Lions Tour 1950 Series

Game 23

Auckland 17 lost to Great Britain 26

Lions Tour 1950

Auckland
17
26
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31517
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 5th August, 1950
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 12,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 18
Auckland Scoresheet Great Britain
Maurie ROBERTSON 2 T 3 Tom DANBY
Joe WRIGHT   2 Dickie WILLIAMS
      Jack HILTON
 
Des WHITE 4 G 4 Ernest WARD
Auckland Teams Great Britain
Des WHITE 1 FB 1 Jack CUNLIFFE
Bevan HOUGH 2 W 2 Jack HILTON
Tommy BAXTER 3 C 3 Ernest WARD (c)
Maurie ROBERTSON (c) 4 C 4 Roy POLLARD
J EDWARDS 5 W 5 Tom DANBY
 
Des BARCHARD 6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS
O STEWART 7 HB 7 Tommy BRADSHAW
 
W SPENCE 8 FR 8 Elwyn GWYTHER
G DAVIDSON 9 HK 9 Frank OSMOND
D McLEOD 10 FR 10 Ken GEE
Joe WRIGHT 11 2R 11 Bob RYAN
Cliff JOHNSON 12 2R 12 Fred HIGGINS
D PRICE 13 L 13 Harry STREET
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 7 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 23 vs. France
Out:
Warwick Clarke (fullback), D Anderson (wing), Dave Redmond (wing), Abby Graham (five-eighth), Jack Russell-green (halfback), Sandy Hurndell (front row), Graham Burgoyne (second row), Allan Laird (second row), R Rogers (lock)
In:
Des White (fullback), Bevan Hough (wing), J Edwards (wing), Des Barchard (five-eighth), O Stewart (halfback), D McLeod (front row), Joe Wright (second row), Cliff Johnson (second row), D Price (lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 22 vs. West Coast
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 24 vs. South Auckland
Out:
Martin Ryan (fullback), Gordon Ratcliffe (centre), Joe Egan (hooker), Jim Featherstone (front row), Doug Phillips (second row), Harry Murphy (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Jack Hilton (wing), Ernest Ward (centre), Frank Osmond (hooker), Ken Gee (front row), Bob Ryan (second row), Fred Higgins (second row), Harry Street (lock)
Changes:
Roy Pollard (wing to centre), Jack Cunliffe (centre to fullback)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash