Lions Tour 1946 Series

Game 27

Auckland 9 lost to England (GB) 22

Lions Tour 1946

Auckland
9
22
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31467
Status Completed
Date Monday, 12th August, 1946
Kick Off 3:30 PM (local time)
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 12,400
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 2
Auckland Scoresheet England (GB)
Roydon NURSE T Albert JOHNSON
      Jack KITCHING
      Jim LEWTHWAITE
      Ike OWENS
 
R CLARKE 3 G 5 Ernest WARD
Auckland Teams England (GB)
Warwick CLARKE 1 FB 1 Gus RISMAN (c)
Roydon NURSE 2 W 2 Jim LEWTHWAITE
T BRAMLEY 3 C 3 Jack KITCHING
Frank COLLINS 4 C 4 Ernest WARD
J CAMPBELL 5 W 5 Albert JOHNSON
 
R CLARKE 6 FE 6 Willie HORNE
Rex CUNNINGHAM 7 HB 7 Tommy McCUE
 
Travers HARDWICK 8 FR 8 Frank WHITCOMBE
D RYAN 9 HK 9 Joe EGAN
Leslie PYE 10 FR 10 Fred HUGHES
Robert GRAHAM (c) 11 2R 11 Bob NICHOLSON
J RUTHERFORD 12 2R 12 Doug PHILLIPS
Joffe JOHNSON 13 L 13 Ike OWENS
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1946 - Game 24 vs. England (GB)
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 7 vs. Australia
Out:
Ron McGregor (centre), A Read (centre), M Robertson (five-eighth)
In:
T Bramley (centre), Frank Collins (centre), J Campbell (wing)
Changes:
R Clarke (wing to five-eighth), Robert Graham (hooker to second row), D Ryan (front row to hooker), Leslie Pye (second row to front row)

England (GB)

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs England 1946 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
England vs New Zealand 1947 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Joe Jones (fullback), Eric Batten (wing), Bryn Knowelden (centre), Willie Davies (five-eighth), Ken Gee (front row), George Curran (hooker), Les White (second row), Trevor Foster (second row)
In:
Gus Risman (fullback), Jim Lewthwaite (wing), Jack Kitching (centre), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Frank Whitcombe (front row), Joe Egan (hooker), Fred Hughes (front row), Doug Phillips (second row)
Changes:
Bob Nicholson (front row to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash