Game 1

Australia 8 drew with England 8

Match URL

www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6763

Date

Monday, 17th June, 1946

Status

Completed

Kick Off

2:00 PM (local time)

Referee

Tom McMahon Jnr

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney)

Crowd

64,527

Australia	8	–	8	Lions
Match Stats
Halftime Score	2	–	6
Scrums	22	–	28
Penalties	13	–	12
Match Scoresheet
Ron BAILEY		T		Willie HORNE
Lionel COOPER				Frank WHITCOMBE
Joe JORGENSON		G		Gus RISMAN
Teams
Dave PARKINSON [Balmain]	1	FB	1	Gus RISMAN (c)
Lionel COOPER [Eastern Suburbs]	2	W	2	Eric BATTEN
Joe JORGENSON (c) [Balmain]	3	C	3	Ernest WARD
Ron BAILEY [Canterbury]	4	C	4	Jack KITCHING
Edgar NEWHAM	5	W	5	Albert JOHNSON
Pat DEVERY [Balmain]	6	FE	6	Willie HORNE
John GRICE	7	HB	7	Tommy McCUE
Roy WESTAWAY	8	FR	8	Frank WHITCOMBE
George WATT [Eastern Suburbs]	9	HK	9	Joe EGAN
Frank FARRELL [Newtown]	10	FR	10	Ken GEE
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		COACH

This match is a part of the following:

• Ashes Series 1946
• Lions Tour 1946

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson