England vs New Zealand 1947 Series

Game 2

England (GB) 7 lost to New Zealand 10

England vs New Zealand 1947

Lions
7
10
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14341
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 8th November, 1947
Referee S Adams
Venue Station Road (Manchester)
Crowd 29,031
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 10
England (GB) Scoresheet New Zealand
Dai JENKINS T Jack FORREST
      Jack NEWTON
 
Jim LEDGARD 2 G 2 Warwick CLARKE
England (GB) Teams New Zealand
Jim LEDGARD 1 FB 1 Warwick CLARKE
Eric BATTEN 2 W 2 Jack FORREST
Ernest WARD (c) 3 C 3 Harry ANDERSON
Ernie ASHCROFT 4 C 4 Maurie ROBERTSON
Albert JOHNSON 5 W 5 Ron McGREGOR
 
Willie DAVIES 6 FE 6 Len JORDAN
Dai JENKINS 7 HB 7 Ken MOUNTFORD
 
Ken GEE 8 FR 8 Joffe JOHNSON
Joe EGAN 9 HK 9 Bob AYNSLEY
Elwyn GWYTHER 10 FR 10 Patrick SMITH (c)
Les WHITE 11 2R 11 Charlie McBRIDE
Len ASTON 12 2R 12 Jack NEWTON
Harold PALIN 13 L 13 Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

England (GB)

Previous Game:
England vs New Zealand 1947 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
England vs New Zealand 1947 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Gordon Ratcliffe (wing), Jim Stott (centre), Tommy Bradshaw (halfback), Les Thomas (second row), Alec Dockar (lock)
In:
Eric Batten (wing), Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Dai Jenkins (halfback), Les White (second row), Harold Palin (lock)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1947/48 - Game 14 vs. Batley
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1947/48 - Game 16 vs. Leeds
Out:
Arthur McInnarney (wing), Roy Clark (centre), Des Barchard (five-eighth), Rex Cunningham (halfback), Leslie Pye (front row), Claude Hancox (front row), Arthur Gilman (second row), George Davidson (second row)
In:
Warwick Clarke (fullback), Maurie Robertson (centre), Ron McGregor (wing), Ken Mountford (halfback), Joffe Johnson (front row), Patrick Smith (front row), Charlie McBride (second row), Travers Hardwick (lock)
Changes:
Harry Anderson (fullback to centre), Len Jordan (centre to five-eighth), Jack Newton (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson