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Kangaroos Tour 1948 Series

Game 6

Leigh 12 lost to Australia 24

Kangaroos Tour 1948/49

Leigh
12
24
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23073
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 29th September, 1948
Kick Off 5:30pm (local time)
Referee F Smith
Venue Kirkhall (Leigh)
Crowd 12,968
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 15
Leigh Scoresheet Australia
Albert CLEWORTH T Les COWIE
Tommy SALE   Duncan HALL
      Bobby LULHAM
      Doug McRITCHIE
 
Jim LEDGARD 3 G 6 Keith FROOME
Leigh Teams Australia
Jim LEDGARD 1 FB 1 Vic BULGIN
[Eastern Suburbs]
Albert CLEWORTH 2 W 2 Bobby DIMOND
Dick BREARE 3 C 3 Doug McRITCHIE (c)
[St George]
Tommy SALE 4 C 4 Len PEGG
Harry WOOD 5 W 5 Bobby LULHAM
[Balmain]
 
Jimmy ROWE 6 FE 6 Keith FROOME
[Newtown]
Peter RILEY 7 HB 7 Billy THOMPSON
 
Ben COFFEY 8 FR 8 Eddie BROSNAN
Terry STEPHENS 9 HK 9 Kevin SCHUBERT
Frank ALDER 10 FR 10 Alf GIBBS
Keith JOHNSON 11 2R 11 Jack RAYNER
[South Sydney]
Jack BOWEN 12 2R 12 Duncan HALL
Des CLARKSON 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[South Sydney]
 
    HC   Col MAXWELL
   
 

Team Info

Leigh

Previous Game:
Match Day 6 vs. Bramley
Next Game:
Match Day 7 vs. Liverpool

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 5 vs. Wakefield
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 7 vs. Salford
Out:
Pat McMahon (wing), Col Maxwell (centre), Jack Horrigan (centre), Johnny Hawke (five-eighth), Bruce Hopkins (halfback), Nevyl Hand (front row), Henry Benton (hooker), Jack Holland (front row), Noel Mulligan (second row)
In:
Bobby Dimond (wing), Doug McRitchie (centre), Len Pegg (centre), Keith Froome (five-eighth), Billy Thompson (halfback), Eddie Brosnan (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Alf Gibbs (front row), Jack Rayner (second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin