Lions Tour 1928 Series

Game 24

New Zealand XIII 27 def. England (GB) 26

Lions Tour 1928

New Zealand XIII
27
26
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31395
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 22nd August, 1928
Referee E Watson
Venue Caledonia (Dunedin)
Crowd 11,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 13
New Zealand XIII Scoresheet England (GB)
Hector BRISBANE T 2 Alf ELLABY
Albertus ECKHOFF   Alf FRODSHAM
George GOODALL   Joe OLIVER
? LEMINS   Bob SLOMAN
Andrew O'BRIEN   Billy WILLIAMS
Leonard SCOTT      
Maurice WETHERILL      
 
Craddock DUFTY 2 G 4 Walter GOWERS
 
Craddock DUFTY FG    
New Zealand XIII Teams England (GB)
Craddock DUFTY (c) 1 FB 1 Walter GOWERS
Leonard SCOTT 2 W 2 Alf FRODSHAM
Hector BRISBANE 3 C 3 Mel ROSSER
Frank DELGROSSO 4 C 4 Alf ELLABY
? LEMINS 5 W 5 Emlyn GWYNNE
 
Maurice WETHERILL 6 FE 6 Joe OLIVER
William PECKHAM 7 HB 7 Jonty PARKIN (c)
 
W LE WARNE 8 FR 8 Billy WILLIAMS
H BLAZEY 9 HK 9 Oliver DOLAN
Andrew O'BRIEN 10 FR 10 Harold BOWMAN
Albertus ECKHOFF 11 2R 11 Bob SLOMAN
George GOODALL 12 2R 12 Ben HALFPENNY
Lou HUTT 13 L 13 Harold YOUNG
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand XIII

Previous Game:
QLD Tour to New Zealand 1925 - Game 5 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
? Crewther (fullback), ? Brace (wing), P O'Connor (centre), ? Johnston (centre), P Jackson (wing), C Robins (five-eighth), ? Shannahan (front row), Alfred Townsend (hooker), A Collie (front row), Hector McDonald (second row), Joe Menzies (second row), E Carroll (lock), T Ryan (bench)
In:
Craddock Dufty (fullback), Leonard Scott (wing), Hector Brisbane (centre), Frank Delgrosso (centre), ? Lemins (wing), Maurice Wetherill (five-eighth), W Le Warne (front row), H Blazey (hooker), Andrew O'Brien (front row), Albertus Eckhoff (second row), George Goodall (second row), Lou Hutt (lock)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs England 1928 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
New Zealand vs England 1928 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Jim Sullivan (fullback), Tom Askin (centre), Jim Brough (centre), Bryn Evans (five-eighth), Billo Rees (halfback), William Burgess (front row), Nat Bentham (hooker), Frank Bowen (front row), Alec Fildes (second row), Bill Horton (lock)
In:
Walter Gowers (fullback), Mel Rosser (centre), Emlyn Gwynne (wing), Joe Oliver (five-eighth), Jonty Parkin (halfback), Billy Williams (front row), Oliver Dolan (hooker), Harold Bowman (front row), Ben Halfpenny (second row), Harold Young (lock)
Changes:
Alf Ellaby (wing to centre)

Match Notes

This was an exhibition game and not recognised as either a Test or an official International.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson