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Friendly Matches
Saturday July 8 1939 Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 11,862
AUSTRALIA Jimmy McNabb, William Coolahan (c), Jack Evans, Alf Henwood, Jack Hughes, Jock Parkes, Jimmy Osborne, Jim Wilkinson, Max Wynn, Roy Crowhurst, Alf Quill Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Osborne pen, Hughes, Wilkinson, Crowhurst, Quill, Wynn, Reznik Own Goal	7	-	5	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Palestine) Yosef Sidi, Avraham Reznik (c), Avraham Beit haLevi, Yosef Lieberman, Zvi Fuchs, Menahem Mirmovich, Simon Alembik, Zvi Erlich, Gaul Machlis, Avraham Schneiderovitch, Mila Ginzburg; Used Sub: Jerry Beit haLevi Coach: Egon Pollak Goals: Erlich (x3), Machlis, Schneiderovitch
Australia played a series of five B internationals against a visiting Palestine national side. Or at least what the Australian public were told was the Palestine side... research indicates that this was, in fact, a touring Maccabi Tel Aviv side. Match Day Programme
Saturday July 15 1939 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Australia Referee: J.Perotte (Australia) Attendance: 5,066
AUSTRALIA Jimmy McNabb, Jack Evans, Jim McDougall, Bob Lawrie, Dan Roderick, Lex Gibb, Roy Crowhurst, Jack Hughes, Redvis Kitching, Jim Donaldson, Alf Quill Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Crowhurst 65, Hughes 75	2	-	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Palestine) Yosef Sidi, Avraham Reznik (c), Avraham Beit haLevi, Yosef Lieberman, Zvi Fuchs, Menahem Mirmovich, Simon Alembik, Zvi Erlich, Ferenc Neufeld, Gaul Machlis, Shmuel Ginsberg Coach: Egon Pollak Goal: Neufeld 55
Match Day Programme
Saturday July 22 1939 Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Danny Quinn (Australia) Attendance: 3,590
AUSTRALIA Jimmy McNabb, Jack Whitelaw, Jack Evans, Harold Evernden, Jock Parkes, Lex Gibb, James Wilkinson, Jack Hughes, Alf Quill, Redvis Kitching, Max Wynn Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Hughes 70	1	-		Maccabi Tel Aviv (Palestine) Yosef Sidi, Avraham Reznik (c), Avraham Beit haLevi, Yosef Lieberman, Zvi Fuchs, Menahem Mirmovich, Shalom Shalomzon, Zvi Erlich, Ferenc Neufeld, Gaul Machlis, Shmuel Ginsberg Coach: Egon Pollak Goals: Neufeld, Ginsberg
Saturday July 29 1939 Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, Sydney, Australia Referee: W.Tromans (Australia) Attendance: 7,092
AUSTRALIA Jimmy McNabb, Jack Evans, Tom Harris, William Coolahan, Jock Parkes, Jimmy Osborne, Roy Crowhurst, Jim Wilkinson, Alf Quill, Jack Hughes, Alex Forrest Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Quill (x2), Crowhurst, Wilkinson	4	-	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Palestine) Yosef Sidi, Avraham Reznik (c), Avraham Beit haLevi, Yosef Lieberman, Zvi Fuchs, Menaham Mirmovich, Simon Alembik, Zvi Erlich, Ferenc Neufeld, Gaul Machlis, Shmuel Ginsberg Coach: Egon Pollak Goal: Erlich
Saturday August 5 1939 St. Kilda Oval, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Referee: T.Burns (Australia) Attendance: 2,531
AUSTRALIA E.Power, Jack Evans (c), George Weir, William Coolahan, Peter McCluskey, R.Smith, Roy Crowhurst, Alfred White, George Smith, Jack Hughes, Alex Forrest Manager: Not Recorded Goals: G.Smith (x2), Hughes, White	4	-	4	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Palestine) Binyamin Mizrahi, Avraham Reznik (c), Avraham Beit haLevi, Yosef Lieberman, Zvi Fuchs, Menahm Mirmovich, Simon Alembik, Zvi Erlich, Ferenc Neufeld, Gaul Machlis, Shmuel Ginsberg Coach: Egon Pollak Goals: Ginsberg 8, Fuchs 22, Erlich 35, Neufeld 45
Australia finished the five game series with four wins and a draw.

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