Game 3
West Coast NZ Firsts 14 lost to Australia 39
| 1949 Kangaroos Tour Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23102 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 21st September, 1949 | |||||||
| Referee | Jim Griffin | |||||||
| Venue | Victoria Park (Greymouth) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,676 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 16 | |||||
| Scrums | 17 | – | 25 | |||||
| West Coast | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Bob AYNSLEY | T | 3 | Ron ROBERTS | |||||
| R BAXENDALE | 2 | Les COWIE | ||||||
| 2 | Matt McCOY | |||||||
| 2 | Pat McMAHON | |||||||
| J SOSTER | 4 | G | 3 | Vic BULGIN | ||||
| 3 | Matt McCOY | |||||||
| West Coast | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| J SOSTER | 1 | FB | 1 | Vic BULGIN [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| J CURRAGH | 2 | W | 2 | Pat McMAHON | ||||
| V MEATES | 3 | C | 3 | Johnny HAWKE [St George] | ||||
| J PASCOE | 4 | C | 4 | Matt McCOY [St George] | ||||
| M THOMAS (c) | 5 | W | 5 | Ron ROBERTS [St George] | ||||
| George MENZIES | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally O'CONNELL (c) | ||||
| M ORD | 7 | HB | 7 | Billy THOMPSON | ||||
| Frank MULCARE | 8 | FR | 8 | Roy BULL [Manly] | ||||
| Bob AYNSLEY | 9 | HK | 9 | Ron GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Jack NEWTON | 10 | FR | 10 | Jack HOLLAND [St George] | ||||
| W LENNON | 11 | 2R | 11 | Noel MULLIGAN | ||||
| Charlie McBRIDE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Jack RAYNER [South Sydney] | ||||
| R BAXENDALE | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] | ||||
Team Info
West Coast NZ Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1946 Lions Tour - Game 22 vs. England (GB)
- Next Game:
- 1950 Lions Tour - Game 22 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Ray Nuttall (fullback), ? Teen (wing), Bill Mountford (centre), ? Beban (centre), ? Curnow (wing), L McNaughton (five-eighth), ? Mundy (front row), Peter Coll (hooker), Ken Mountford (lock)
- In:
- J Soster (fullback), J Curragh (wing), V Meates (centre), J Pascoe (centre), M Thomas (wing), George Menzies (five-eighth), Frank Mulcare (front row), W Lennon (second row), R Baxendale (lock)
- Changes:
- Bob Aynsley (second row to hooker)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1949 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 1949 Kangaroos Tour - Game 4 vs. South Island
- Out:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Johnny Graves (wing), Ian Johnston (centre), Keith Froome (halfback), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Fred De Belin (second row)
- In:
- Vic Bulgin (fullback), Johnny Hawke (centre), Ron Roberts (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker)
- Changes:
- Noel Mulligan (front row to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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