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Kangaroos Tour 1948 Series

Game 27

Widnes 8 lost to Australia 18

Kangaroos Tour 1948/49

Widnes		 8
–
18
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23092
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 11th December, 1948
Kick Off 2:15pm (local time)
Referee Albert Dobson
Venue Naughton (Widnes)
Crowd 10,761
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 – 5
Widnes Scoresheet Australia
? JOLLEY T Johnny GRAVES
Joe WHITTAKER   Johnny HAWKE
      Col MAXWELL
      Len PEGG
 
? HUGHES G 3 Johnny GRAVES
Widnes Teams Australia
Colin HUTTON 1 FB 1 Vic BULGIN
[Eastern Suburbs]
Len KENNY 2 W 2 Johnny GRAVES
[South Sydney]
? HUGHES 3 C 3 Col MAXWELL (c)
[Western Suburbs]
Frank BRADLEY 4 C 4 Len PEGG
? JOLLEY 5 W 5 Pat McMAHON
 
? TWIGG 6 FE 6 Johnny HAWKE
Harry ANDERSON 7 HB 7 Billy THOMPSON
 
? LEIGH 8 FR 8 Eddie BROSNAN
Jack HAYES 9 HK 9 Henry BENTON
Danny NAUGHTON 10 FR 10 Duncan HALL
Joe WHITTAKER 11 2R 11 Noel MULLIGAN
[Newtown]
Fred HIGGINS 12 2R 12 Fred DE BELIN
[Balmain]
? REYNOLDS 13 L 13 Bill TYQUIN
 
    HC   Col MAXWELL
   
 

Team Info

Widnes

Previous Game:
Match Day 16 vs. Leigh
Next Game:
Match Day 18 vs. Barrow

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 26 vs. Lancashire
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 28 vs. Pyrenees
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Jack Horrigan (centre), Doug McRitchie (centre), Bobby Lulham (wing), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Keith Froome (halfback), Jack Holland (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Jack Rayner (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Vic Bulgin (fullback), Johnny Graves (wing), Col Maxwell (centre), Len Pegg (centre), Johnny Hawke (five-eighth), Billy Thompson (halfback), Eddie Brosnan (front row), Henry Benton (hooker), Noel Mulligan (second row), Bill Tyquin (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin