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Kangaroo
Tour: 1933-1934
Sean Fagan of RL1908.com
 Heartbroken
by the death of University's Roy Morris in Malta on the ship to
England, the Kangaroos arrived in a sombre mood.
The
remarkable Dave Brown - who rewrote the record books on tour - and
the great lock forward Wally Prigg both played 32 of 37 matches.
The
Kangaroos blitzed their opponents for most of the tour, losing only
10 matches. Unfortunately, this included the 3 Tests - although
with a change of fortune they could have easily won all three! The
scores in the Tests were 4-0, 7-5 and 19-16.
Captained
by Wests' Frank McMillan, the Australians also visited France and
played the first rugby league match in that country (against England).
Tour
Details:
1933/34
v England
1st
Test - 7 October : lost 0-4 / Belle Vue, Manchester (33,000)
2nd
Test - 11 November : lost 5-7 / Headingley, Leeds (29,688)
3rd Test - 16 December : lost 16-19 / Station Road, Swinton (10,990)
RECORD:P:
37 W: 27 L: 10 FOR: 754 AGST: 295
TEST SERIES: Lost 0-3
AGGREGATE
ATTENDANCE: 368,238
v
St Helens Rec. W 13-9 8,880 @ St Helens
v Leigh W 16-7 4,600 @ Leigh
v Hull Kingston Rovers W 20-0 7,831 @ Hull
v Bramley W 53-6 1,902 @ Bramley
v Oldham W 38-6 15,281 @ Oldham
v Yorkshire W 13-0 10,309 @ Leeds
v Barrow W 24-5 12,221 @ Barrow
v Lancashire W 33-7 16,576 @ Warrington
v Wigan W 10-4 15,712 @ Wigan
v Castleford W 39-6 4,250 @ Castleford
v Halifax W 16-5 10,358 @ Halifax
v ENGLAND L 0-4 33,000 @ Belle Vue, Manchester
v Bradford Northern L 5-7 3,328 @ Bradford
v Warrington L 12-15 16,431 @ Warrington
v Hunslet W 22-18 6,227 @ Hunslet
v Salford L 9-16 15,761 @ Salford
v Widnes W 31-0 6,691 @ Widnes
v Wakefield Trinity W 17-6 5,596 @ Wakefield
v Bradford Northern W 10-7 9,937 @ Bradford
v Northern League L 5-7 3,158 @ York
v Swinton L 4-10 13,341 @ Swinton
v ENGLAND L 5-7 29,688 @ Headingley, Leeds
v Keighley W 14-7 3,800 @ Keighley
v Huddersfield W 13-5 7,522 @ Huddersfield
v London Highfield W 20-5 10,541 @ London
v Broughton Rovers W 19-0 5,527 @ Broughton
v Leeds W 15-7 5,295 @ Leeds
v St Helens W 20-11 5,735 @ St Helens
v Rochdale Hornets W 26-4 3,603 @ Rochdale
v Cumberland L 16-17 5,800 @ Whitehaven
v ENGLAND L 16-19 10,990 @ Station Road, Swinton
v York W 15-7 6,500 @ York
v Hull W 19-5 16,341 @ Hull
v Wales W 51-19 10,000 @ Wembley
v England W 63-13 5,000 Paris
v Oldham W 38-5 4,000 @ Oldham
v England L 14-19 15,576 @ Gateshead
EASTERN
SUBURBS 4 (Dave Brown,
Joe Pearce, Ray Stehr, Vic Thicknesse)
SOUTH SYDNEY 3 (Frank Curran, Jack Why, Frank O'Connor)
NORTH SYDNEY 0
NEWTOWN 1 (Arthur Folwell)
BALMAIN 0
WESTERN SUBURBS 5 (Frank McMillan Capt., Vic Hey, Les Mead, Cliff
Pearce, Alan Ridley)
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 1 (Ray Morris)
ST GEORGE 1 (Fred Gardner)
QUEENSLAND 11 (Jack Little, Fred Neumann, Bill Smith, Herb Denny,
Frank Doonar, Joe Doyle, Fred Gilbert, Fred Laws, Mick Glasheen,
Les Heidke, Dan Dempsey)
NSW COUNTRY COUNTRY 2 (Jimmy Gibbs, Wally Prigg)
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