Test Matches - Australia - Great Britain 1948-9

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Tour: Played 27; Won 15; Lost 12; For 348; Against 275

Tests: Lost series 3-0

Total attendance 451,756.

Managers: Bill Buckley and Eric Simmonds.
Captain, Vice-Captain: Col Maxwell, Bill Tyquin.
Squad: (28) Fred de Belin, Ian Benton, Eddie Brosnan, Vic Bulgin, Clive Churchill, Les Cowie, Bob Dimond, Keith Froome, Alf Gibbs, Johnny Graves, Duncan Hall, Nevyl Hand, Johnny Hawke, Jack Holland, Bruce Hopkins, Jack Horrigan, Frank Johnson, Bob Lulham, Col Maxwell, Pat McMahon, Doug McRitchie, Noel Mulligan, Wally O'Connell, Len Pegg, Jack Rayner, Kevin Schubert, Bill Thompson, Bill Tyquin.

          Huddersfield              L  3-22  26,017  Huddersfield
          Belle Vue Rovers          W 14-9    7,535  Manchester
          Hull                      W 13-3   16,616  Hull
          Wakefield Trinity         W 26-19  20,040  Wakefield
          Leigh                     W 24-12  12,968  Leigh
          Salford                   W 13-2   16,627  Salford
          Castleford                W 10-8   14,004  Castleford
 9.10.48  GREAT BRITAIN             L 21-23  36,529  Leeds
          Cumberland                L  4-5    8,818  Whitehaven
          St Helens                 L  8-10  20,175  St Helens
          Dewsbury                  W 14-4   13,614  Dewsbury
          Hull Kingston Rovers      L 12-17   7,614  Hull
          Wigan                     L 11-16  28,554  Wigan
          Barrow                    W 11-5   13,143  Barrow
          Leeds                     W 15-2   13,542  Leeds
          Warrington                L  7-16  26,879  Warrington
 6.11.48  GREAT BRITAIN             L  7-16  36,354  Swinton
          Bradford Northern         W 21-7   13,287  Bradford
          Workington Town           L  7-10  13,253  Workington
          Swinton                   W 21-0    5,849  Swinton
20.11.48  Wales                     W 12-5    9,161  Swansea
          Yorkshire                 L  2-5    5,310  Leeds
          Halifax                   W 10-8    6,520  Halifax
          Oldham                    W 27-7   14,798  Oldham
          Lancashire                L  8-13  11,788  Wigan
          Widnes                    W 18-8   10,761  Widnes
29. 1.49* GREAT BRITAIN             L  9-23  42,000  Bradford
        * Postponed from 18.12.48 because of fog.