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Lions Tour 1954 Series

Game 27

South Auckland 14 lost to Great Britain 26

Lions Tour 1954

South Auckland
14
26
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36428
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 11th August, 1954
Venue Rugby Park (Hamilton)
Crowd 1,683
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 12
South Auckland Scoresheet Great Britain
G DOW T 3 Ernie ASHCROFT
J WORTH   Jack CUNLIFFE
      Gerry HELME
      Dave VALENTINE
 
S GEORGE 4 G 4 Jack CUNLIFFE
South Auckland Teams Great Britain
Andrew BERRYMAN (c) 1 FB 1 Geoff GUNNEY
S GEORGE 2 W 2 Tommy HARRIS
Bill PAKI 3 C 3 Ernie ASHCROFT
T WALLACE 4 C 4 Jack CUNLIFFE
I KING 5 W 5 Dave VALENTINE
 
G DOW 6 FE 6 Gerry HELME
L THICKPENNY 7 HB 7 Alf BURNELL
 
T McKEWEN 8 FR 8 Nat SILCOCK
L RENNIE 9 HK 9 Tom McKINNEY
D DOW 10 FR 10 Jim BOWDEN
J WORTH 11 2R 11 Brian BRIGGS
George McDONALD 12 2R 12 Charlie PAWSEY
M KARENA 13 L 13 Ken TRAILL
   
 

Team Info

South Auckland

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 26 vs. USA
Next Game:
n/a

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 26 vs. North Island
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1954 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Lewis Jones (fullback), Doug Greenall (centre), Ray Price (five-eighth), Alan Prescott (front row)
In:
Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Gerry Helme (five-eighth), Nat Silcock (front row), Charlie Pawsey (second row)
Changes:
Geoff Gunney (second row to fullback)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash