Ashes Series 1911 Series

Game

England 8 lost to Australia 33

Match Info

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6731
Date
Monday, 1st January, 1912
Status
Completed
Referee
R Robinson
Venue
Villa Park (Birmingham)
Crowd
4,000

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
1911/12 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1914 - Game 1 vs. SA Firsts
Out:
Harold Wagstaff (centre), Ben Gronow (lock)
In:
Bert Jenkins (centre), Bert Avery (lock)
Changes:
Jim Davies (five-eighth to halfback), Fred Smith (halfback to five-eighth), Fred Harrison (front row to second row), Tommy Woods (hooker to second row), Billy Winstanley (front row to hooker), Dick Ramsdale (second row to front row), Doug Clark (second row to front row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1911/12 - Game 29 vs. Warrington
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1911/12 - Game 31 vs. Leeds
Out:
Joe Murray (lock)
In:
Robert Craig (lock)

Lions 		8 – 33
Australia

Match Stats

Halftime Score 8 – 11

Match Scoresheet

Doug CLARK T 2 Tom BERECRY
Jim LOMAS   2 Dan FRAWLEY
      2 Paddy McCUE
      2 Chris McKIVAT
      Viv FARNSWORTH
 
Alf WOOD G 2 Dan FRAWLEY
      Herb GILBERT

Teams

Alf WOOD 1 FB 1 Howard HALLETT
[Souths]
Billy BATTEN 2 W 2 Dan FRAWLEY
[Eastern Suburbs]
Jim LOMAS (c) 3 C 3 Viv FARNSWORTH
[Newtown]
Bert JENKINS 4 C 4 Herb GILBERT
[Souths]
Albert JENKINSON 5 W 5 Tom BERECRY
[North Sydney]
 
Fred SMITH 6 FE 6 Bill FARNSWORTH
[Newtown]
Jim DAVIES 7 HB 7 Chris McKIVAT (c)
[Glebe]
 
Dick RAMSDALE 8 FR 8 Billy CANN
[Souths]
Billy WINSTANLEY 9 HK 9 Bob WILLIAMS
[Eastern Suburbs]
Doug CLARK 10 FR 10 Con SULLIVAN
[North Sydney]
Tommy WOODS 11 2R 11 Paddy McCUE
[Newtown]
Fred HARRISON 12 2R 12 Bill NOBLE
[Newtown]
Bert AVERY 13 L 13 Robert CRAIG
[Balmain]
 

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson