Ashes Series 1954 Series

Game 2

Australia 21 lost to Great Britain 38

Ashes Series 1954

Australia
21
38
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7933
Status Completed
Date Friday, 9th July, 1954
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue The Gabba (Brisbane)
Crowd 46,355
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 19
Australia Scoresheet Great Britain
Brian CARLSON 2 T 2 Billy BOSTON
Duncan HALL   Gerry HELME
Keith HOLMAN   Phil JACKSON
Norm PROVAN   Charlie PAWSEY
      Dickie WILLIAMS
 
Noel PIDDING 3 G 10/11 Lewis JONES
Australia Teams Great Britain
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Lewis JONES
Noel PIDDING 2 W 2 Billy BOSTON
Noel HAZZARD 3 C 3 Phil JACKSON
Alex WATSON 4 C 4 Ernie ASHCROFT
Brian CARLSON 5 W 5 Terry O'GRADY
 
Bob SULLIVAN
[North Sydney]
6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS (c)
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Gerry HELME
 
Roy BULL
[Manly]
8 FR 8 Alan PRESCOTT
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
9 HK 9 Tom McKINNEY
Duncan HALL 10 FR 10 Jim BOWDEN
Kel O'SHEA 11 2R 11 Charlie PAWSEY
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
12 2R 12 Nat SILCOCK
Harold CROCKER
[Parramatta]
13 L 13 Dave VALENTINE
 
Vic HEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1954 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1954 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Ken McCaffery (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth)
In:
Noel Hazzard (centre), Bob Sullivan (five-eighth)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 16 vs. North Coast
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 18 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Jack Cunliffe (fullback), Doug Greenall (centre), Ray Price (five-eighth), Alf Burnell (halfback), John Henderson (front row), Jack Wilkinson (hooker), Brian Briggs (second row), Geoff Gunney (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Lewis Jones (fullback), Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Terry O'Grady (wing), Dickie Williams (five-eighth), Gerry Helme (halfback), Tom McKinney (hooker), Jim Bowden (front row), Charlie Pawsey (second row), Dave Valentine (lock)
Changes:
Nat Silcock (wing to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson