Lions Tour 1954 Series

Game 2

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 11 def. Great Britain 10

Lions Tour 1954

Newcastle Firsts (AU)		 11
–
10
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36411
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 22nd May, 1954
Referee Jack Underwood
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 22,825
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 – 7
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Great Britain
Bob BANKS T Frank CASTLE
      Andrew TURNBULL
 
Dave PARKINSON 4 G 2 Ted CAHILL
Newcastle (AU) Teams Great Britain
Dave PARKINSON 1 FB 1 Ted CAHILL
Bill CALLINAN 2 W 2 Andrew TURNBULL
Geoff HAWKEY 3 C 3 Doug GREENALL
Frank THRELFO 4 C 4 Ernie ASHCROFT (c)
Don ADAMS 5 W 5 Frank CASTLE
 
M WALTERS 6 FE 6 Ray PRICE
Bob BANKS 7 HB 7 Gerry HELME
 
Doug HAWKE 8 FR 8 Jack WILKINSON
Bob CRANE 9 HK 9 Tommy HARRIS
Fred BROWN 10 FR 10 Alan PRESCOTT
Doug CHAPPLE 11 2R 11 Brian BRIGGS
Don SCHOFIELD 12 2R 12 Charlie PAWSEY
Barry LEVIDO 13 L 13 Dave VALENTINE
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Country Carnival 1954 - Game 2 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1955 - Game 4 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Noel Pidding (wing), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), P Mooney (hooker), F Lennard (second row), Tom Pitman (bench), Keith Clark (bench)
In:
Bill Callinan (wing), M Walters (five-eighth), Bob Crane (hooker), Doug Chapple (second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 1 vs. Western Division
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 3 vs. Riverina
Out:
Jack Cunliffe (fullback), Billy Boston (wing), Lewis Jones (centre), Terry O'Grady (wing), Phil Jackson (five-eighth), Alf Burnell (halfback), John Henderson (front row), Tom McKinney (hooker), Jim Bowden (front row), Nat Silcock (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Ted Cahill (fullback), Andrew Turnbull (wing), Ernie Ashcroft (centre), Frank Castle (wing), Ray Price (five-eighth), Gerry Helme (halfback), Jack Wilkinson (front row), Tommy Harris (hooker), Alan Prescott (front row), Charlie Pawsey (second row), Dave Valentine (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash