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1945 Test Matches

Match - Saturday 10 March, 1945

England 18 def. Wales 8

1945 Test Matches

England
18
8
Wales
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14943
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 10th March, 1945
RefereeGeorge Phillips
VenueCentral Park (Wigan)
Crowd23,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score155
EnglandScoresheetWales
Eric BATTEN3T2Alan EDWARDS
Willie HORNE   
 
Ernest WARD2GStan POWELL
Billy BELSHAW   
EnglandTeamsWales
Billy BELSHAW1FB1Joe JONES
Eric BATTEN2W2Stan POWELL
Ernest WARD3C3Idwal DAVIES
Bryn KNOWELDEN4C4Gus RISMAN (c)
Albert JOHNSON5W5Alan EDWARDS
 
Willie HORNE6FE6Willie DAVIES
Tommy BRADSHAW7HB7Mel DE LLOYD
 
Colin STANSFIELD8FR8Fred HUGHES
Joe EGAN9HK9Bert DAY
Harry WILKINSON10FR10Emrys EVANS
Bob AYRES112R11Jack BOWEN
George BROWN122R12Eddie WATKINS
William HUTCHINSON13L13Ike OWENS
   
 

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
1944 Test Matches - Standalone vs. Wales
Next Game:
1945/46 European Championship - Game 1 vs. Wales
Out:
Jack Walkington (fullback), James Robinson (centre), Stan Pepperell (five-eighth), Ken Gee (front row), Harry Millington (second row), Ted Tattersfield (lock)
In:
Billy Belshaw (fullback), Ernest Ward (centre), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Colin Stansfield (front row), Bob Ayres (second row), George Brown (second row)
Changes:
William Hutchinson (second row to lock)

Wales

Previous Game:
1944 Test Matches - Standalone vs. England
Next Game:
1945/46 European Championship - Game 1 vs. England
Out:
Emlyn Walters (wing), Bill Davies (centre), Dai Jenkins (halfback), Dai Prosser (front row), Con Murphy (hooker), Frank Whitcombe (front row), Sandy Orford (second row), Trevor Foster (second row), Bill Chapman (lock)
In:
Stan Powell (wing), Idwal Davies (centre), Mel de Lloyd (halfback), Fred Hughes (front row), Bert Day (hooker), Emrys Evans (front row), Jack Bowen (second row), Eddie Watkins (second row), Ike Owens (lock)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates