Game 22
Wales 5 lost to Australia 12
| Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14950 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 20th November, 1948 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Norman Railton | |||||||
| Venue | Swansea (Swansea) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,224 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 7 | |||||
| Scrums | 41 | – | 17 | |||||
| Wales | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Gareth PRICE | T | Johnny HAWKE | ||||||
| Jack HOLLAND | ||||||||
| Ted WARD | G | 2 | Bruce HOPKINS | |||||
| Jack HORRIGAN | ||||||||
| Wales | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Joe JONES | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] |
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| Emlyn WALTERS | 2 | W | 2 | Pat McMAHON | ||||
| Ted WARD (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Jack HORRIGAN | ||||
| Gareth PRICE | 4 | C | 4 | Johnny HAWKE | ||||
| Denis BOOCKER | 5 | W | 5 | Bobby LULHAM [Balmain] |
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| Len CONSTANCE | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally O'CONNELL [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Harry ROYAL | 7 | HB | 7 | Bruce HOPKINS [Canterbury] |
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| Frank WHITCOMBE | 8 | FR | 8 | Jack HOLLAND [St George] |
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| Frank OSMOND | 9 | HK | 9 | Kevin SCHUBERT | ||||
| Elwyn GWYTHER | 10 | FR | 10 | Eddie BROSNAN | ||||
| George PARSONS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Jack RAYNER [South Sydney] |
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| Doug PHILLIPS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Fred DE BELIN [Balmain] |
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| Ike OWENS | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] |
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| HC | Col MAXWELL | |||||||
Team Info
Wales
- Previous Game:
- European Championship 1948/49 - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- European Championship 1948/49 - Round 2 vs. England
- Out:
- Steve Llewellyn (wing), Alan Edwards (wing), Ray Price (five-eighth), Dai M Davies (front row), Dyl Harris (front row), Jack Bowen (second row), Derek Howes (second row)
- In:
- Emlyn Walters (wing), Denis Boocker (wing), Len Constance (five-eighth), Frank Whitcombe (front row), Elwyn Gwyther (front row), Doug Phillips (second row)
- Changes:
- George Parsons (bench to second row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 21 vs. Swinton
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1948/49 - Game 23 vs. Yorkshire
No changes.
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Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

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