Lions Tour 1950 Series

Game 3

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 10 lost to Great Britain 21

Lions Tour 1950

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
10
21
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31504
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 27th May, 1950
Kick Off 2:40 PM (local time)
Referee Harold Gillard
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 22,274
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 13
Scrums 16 29
Penalties 7 17
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Great Britain
Ramsey BUCKLEY T 3 Jack HILTON
Jack HUTCHINSON   Ernie ASHCROFT
      Joe EGAN
 
George NEADER 2 G 3 Ernest WARD
Newcastle (AU) Teams Great Britain
George NEADER 1 FB 1 Jim LEDGARD
Billy BUNT 2 W 2 Arthur DANIELS
Viv MADGE (c) 3 C 3 Ernest WARD (c)
Bill BOWER 4 C 4 Ernie ASHCROFT
Jack LUMSDEN 5 W 5 Jack HILTON
 
Horace BANKS 6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS
Jim SCOULAR 7 HB 7 Tommy BRADSHAW
 
Ramsey BUCKLEY 8 FR 8 Elwyn GWYTHER
Bob CRANE 9 HK 9 Joe EGAN
Gavin STEVENSON 10 FR 10 Ken GEE
Jim EVANS 11 2R 11 Martin RYAN
Bob ALEXANDER 12 2R 12 Harry MURPHY
Jack HUTCHINSON 13 L 13 Harry STREET
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
QLD Tour 1949 - Game 4 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 2 vs. France
Out:
Kevin Spencer (fullback), E Wells (wing), A Maddison (centre), E Toole (wing), Ned Andrews (five-eighth), Perce Pritchard (halfback), E Dawson (hooker), Bob Bower (front row), Tom Pitman (second row), T Smyth (lock)
In:
George Neader (fullback), Billy Bunt (wing), Viv Madge (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Horace Banks (five-eighth), Jim Scoular (halfback), Bob Crane (hooker), Gavin Stevenson (front row), Jim Evans (second row), Jack Hutchinson (lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 2 vs. Monaro
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 4 vs. Riverina
Out:
Roy Pollard (wing), Jack Cunliffe (centre), Gordon Ratcliffe (wing), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Albert Pepperell (halfback), Danny Naughton (front row), Bob Ryan (second row), Fred Higgins (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Arthur Daniels (wing), Ernest Ward (centre), Jack Hilton (wing), Dickie Williams (five-eighth), Tommy Bradshaw (halfback), Ken Gee (front row), Martin Ryan (second row), Harry Murphy (second row), Harry Street (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson