Lions Tour 1920 Series

Game 3

New South Wales Firsts 42 def. England (GB) 6

Lions Tour 1920

New South Wales Firsts
42
6
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30580
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 12th June, 1920
Kick Off 1:45 PM (local time)
Referee Tom Dickenson
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 60,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 18 3
NSW Firsts Scoresheet England (GB)
Frank BURGE 2 T    
Charles FRASER      
Herb GILBERT      
Reg LATTA      
George McGOWAN      
Sandy PEARCE      
Jack ROBINSON      
 
Frank BURGE 9 G 3 Ben GRONOW
 
Dick TOWNSEND OFF Frank GALLAGHER
      Squire STOCKWELL
      Gwyn THOMAS
NSW Firsts Teams England (GB)
Charles FRASER
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Gwyn THOMAS
Harold HORDER
[North Sydney]
2 W 2 Jim BACON
Herb GILBERT (c)
[Western Suburbs]
3 C 3 Harold WAGSTAFF (c)
Viv FARNSWORTH
[Western Suburbs]
4 C 4 Billy STONE
Dick VEST
[Western Suburbs]
5 W 5 Squire STOCKWELL
 
Albert JOHNSTON
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Danny HURCOMBE
George McGOWAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Johnny ROGERS
 
Bill SCHULTZ
[Balmain]
8 FR 8 Arthur SKELHORNE
Sandy PEARCE
[Eastern Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Ben GRONOW
Frank BURGE
[Glebe]
10 FR 10 Frank GALLAGHER
Dick TOWNSEND
[Newtown]
11 2R 11 Doug CLARK
Bert GRAY
[Glebe]
12 2R 12 Billy CUNLIFFE
Reg LATTA
[Balmain]
13 L 13 Joe CARTWRIGHT
 
Jack ROBINSON
[Balmain]
14 B    
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1919 - Game 4 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1920 - Game 4 vs. England (GB)
Out:
Ted Taplin (fullback), Vince Sheehan (wing), Clarrie Horder (centre), George Potter (centre), Paul Boys (wing), Alf Blair (five-eighth), George Robinson (halfback), John Pye (hooker), William Joass (front row), Alf Faull (second row), Horace Watt (second row), Reg Farnell (lock)
In:
Charles Fraser (fullback), Harold Horder (wing), Herb Gilbert (centre), Viv Farnsworth (centre), Dick Vest (wing), Albert Johnston (five-eighth), George McGowan (halfback), Bill Schultz (front row), Sandy Pearce (hooker), Frank Burge (front row), Dick Townsend (second row), Reg Latta (lock), Jack Robinson (bench)
Changes:
Bert Gray (front row to second row)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1920 - Game 2 vs. Orange
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1920 - Game 4 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Alf Wood (fullback), Cyril Stacey (wing), Joe Doyle (centre), Ernest Jones (five-eighth), Bobby Lloyd (halfback), Joe Bowers (front row), William Reid (second row), George Rees (second row), Herman Hilton (lock)
In:
Gwyn Thomas (fullback), Harold Wagstaff (centre), Billy Stone (centre), Squire Stockwell (wing), Johnny Rogers (halfback), Ben Gronow (hooker), Frank Gallagher (front row), Doug Clark (second row), Billy Cunliffe (second row)
Changes:
Danny Hurcombe (centre to five-eighth), Joe Cartwright (hooker to lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson