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1928 Test Matches

Match - Wednesday 11 January, 1928

England 20 def. Wales 12

1928 Test Matches

England
20
12
Wales
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14927
StatusCompleted
DateWednesday, 11th January, 1928
RefereeF Peel
VenueCentral Park (Wigan)
Crowd12,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score37
EnglandScoresheetWales
Alf ELLABY3TJack GORE
Ben HALFPENNY Gwyn PARKER
Tom HOLLIDAY   
Joe OLIVER   
 
Thomas DINGSDALEG3Jim SULLIVAN
EnglandTeamsWales
Thomas DINGSDALE1FB1Jim SULLIVAN (c)
Alf ELLABY2W2Frank EVANS
Joe OLIVER3C3Gwyn PARKER
Jack EVANS4C4Alf HIGGS
Tom HOLLIDAY5W5Johnny RING
 
Les FAIRCLOUGH6FE6Billo REES
Jonty PARKIN7HB7Dai DAVIES
 
Harold BOWMAN8FR8Joe THOMPSON
Nat BENTHAM9HK9Les WHITE
Jack MILLER10FR10T DAVIES
Ben HALFPENNY112R11Frank STEPHENS
Martin HODGSON122R12Ambrose BAKER
Harold YOUNG13L13Jack GORE
   
 

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
1927 Test Matches - Standalone vs. Wales
Next Game:
1928 Lions Tour - Game 26 vs. Wales
Out:
Laurie Osbourne (fullback), Charlie Carr (centre), Alf Frodsham (centre), Chris Brockbank (wing), Herbert Smith (hooker), Lou Houghton (front row), Albert Fildes (second row), Edward Haines (second row), Frank Gallagher (lock)
In:
Thomas Dingsdale (fullback), Joe Oliver (centre), Jack Evans (centre), Tom Holliday (wing), Nat Bentham (hooker), Jack Miller (front row), Ben Halfpenny (second row), Martin Hodgson (second row), Harold Young (lock)

Wales

Previous Game:
1927 Test Matches - Standalone vs. England
Next Game:
1928 Lions Tour - Game 26 vs. England
Out:
George Lewis (centre), Jim Bacon (centre), Eddie Caswell (five-eighth), Albert Green (front row), George Oliver (hooker), Dai Jenkins (front row), Emlyn Watkins (second row)
In:
Gwyn Parker (centre), Alf Higgs (centre), Dai Davies (halfback), Joe Thompson (front row), Les White (hooker), Frank Stephens (second row), Ambrose Baker (second row)
Changes:
Billo Rees (halfback to five-eighth), T Davies (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates