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Kangaroo
Tour: 1921-1922
Sean Fagan of RL1908.com
 The
Kangaroos toured again under the name of "Australasia", but in reality
there was only one New Zealander in the 28 man party.
Captained
by Les Cubitt of Eastern Suburbs, the Kangaroos were beaten for
the Ashes in desperately close circumstances.
The
tour featured the remarkable try scoring feats of Cec Blinkhorn
(39 tries), Harold Horder (35) and Frank Burge (33). The English
team was led by Harold Wagstaff, hero of the historic 1914 "Rorke's
Drift" Test.
The
First Test seemed to be Australia's when Burge scored a late try
but was ruled against by the referee. England then scored a try
near fulltime and won 6-5.
In
the 2nd Test Australia's backline of Horder, Carstairs, Vest and
Blinkhorn cut loose after scores were 2-all at half-time - Australia
won in fine style 16-2.
The
deciding 3rd Test was played on a snow-bound heavy field, much to
the dismay of the fleet-footed Kangaroos. Australia suffered a cruel
blow early in the match when they were reduced to 12 men after Fraser
was injured.
In
difficult conditions and with no luck the Kangaroos battled on but
lost the match 6-0 and with it the Ashes were lost.
Tour
Details:
1921/22
v England
1st Test
- 1 October : lost 5-6 / Headingley, Leeds (31,700)
2nd
Test - 5 November : won 16-2 / The Boulevarde, Hull (21,504)
3rd Test - 14 January : lost 0-6 / Weaste Ground, Salford (22,000)
RECORD:
P: 36 W: 27 L: 9 FOR: 763 AGST: 248
TEST SERIES: Lost 1-2
AGGREGATE
ATTENDANCE: 384,986
v
Salford W 48-3 9,000 Salford
v Keighley W 29-0 5,500 Keighley
v Hull Kingston Rovers W 26-6 13,000 Hull
v Bradford Northern W 53-3 3,000 Bradford
v ENGLAND L 5-6 31,700 Headingley, Leeds
v Widnes W 28-4 11,000 Widnes
v Broughton Rovers W 18-6 17,000 Broughton
v England L 4-5 12,000 Highbury
v Wigan W 14-6 24,308 Wigan
v Leeds W 11-5 14,000 Leeds
v Wakefield Trinity W 29-3 6,000 Wakefield
v Batley W 33-7 6,000 Batley
v Warrington L 5-8 16,000 Warrington
v York L 3-9 5,000 York
v ENGLAND W 16-2 21,504 The Boulevarde, Hull
v Bramley W 92-7 1,500 Bramley
v Rochdale Hornets W 16-2 12,000 Rochdale
v Swinton L 0-9 6,000 Swinton
v Huddersfield W 36-2 12,000 Huddersfield
v St Helens W 16-8 6,000 St Helens
v Oldham W 16-5 15,000 Oldham
v Lancashire League W 29-6 17,000 Everton
v Barrow W 24-15 8,000 Barrow
v Yorkshire W 24-8 6,000 Wakefield
v Wales W 21-16 13,000 Pontypridd
v Lancashire L 6-8 6,000 Warrington
v Dewsbury L 6-13 6,000 Dewsbury
v Leigh W 17-4 5,000 Leigh
v Hull W 21-10 12,000 Hull
v Widnes W 17-8 12,000 Widnes
v Halifax W 35-6 12,000 Halifax
v Hunslet W 19-10 3,174 Hunslet
v Cumberland W 25-12 5,000 Workington
v ENGLAND L 0-6 22,000 Weaste Ground, Salford
v Oldham L 5-15 6,000 Oldham
v St Helens Recreation W 16-5 5,000 St Helens
EASTERN
SUBURBS 5 (Les Cubitt Capt., Harry Caples, Rex Norman, Sandy Pearce,
Jack Watkins)
GLEBE 2 (Frank Burge, Bert Gray)
SOUTH SYDNEY 1 (Ted McGrath)
NORTH SYDNEY 5 (Cec Blinkhorn, Harold Horder,
Clarrie Ives, Herman Peters, Duncan Thompson)
NEWTOWN 3 (Alec Johnston, Felix Ryan, Dick Townsend)
BALMAIN 4 (Jimmy Craig, Charles Fraser, Reg Latta, Bill Schultz)
WESTERN SUBURBS 2 (Clarrie Prentice, Dick Vest)
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 0
ST GEORGE 1 (George Carstairs)
NEW ZEALAND 1 (Bert Laing)
QUEENSLAND 4 (Norm Potter, Bill Richards, Edwin Brown, Neville Broadfoot)
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