Lions Tour 1946 Series

Game 7

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 18 def. England (GB) 13

Lions Tour 1946

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
18
13
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31452
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th June, 1946
Referee Richard Lewis
Venue Newcastle (Newcastle)
Crowd 17,134
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 5
Scrums 25 22
Penalties 24 10
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet England (GB)
Johnny GRAVES 2 T Bryn KNOWELDEN
Jack HUTCHINSON   Jim LEWTHWAITE
Noel WHITE   Ted WARD
 
O SCREEN 3 G 2 Ted WARD
 
    OFF Doug PHILLIPS
Newcastle (AU) Teams England (GB)
O SCREEN 1 FB 1 Martin RYAN
Noel WHITE 2 W 2 Jim LEWTHWAITE
A HUMBLE 3 C 3 Jack KITCHING
A MADDISON 4 C 4 Bryn KNOWELDEN
Johnny GRAVES 5 W 5 Albert JOHNSON
 
Viv MADGE (c) 6 FE 6 Willie DAVIES
Perce PRITCHARD 7 HB 7 Dai JENKINS
 
Gavin STEVENSON 8 FR 8 Frank WHITCOMBE
Bob CRANE 9 HK 9 Joe EGAN
Alf GIBBS 10 FR 10 Ken GEE
William WYLIE 11 2R 11 George CURRAN
T PITTMAN 12 2R 12 Doug PHILLIPS
Jack HUTCHINSON 13 L 13 Ted WARD (c)
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Sydney Firsts
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. NSW City III
Out:
D Booker (centre), W Kirkwood (centre), R Snushall (wing), M Bridges (halfback), D McGaw (front row), Jack Tradd (hooker), Bill Sweeney (front row), W Thompson (second row), B Banks (second row), G Sanderson (lock)
In:
A Humble (centre), A Maddison (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Perce Pritchard (halfback), Gavin Stevenson (front row), Bob Crane (hooker), Alf Gibbs (front row), William Wylie (second row), T Pittman (second row), Jack Hutchinson (lock)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 6 vs. Western Division
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1946 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Gus Risman (fullback), Eric Batten (wing), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Tommy McCue (halfback), Les White (second row), Ike Owens (lock)
In:
Martin Ryan (fullback), Jack Kitching (centre), Albert Johnson (wing), Willie Davies (five-eighth), Dai Jenkins (halfback), Joe Egan (hooker)
Changes:
Ted Ward (centre to lock), George Curran (hooker to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash