Ashes Series 1946 Series

Game 3

Australia 7 lost to England (GB) 20

Ashes Series 1946

Australia
7
20
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6765
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 20th July, 1946
Kick Off 2:00 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Jnr
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 35,294
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 2
Scrums 17 33
Penalties 19 5
Australia Scoresheet England (GB)
Clem KENNEDY T 2 Arthur BASSETT
      George CURRAN
      Ike OWENS
 
Joe JORGENSON 2 G 3 Gus RISMAN
      Ted WARD
 
Arthur CLUES OFF    
Australia Teams England (GB)
Dave PARKINSON
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Ernest WARD
Lionel COOPER
[Eastern Suburbs]
2 W 2 Arthur BASSETT
Joe JORGENSON (c)
[Balmain]
3 C 3 Gus RISMAN (c)
Trevor EATHER 4 C 4 Ted WARD
Noel WHITE 5 W 5 Eric BATTEN
 
Pat DEVERY
[Balmain]
6 FE 6 Willie HORNE
Clem KENNEDY
[Souths]
7 HB 7 Tommy McCUE
 
Jim ARMSTRONG
[Souths]
8 FR 8 Ken GEE
George WATT
[Eastern Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Joe EGAN
Frank FARRELL
[Newtown]
10 FR 10 George CURRAN
Reg KAY 11 2R 11 Les WHITE
Arthur CLUES
[Western Suburbs]
12 2R 12 Doug PHILLIPS
Noel MULLIGAN
[Newtown]
13 L 13 Ike OWENS
 
Albert JOHNSTON   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1946 - Game 2 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1948 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Ron Bailey (centre), Edgar Newham (wing), John Grice (halfback), Roy Westaway (front row), Jack Hutchinson (lock)
In:
Trevor Eather (centre), Noel White (wing), Clem Kennedy (halfback), Jim Armstrong (front row), Noel Mulligan (lock)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 19 vs. North Coast
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 21 vs. South Island
Out:
Joe Jones (fullback), Jim Lewthwaite (wing), Jack Kitching (centre), Bryn Knowelden (centre), Albert Johnson (wing), Willie Davies (five-eighth), Dai Jenkins (halfback), Frank Whitcombe (front row), Fred Hughes (front row), Trevor Foster (second row), Bob Nicholson (second row)
In:
Ernest Ward (fullback), Arthur Bassett (wing), Gus Risman (centre), Ted Ward (centre), Eric Batten (wing), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Tommy McCue (halfback), Ken Gee (front row), Joe Egan (hooker), Les White (second row), Doug Phillips (second row)
Changes:
George Curran (hooker to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson