4T	Brough	B. Evans   1T	Williams   1G	Bowen	Bowman	Sloman   1T	Fildes	Halfpenny   3T	View
Lions Tour	Game 22	West Coast	W	62	-	13	Sullivan   8G	Ellaby   5T 1G	Askin   1T	Oliver   1T	Frodsham   2T	Gwynne	B. Evans	Burgess   1T 1G	Bowen   1T	Williams	Sloman   2T	Fildes	Horton   1T	View
New Zealand vs England	Game 2	New Zealand	W	13	-	5	Sullivan   2G	Ellaby   1T	Askin	Brough	Frodsham	B. Evans	Rees   1T	Burgess	Bentham	Bowen   1T	Sloman	Fildes	Horton	View
Lions Tour	Game 24	New Zealand XIII	L	26	-	27	Gowers   4G	Frodsham   1T	Rosser	Ellaby   2T	Gwynne	Oliver   1T	Parkin	Williams   1T	Dolan	Bowman	Sloman   1T	Halfpenny	Young	View
New Zealand vs England	Game 3	New Zealand	W	6	-	5	Sullivan	Gwynne	Fairclough   1T	Askin   1T	Frodsham	Parkin	Rees	Thompson	Bentham	Bowman	Bowen	Fildes	Horton	View

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson