Game 4
South Island 8 lost to Australia 38
| Kangaroos Tour 1949 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23103 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 24th September, 1949 | |||||||
| Referee | G Symes | |||||||
| Venue | Addington (Christchurch) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,900 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 15 | |||||
| South Island | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| P CALLINAN | T | 2 | Les COWIE | |||||
| W McKENZIE | 2 | Pat McMAHON | ||||||
| Johnny GRAVES | ||||||||
| Johnny HAWKE | ||||||||
| Noel MULLIGAN | ||||||||
| Matt McCOY | ||||||||
| J SOSTER | G | 7 | Keith FROOME | |||||
| South Island | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| J SOSTER | 1 | FB | 1 | Vic BULGIN [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| W McKENZIE | 2 | W | 2 | Pat McMAHON | ||||
| P CALLINAN | 3 | C | 3 | Johnny HAWKE [St George] |
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| L BROWN | 4 | C | 4 | Matt McCOY [St George] |
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| K HENRY | 5 | W | 5 | Johnny GRAVES [South Sydney] |
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| George MENZIES | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally O'CONNELL | ||||
| Jim HAIG | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith FROOME (c) [Newtown] |
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| Jack NEWTON | 8 | FR | 8 | Noel MULLIGAN | ||||
| Bob AYNSLEY | 9 | HK | 9 | Kevin SCHUBERT | ||||
| Patrick SMITH (c) | 10 | FR | 10 | Jack HOLLAND [St George] |
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| F BLANCHARD | 11 | 2R | 11 | Kevin HANSEN [Western Suburbs] |
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| Charlie McBRIDE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Jack RAYNER [South Sydney] |
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| Alister ATKINSON | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] |
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| M ORD | 14 | B | ||||||
Team Info
South Island
- Previous Game:
- Lions Tour 1946 - Game 21 vs. England (GB)
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Ray Nuttall (fullback), ? Teen (wing), Bill Mountford (centre), Cec Davison (wing), L McNaughton (five-eighth), Arthur Gillman (front row), Ken Mountford (lock)
- In:
- J Soster (fullback), W McKenzie (wing), P Callinan (centre), L Brown (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Jim Haig (halfback), F Blanchard (second row), Alister Atkinson (lock)
- Changes:
- K Henry (centre to wing), M Ord (halfback to bench), Patrick Smith (hooker to front row), Bob Aynsley (second row to hooker)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 3 vs. West Coast
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 5 vs. Southern Provinces
- Out:
- Ron Roberts (wing), Billy Thompson (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker)
- In:
- Johnny Graves (wing), Keith Froome (halfback), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Kevin Hansen (second row)
- Changes:
- Noel Mulligan (second row to front row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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