Game 1
Australia 4 lost to Great Britain 6
| 1950 Ashes Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6769 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 12th June, 1950 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | George Bishop (Goulburn) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 47,275 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 27 | – | 37 | |||||
| Penalties | 19 | – | 4 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| T | 2 | Jack HILTON | ||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 2 | G | ||||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Martin RYAN | ||||
| Noel PIDDING [St George] | 2 | W | 2 | Gordon RATCLIFFE | ||||
| Doug McRITCHIE [St George] | 3 | C | 3 | Ernest WARD (c) | ||||
| Keith MIDDLETON [North Sydney] | 4 | C | 4 | Ernie ASHCROFT | ||||
| Jack TROY [Newtown] | 5 | W | 5 | Jack HILTON | ||||
| Frank STANMORE [Western Suburbs] | 6 | FE | 6 | Dickie WILLIAMS | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Tommy BRADSHAW | ||||
| Duncan HALL | 8 | FR | 8 | Elwyn GWYTHER | ||||
| Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] | 9 | HK | 9 | Joe EGAN | ||||
| Jack HOLLAND [St George] | 10 | FR | 10 | Ken GEE | ||||
| Alan THOMPSON | 11 | 2R | 11 | Fred HIGGINS | ||||
| Fred DE BELIN [Balmain] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bob RYAN | ||||
| Les COWIE [South Sydney] | 13 | L | 13 | Harry STREET | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1949 Kangaroos Tour - Game 10 vs. Auckland Colts
- Next Game:
- 1950 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Pat McMahon (wing), Vic Bulgin (centre), Ian Johnston (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker), Kevin Hansen (second row), Jack Rayner (second row)
- In:
- Noel Pidding (wing), Doug McRitchie (centre), Keith Middleton (centre), Jack Troy (wing), Keith Holman (halfback), Duncan Hall (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Fred De Belin (second row)
- Changes:
- Alan Thompson (bench to second row)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1950 Lions Tour - Game 5 vs. NSW Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1950 Lions Tour - Game 7 vs. North Coast
- Out:
- Roy Pollard (wing)
- In:
- Gordon Ratcliffe (wing)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner
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