Ashes Series 1950 Series

Game 2

Australia 15 def. Great Britain 3

Ashes Series 1950

Australia
15
3
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6770
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 1st July, 1950
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Frank Ballard
Venue The Gabba (Brisbane)
Crowd 35,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 3
Scrums 28 28
Penalties 13 6
Australia Scoresheet Great Britain
Les COWIE T Tom DANBY
Johnny GRAVES      
Keith HOLMAN      
 
Clive CHURCHILL G    
Johnny GRAVES      
Jack HOLLAND      
 
    OFF Tommy BRADSHAW
      Ken GEE
Australia Teams Great Britain
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[South Sydney]
1 FB 1 Jim LEDGARD
Denis FLANNERY 2 W 2 Gordon RATCLIFFE
Ned ANDREWS 3 C 3 Ernest WARD (c)
Keith MIDDLETON
[North Sydney]
4 C 4 Ernie ASHCROFT
Johnny GRAVES
[South Sydney]
5 W 5 Tom DANBY
 
Frank STANMORE
[Western Suburbs]
6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Tommy BRADSHAW
 
Alan THOMPSON 8 FR 8 Elwyn GWYTHER
Kevin SCHUBERT
[Manly]
9 HK 9 Joe EGAN
Jack HOLLAND
[St George]
10 FR 10 Ken GEE
Harold CROCKER 11 2R 11 Fred HIGGINS
Fred DE BELIN
[Balmain]
12 2R 12 Harry MURPHY
Les COWIE
[South Sydney]
13 L 13 Harry STREET
 
Vic HEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1950 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1950 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Noel Pidding (wing), Doug McRitchie (centre), Jack Troy (wing), Duncan Hall (front row)
In:
Denis Flannery (wing), Ned Andrews (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Harold Crocker (second row)
Changes:
Alan Thompson (second row to front row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 11 vs. Wide Bay Burnett
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 13 vs. Toowoomba
Out:
Jack Cunliffe (centre), Albert Pepperell (halfback), Jim Featherstone (front row), Frank Osmond (hooker), Danny Naughton (front row), Bob Ryan (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Ernest Ward (centre), Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Tommy Bradshaw (halfback), Elwyn Gwyther (front row), Joe Egan (hooker), Ken Gee (front row), Fred Higgins (second row)
Changes:
Harry Street (centre to lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson