Game 1
Australia 8 drew with England (GB) 8
| 1946 Ashes Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6763 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 17th June, 1946 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 64,527 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 22 | – | 28 | |||||
| Penalties | 13 | – | 12 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | England (GB) | ||||||
| Ron BAILEY | T | Willie HORNE | ||||||
| Lionel COOPER | Frank WHITCOMBE | |||||||
| Joe JORGENSON | G | Gus RISMAN | ||||||
| Australia | Teams | England (GB) | ||||||
| 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 | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- 1946 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. England (GB)
England (GB)
- Previous Game:
- 1946 Lions Tour - Game 7 vs. Newcastle (AU)
- Next Game:
- 1946 Lions Tour - Game 9 vs. Northern Division
- Out:
- Martin Ryan (fullback), Jim Lewthwaite (wing), Bryn Knowelden (centre), Willie Davies (five-eighth), Dai Jenkins (halfback), George Curran (second row), Ted Ward (lock)
- In:
- Gus Risman (fullback), Eric Batten (wing), Ernest Ward (centre), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Tommy McCue (halfback), Les White (second row), Ike Owens (lock)
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Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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