Game 3
Great Britain 23 def. Australia 9
| 1948/49 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6768 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 29th January, 1949 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | George Phillips | |||||||
| Venue | Odsal (Bradford) | |||||||
| Crowd | 36,294 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 6 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| George CURRAN | 2 | T | Fred DE BELIN | |||||
| Stan McCORMICK | Duncan HALL | |||||||
| Ernest WARD | Bobby LULHAM | |||||||
| Dickie WILLIAMS | ||||||||
| Ernest WARD | 4 | G | ||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Martin RYAN | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||
| John LAWRENSON | 2 | W | 2 | Bobby LULHAM | ||||
| Albert PIMBLETT | 3 | C | 3 | Doug McRITCHIE | ||||
| Ernest WARD (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Johnny HAWKE | ||||
| Stan McCORMICK | 5 | W | 5 | Pat McMAHON | ||||
| Dickie WILLIAMS | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally O'CONNELL | ||||
| Gerry HELME | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith FROOME | ||||
| George CURRAN | 8 | FR | 8 | Alf GIBBS | ||||
| Joe EGAN | 9 | HK | 9 | Kevin SCHUBERT | ||||
| Ken GEE | 10 | FR | 10 | Duncan HALL | ||||
| Bill HUDSON | 11 | 2R | 11 | Fred DE BELIN | ||||
| Jim FEATHERSTONE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Noel MULLIGAN | ||||
| Dave VALENTINE | 13 | L | 13 | Bill TYQUIN (c) | ||||
| HC | Col MAXWELL | |||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1948/49 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1950 Lions Tour - Game 1 vs. WA Firsts
- Out:
- Bob Nicholson (second row), Trevor Foster (second row)
- In:
- Bill Hudson (second row), Jim Featherstone (second row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1948/49 France vs Australia - Game 2 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1949 Kangaroos Tour - Game 1 vs. South Auckland
No changes.
Match Notes
This match was originally scheduled for 18 Dec at Odsal Stadium but was postponed due to heavy fog. The decision to postpone was made at 1:30pm however by the scheduled kick off time the fog had lifted.
The selected Australian team for that day was:
Churchill
McMahon
Maxwell(c)
McRitchie
Horrigan
Hawke
Hopkins
Brosnan
Schubert
Hall
de Belin
Rayner
Cowie
Great Britain:
Ryan
McCormack
Ward(c)
Pimblett
Lawrenson
Williams
Helme
Curran
Egan
Gee
Nicholson
Featherstone
Valentine
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash
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