Kangaroos Tour 1948 Series

Game 22

Wales 5 lost to Australia 12

Kangaroos Tour 1948/49

Wales
5
12
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14950
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 20th November, 1948
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Norman Railton
Venue Swansea (Swansea)
Crowd 9,224
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 7
Scrums 41 17
Wales Scoresheet Australia
Gareth PRICE T Johnny HAWKE
      Jack HOLLAND
 
Ted WARD G 2 Bruce HOPKINS
      Jack HORRIGAN
Wales Teams Australia
Joe JONES 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
Emlyn WALTERS 2 W 2 Pat McMAHON
Ted WARD (c) 3 C 3 Jack HORRIGAN
Gareth PRICE 4 C 4 Johnny HAWKE
Denis BOOCKER 5 W 5 Bobby LULHAM
[Balmain]
 
Len CONSTANCE 6 FE 6 Wally O'CONNELL
[Eastern Suburbs]
Harry ROYAL 7 HB 7 Bruce HOPKINS
[Canterbury]
 
Frank WHITCOMBE 8 FR 8 Jack HOLLAND
[St George]
Frank OSMOND 9 HK 9 Kevin SCHUBERT
Elwyn GWYTHER 10 FR 10 Eddie BROSNAN
George PARSONS 11 2R 11 Jack RAYNER
[Souths]
Doug PHILLIPS 12 2R 12 Fred DE BELIN
[Balmain]
Ike OWENS 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
 
    HC   Col MAXWELL
   
 

Team Info

Wales

Previous Game:
European Championship 1948/49 - Game 1 vs. France
Next Game:
European Championship 1948/49 - Game 2 vs. England
Out:
Steve Llewellyn (wing), Alan Edwards (wing), Ray Price (five-eighth), Dai M Davies (front row), Dyl Harris (front row), Jack Bowen (second row), Derek Howes (second row)
In:
Emlyn Walters (wing), Denis Boocker (wing), Len Constance (five-eighth), Frank Whitcombe (front row), Elwyn Gwyther (front row), Doug Phillips (second row)
Changes:
George Parsons (bench to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 21 vs. Swinton
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 23 vs. Yorkshire

No changes.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson