Game 9
Featherstone Rovers 15 lost to Australia 50
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23117 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 1st October, 1952 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 5:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | A Hill | |||||||
| Venue | Post Office Road (Featherstone) | |||||||
| Crowd | 3,700 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 16 | |||||
| Featherstone | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Alan TENNANT | 2 | T | 6 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| Jack BLACKBURN | 3 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||||
| Col GEELAN | ||||||||
| Ken McCAFFERY | ||||||||
| Tommy RYAN | ||||||||
| Derek DAVIS | 3 | G | 7 | Ron WILLEY | ||||
| Featherstone | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Derek DAVIS | 1 | FB | 2 | Ron WILLEY [Canterbury] |
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| Eric BATTEN | 2 | W | 3 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Cliff LAMBERT | 3 | C | 11 | Col GEELAN [Newtown] |
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| Alan TENNANT | 4 | C | 10 | Tommy RYAN [St George] |
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| Jack BLACKBURN | 5 | W | 6 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| Ray CORDING | 6 | FE | 12 | Frank STANMORE (c) [Western Suburbs] |
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| Ray EVANS | 7 | HB | 27 | Ken McCAFFERY | ||||
| Ken WELBURN | 8 | FR | 22 | Jack ROONEY | ||||
| Willis FAWLEY | 9 | HK | 25 | Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] |
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| Fred HULME | 10 | FR | 23 | Charlie GILL | ||||
| Norman LONGLEY | 11 | 2R | 17 | Tom TYRRELL [Balmain] |
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| Maurice OGDEN | 12 | 2R | 18 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Jack OGDEN | 13 | L | 20 | Arthur COLLINSON [Western Suburbs] |
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| HC | Clive CHURCHILL | |||||||
Team Info
Featherstone
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 5 vs. Wakefield
- Next Game:
- Match Day 6 vs. Hunslet
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1952/53 - Game 8 vs. St Helens
- Next Game:
- Ashes Series 1952/53 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Noel Pidding (wing), Noel Hazzard (centre), Rees Duncan (centre), Col Donohoe (halfback), Duncan Hall (front row), Harold Crocker (lock)
- In:
- Ron Willey (fullback), Tommy Ryan (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), Ken McCaffery (halfback), Jack Rooney (front row), Brian Davies (second row)
- Changes:
- Col Geelan (five-eighth to centre), Arthur Collinson (second row to lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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