Game 23
Yorkshire 5 def. Australia 2
| Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23088 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 24th November, 1948 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,310 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 28 | – | 25 | |||||
| Penalties | 9 | – | 16 | |||||
| Yorkshire | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Bill RICHES | T | |||||||
| Jim LEDGARD | G | Bruce HOPKINS | ||||||
| Len MARSON | OFF | |||||||
| Yorkshire | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Jim LEDGARD | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL [South Sydney] |
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| Eric BATTEN | 2 | W | 2 | Johnny GRAVES [South Sydney] |
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| Ernest WARD (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Jack HORRIGAN | ||||
| Bill RICHES | 4 | C | 4 | Johnny HAWKE | ||||
| John ETTY | 5 | W | 5 | Bobby LULHAM [Balmain] |
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| Arthur FLETCHER | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally O'CONNELL (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| George LANGFIELD | 7 | HB | 7 | Bruce HOPKINS [Canterbury] |
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| Harry HAMMOND | 8 | FR | 8 | Jack HOLLAND [St George] |
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| Len MARSON | 9 | HK | 9 | Kevin SCHUBERT | ||||
| Eddie BENNETT | 10 | FR | 10 | Eddie BROSNAN | ||||
| Harry MURPHY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Jack RAYNER [South Sydney] |
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| Harry METCALFE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Fred DE BELIN [Balmain] |
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| Bill HUDSON | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] |
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| HC | Col MAXWELL | |||||||
Team Info
Yorkshire
- Previous Game:
- County Championship 1947/48 - Game 2 vs. Lancashire
- Next Game:
- County Championship 1948/49 - Game 1 vs. Cumberland
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 22 vs. Wales
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 24 vs. Halifax
- Out:
- Pat McMahon (wing)
- In:
- Johnny Graves (wing)
Match Notes
Marson was sent off 15 from fulltime for repeated scrum infringements.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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