Lions Tour 1954 Series

Game 25

Canterbury (NZ) 14 lost to Great Britain 60

Lions Tour 1954

Canterbury (NZ)		 14
–
60
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36426
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 7th August, 1954
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Rolly Avery
Venue Lancaster (Christchurch)
Crowd 1,544
Canterbury Scoresheet Great Britain
John BUTTERFIELD T 4 Billy BOSTON
R CLARKE   3 Terry O'GRADY
      2 Alf BURNELL
      2 Geoff GUNNEY
      Alan PRESCOTT
 
John BOND 4 G 12 Lewis JONES
Canterbury Teams Great Britain
K HENRY 1 FB 1 Lewis JONES
Cyril PASKELL 2 W 2 Billy BOSTON
Clifford HARRIS 3 C 3 Doug GREENALL
G McSEVENEY 4 C 4 Jack CUNLIFFE
S PARKES 5 W 5 Terry O'GRADY
 
P WILLIAMS 6 FE 6 Dickie WILLIAMS
R CLARKE 7 HB 7 Alf BURNELL
 
R BROADHURST 8 FR 8 Alan PRESCOTT
Trevor KILKELLY 9 HK 9 Tom McKINNEY
John BUTTERFIELD 10 FR 10 Jim BOWDEN
Joseph CURTAIN 11 2R 11 Dave VALENTINE
John BOND 12 2R 12 Geoff GUNNEY
Alister ATKINSON 13 L 13 Ken TRAILL
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury (NZ)

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 23 vs. USA
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 27 vs. France
Out:
M Johnstone (centre), C Atkinson (wing), Jim Haig (halfback), Lory Blanchard (front row)
In:
Clifford Harris (centre), P Williams (five-eighth), R Clarke (halfback), Joseph Curtain (second row)
Changes:
G McSeveney (wing to centre), Cyril Paskell (centre to wing), S Parkes (five-eighth to wing), John Butterfield (hooker to front row), Trevor Kilkelly (second row to hooker)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 24 vs. South Island
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 26 vs. North Island
Out:
Phil Jackson (centre), Jack Wilkinson (front row), Nat Silcock (second row)
In:
Billy Boston (wing), Alan Prescott (front row), Dave Valentine (second row)
Changes:
Doug Greenall (wing to centre)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash