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Lions Tour 1958 Series

Game 1

Southern Division 18 lost to Great Britain 36

Lions Tour 1958

Southern Division		 18
–
36
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39393
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 18th May, 1958
Referee Noel Spohr (Newcastle)
Venue Wollongong (Wollongong)
Crowd 10,673
Match Stats
Halftime Score 15 – 12
Penalties 22 – 8
Southern Division Scoresheet Great Britain
Ted CURRAN T 2 Frank CARLTON
Matt GRENFELL   2 Dick HUDDART
      2 Mick SULLIVAN
      Alan DAVIES
      Alex MURPHY
 
Ellis BRIDGE 6 G 6 Eric FRASER
Southern Division Teams Great Britain
Ellis BRIDGE 1 FB 2 Eric FRASER
Graham MURPHY 2 W 10 Frank CARLTON
John HOBBS 3 C 5 Phil JACKSON
Les HARDY 4 C 7 Alan DAVIES
Charlie KENTWELL 5 W 9 Mick SULLIVAN
 
Graham DAVISON 6 FE 14 Frank PITCHFORD
Ken CHIE 7 HB 13 Alex MURPHY
 
Bruce OLIVE 8 FR 15 Alan PRESCOTT (c)
Ted JOHNSON 9 HK 18 Alvin ACKERLEY
Denis DONOGHUE (c) 10 FR 19 Brian McTIGUE
Peter QUINN 11 2R 23 Dick HUDDART
Ted CURRAN 12 2R 24 Mick MARTYN
Matt GRENFELL 13 L 21 Vince KARALIUS
 
Noel MULLIGAN   HC   Jim BROUGH
   
 

Team Info

Southern Division

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour 1957 - Game 4 vs. France
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1959 - Game 10 vs. Western Suburbs
Out:
John McClean (wing), B Edwards (centre), Ron Mack (centre), Merv Apps (five-eighth), Ron Smith (halfback), Bruce Noble (front row), Erwin Noffz (front row), Terry Beckett (second row), P O'Connor (lock)
In:
Graham Murphy (wing), John Hobbs (centre), Les Hardy (centre), Graham Davison (five-eighth), Ken Chie (halfback), Bruce Olive (front row), Denis Donoghue (front row), Ted Curran (second row), Matt Grenfell (lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Test Matches 1958 - Standalone vs. France
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1958 - Game 2 vs. Western Division
Out:
Bernard Ganley (fullback), Billy Boston (wing), Dave Bolton (five-eighth), Jeffrey Stevenson (halfback), Tommy Harris (hooker), Stan Owen (front row), Sid Little (second row), Dennis Goodwin (second row), Derek Turner (lock)
In:
Eric Fraser (fullback), Frank Carlton (wing), Frank Pitchford (five-eighth), Alex Murphy (halfback), Alvin Ackerley (hooker), Brian McTigue (front row), Dick Huddart (second row), Mick Martyn (second row), Vince Karalius (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson