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At Sydney Cricket Ground. The program is included here as it has an unusual number of connections to Maher Cup country. West Wyalong's Lionel Cooper learned rugby league while in the Army during the War and was snapped up to play in Sydney. Jim…

First British Lions post-war match in Australia - at Willow Park Junee

Gundagai team 1946
Back from left: Ralph Attwood, George Ballard, Noel Goodsall, Vince Coulton, Dal McCarthy, Jack Goodsall, Neville Asimus.
Front row: Eric Castles, Eric Nuttall, Ron O'Connell, Pat Ryan, Leo 'King' Tutty', Sonny Jamieson.

Tumut 1946

Team that defeated Cowra 5-2 for the Maher Cup 13 July 1946

Back from left": Len Armstrong (secretary), Clare ‘Bill’ Hargreaves, Errol Tod, Tom Webb, Col Hargreaves, Jim Jeffery (non-playing coach)

Middle: Lonnie Field, Viv…

South Gundagai Bourke Shield winning Team 1946

Back from left: Jack 'Terrific' Jones (patron), Frank Potter, Jack Lindley, Lee Hawthorne, J. 'Dusty' Bruce, Barry Jones, Jim Castles, Guy Hawthorne (president)

Kneeling: Sid Crossley, K.…

Match program as scanned doesn't list the Britain players; uncertain which newspaper the pictorial page originated from.

A Cootamundra team of 1946.
Possibly the team that challenged for the Maher Cup at Cowra on 9 June.

Likely to be:

Back from left: Gordon Greig, Jim Crowe, Stan McAlister, ------?, Jack 'Onion' Bell, Neil McDonell, ------?, ------?.…

19 July 1914 - 27 Nov.1995

Cowra captain-coach 1946; played for: Blayney 1934; Canterbury 1938-43, 45 & 48 ; served in New Guinea in World War II; test debut in 1946 aged 32 ; coached Wallerawang1954; grandstand at West Cowra named after him

Back from left: Alan Green, Ken Slattery, Reg Garfourth, Tommy Lupton, Dick Grimshaw, Fred Thurtell, Tommy Clyburn (injured).

Second Row: Bill Kelly, Cec Slattery, Son Hodges (Captain), Albert Clyburn, Jack Grant

Front Row: Bob Leggett, Milty…