Kangaroos Tour 1949 Series

Game 3

West Coast NZ Firsts 14 lost to Australia 39

Kangaroos Tour 1949

West Coast NZ Firsts
14
39
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23102
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 21st September, 1949
Referee Jim Griffin
Venue Victoria Park (Greymouth)
Crowd 3,676
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 16
Scrums 17 25
West Coast Scoresheet Australia
Bob AYNSLEY T 3 Ron ROBERTS
R BAXENDALE   2 Les COWIE
      2 Matt McCOY
      2 Pat McMAHON
 
J SOSTER 4 G 3 Vic BULGIN
      3 Matt McCOY
West Coast Teams Australia
J SOSTER 1 FB 1 Vic BULGIN
[Eastern Suburbs]
J CURRAGH 2 W 2 Pat McMAHON
V MEATES 3 C 3 Johnny HAWKE
[St George]
J PASCOE 4 C 4 Matt McCOY
[St George]
M THOMAS (c) 5 W 5 Ron ROBERTS
[St George]
 
George MENZIES 6 FE 6 Wally O'CONNELL (c)
M ORD 7 HB 7 Billy THOMPSON
 
Frank MULCARE 8 FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Bob AYNSLEY 9 HK 9 Ron GRIFFITHS
Jack NEWTON 10 FR 10 Jack HOLLAND
[St George]
W LENNON 11 2R 11 Noel MULLIGAN
Charlie McBRIDE 12 2R 12 Jack RAYNER
[Souths]
R BAXENDALE 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
   
 

Team Info

West Coast NZ Firsts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 22 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 22 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Raymond Nuttall (fullback), ? Teen (wing), William Mountford (centre), ? Beban (centre), ? Curnow (wing), L McNaughton (five-eighth), ? Mundy (front row), Peter Coll (hooker), Ken Mountford (lock)
In:
J Soster (fullback), J Curragh (wing), V Meates (centre), J Pascoe (centre), M Thomas (wing), George Menzies (five-eighth), Frank Mulcare (front row), W Lennon (second row), R Baxendale (lock)
Changes:
Bob Aynsley (second row to hooker)

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1949 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 4 vs. South Island
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Johnny Graves (wing), Ian Johnston (centre), Keith Froome (halfback), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Fred De Belin (second row)
In:
Vic Bulgin (fullback), Johnny Hawke (centre), Ron Roberts (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker)
Changes:
Noel Mulligan (front row to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson