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Friendly Matches
Wednesday May 3 1950 Stevens Reserve, Fremantle, Perth, Australia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
AUSTRALIA Lineup Included; Gordon Nunn, Eric Hulme Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn (x6), Hulme	6	-		Fremantly City XI (Western Australia) Lineup Included; Ted Croft Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Croft
The Australian national team played a farewell game against a local Western Australian XI before heading to South Africa by ship.
Wednesday May 24 1950 Hartley Vale, Capetown, South Africa Referee: B.Gardner (South Africa) Attendance: 10,500
Western Province (South Africa) Alec Creadie, W.Brown, John Hastie, Max Maskin (c), Alf Louw, Angus Powell, Thomas McKay, Sid Boswell, Alfred Luck, L.Miller, J.D.Bingle Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Bingle pen	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn 15, 16
Saturday May 27 1950 Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa Referee: Jimmy Dove (South Africa) Attendance: 23,000
Southern Transvaal (South Africa) Paul Els, Ben Mechanick, Gordon Frew, Hymie Konner, Len Boonznaaier (c), Cliff Jacques, Ron Montgomery, Ken Zeising, Viv Marais, Arthur Butler, M.Ferreira Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Montgomery 41	1	-	1	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goal: Parsons 75
Wednesday May 31 1950 Caledonian Ground, Pretoria, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 13,000
Northern Transvaal (South Africa) Aubrey Tyrell, Roelof Oelofse, P.Whyte, C.Swemmer, Harry Naish (c), W.Bunton, Ken Shea, Danie Venter, John Claassens, Tony Holz, M.Taylor Manager: J.J.Gardner Goals: Holtz 6, 24, _, Venter 27, Claasens	5	-	3	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn 11 pen, _, Oelofse Own Goal
Saturday June 3 1950 Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 18,000
Natal (South Africa) Ken Nadauld, Stan Reece, Vernon Hall (c), B.Upton, Ken Chamberlain, E.Dickson, L.Grunsell, B.Gibson, Ian Palmer, Gordon Stewart, Jackie Carr Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Palmer 14, Stewart 72	2	-	1	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Cyril Nicholls, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goal: Lawrie 50
Wednesday June 7 1950 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Orange Free State (South Africa) S.R.Nicholas, Derek Thake, Joe Manthey, Eaton, J.J.Fouche, N.McCarthy, Hermanus Pretorius, D.Swart, L.Calder, A.J.Rabie (c), S.Van Rensburg Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Pretorius 32 pen	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Cyril Nichols, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Johns 10, Parsons 66
Saturday June 10 1950 Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa Referee: Fowler (South Africa) Attendance: 15,000
Eastern Transvaal (South Africa) Jimmy Pickerill, George Cloete, Jimmy Preston (c), George Penn, Paddy Driver, Viv Ferreira, Ray Botha, Harold Paton, Joe Blewitt, Neil Turner, Neville Welman Coach: G.M.Vijoen Goals: Botha 10 pen, Paton 45	2	-	2	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Eric Hulme, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Robertson 46, Jack 77 pen
Wednesday June 14 1950 Old Harrarians Ground, Salisbury, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 5,000
Southern Rhodesia R.O.Blair, P.Fitzgerald, D.S.Johnston, G.H.Prescott, Don Wood, Roy Coop, R.Davies, Dennis Ball, P.Lewis, W.R.Buchanan, Cecil Law Manager: Not Recorded	0	-	5	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Bob Young, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Jack Smith, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Johns 6, _, Hulme 34, 77, Parsons 46
Australia then travelled north to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where they played two matches against the Southern Rhodesian representative side.
Saturday June 17 1950 Queens Ground, Bulawayo, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 6,000
Southern Rhodesia Bell, P.Fitzgerald, D.S.Johnston, G.H.Prescott, Don Wood, W.R.Buchanan, R.Davies, Dennis Ball (c), Badenhorst, Jack Kirkpatrick, Cecil Law Manager: Not Recorded Goal: Badenhorst 67	1	-	4	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Cyril Nicholls, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Johns 25, Hulme 42, Sanders 65, _
Wednesday June 7 1950 Alexandra Park, Maritzburg, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 6,000
Natal (South Africa) Ken Nadauld, Dickson, Vernon Hall, B.Upton, Ken Chamberlain, Ross Dow (c), Ian Palmer, Brian Gibson, Jackie Carr, Harper, Little Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Carr 60, Little 61, Palmer 75	3	-	2	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Cyril Nicholls, Cec Drummond (c), Bob Young, Kevin O'Neill, Jack Smith, George Sanders, Eric Hulme, Frank Parsons, Jack Wilson, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Parsons _, 77
Wednesday June 28 1950 Witbank, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
North Transvaal Country Districts (South Africa) Prentice, Quinan, Herholdt, Buchan, Pearson (Eric Dickson), Oelofse, Woods, Bousted, Vivian, Robert Devine, Miller Manager: Not Recorded	0	-	9	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Cyril Nicholls, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Kevin O'Neill, Jack Smith, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Parsons (x5), Robertson, Nunn, Johns, Sanders
Wednesday July 12 1950 De Beers Stadium, Kimberley, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Griqualand West (South Africa) E.Boschoff, J.Partridge, R.McDonald, J.Patterson, F.Hughes, K.Helfich, M.McDonald, K.Ormiston, J.Gray, A.Symmonds, Len Anley (c) Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Symmonds, Anley, Other Goalscorer Not Known	3	-	7	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Cyril Nicholls, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, Eric Hulme, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Jack Wilson, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Parsons (x2), Johns (x2), Hulme (x2), Robertson
Saturday July 15 1950 Jan Smuts Ground, East London, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Frontier (South Africa) T.Keir, D.Morrell, D.George (c), L.Mason, S.Williams, T.Forber, K.Petzer, D.Daniel, George Cook, R.Holshausen, N.Gailey Manager: Not Recorded	0	-	4	AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Bob Young, Jack Smith, George Sanders, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn 8, 42, 45, Parsons 9
Wednesday July 19 1950 Mossel Bay, South Africa Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 2,000
South Western Country Districts (South Africa) Reg Saunders, J.Pienaar, P.Becker, N.Mitchell, O.Bands, A.Dean, F.Quine (c), H.Heunis, C.Henning, H.Ohlsen, W.Pienaar Manager: Not Recorded	0	-	13	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Cyril Nicholls, George Sanders, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Eric Hulme, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn (x5), Parsons (x4), Sanders, Nicholls, Hulme, Robertson
Saturday July 29 1950 Hartley Vale, Capetown, South Africa Referee: T.Davis (South Africa) Attendance: 4,000
Western Province (South Africa) Alec Credie, B.Lotter, John Hastie, Max Maskin (c), W.Brown, Angus Powell, Thomas McKay, G.Miller, E.Ackerberg, Alfred Luck, Arthur Roos Manager: Not Recorded Goals: Miller 25, 78, Luck	3	-	3	AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Eric Hulme, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Parsons 13,31, Nunn
Thursday August 17 1950 Subiaco Oval, Fremantle, Perth, Australia Referee: A.Gilchrist (Australia) Attendance: Not Recorded
AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, Allan Johns, Frank Parsons, Eric Hulme, Gordon Nunn, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Cherry 32 Own Goal, Nunn 43, 88, Parsons 62, Hulme 80	5	-	1	Western Australia Syd McGovern, Ron Adair, Gordon Nash, J.Grant, Robert Cherry (c), Stewart Johnstone, Jack Smethurst, Albert Robertson, E.Hughes, Alan Beale, H.Norman Manager: A.F.Craigie Goal: Robertson 48
When Australia returned home from their tour of South Africa they played a number of games against some state representative teams as they made their way across the country. Match Day Programme
Saturday July 29 1950 British Tube Mills Recreation Ground, Kilburn, Adelaide, Australia Referee: Jack Moore (Australia) Attendance: Not Recorded
AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummmond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, Eric Hulme, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Nunn (x3), Johns (x2), Robertson	6	-	0	South Australia G.Giancaspro, Gordon Combe, H.Johnson, Kevin Heffernan, W.Thompson, R,Mills (c), D.Zivic, Louis Toth, J.Freckleton, W.H.Grace, P.Cranswick Manager: Not Recorded
The next representative game against South Australia was played during the time it took to unload and load cargo on their ship "Arawa".
Saturday September 2 1950 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Jack McKenzie (Australia) Attendance: 6,000
AUSTRALIA Norman Conquest, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, George Sanders, Alan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack	0	-	3	New South Wales Ron Lord, Cliff Almond, Doug Wendt, Eric Duff, Bill Wilson (c), Milija Vesovic, Dick Kemp, George Russell, Reg Date, Jock McMahon, Ray Marshall Manager: Stan Jones Goals: Marshall 9, Jack 15 Own Goal, Date 80
The stopover by the "Arawa" was not long enough to allow a game in Melbourne against the Victorian represemtaive team. On their return from the Western States the national team played two games against New South Wales in Sydney and Newcastle. Match Day Programme
Sunday September 3 1950 Crystal Palace Ground, Wallsend, Newcastle, Australia Referee: Harold S.Parker (Australia) Attendance: 6,000
AUSTRALIA Bill Mahoney, Kevin O'Neill, Cec Drummond, Bob Lawrie (c), Tom Jack, Bob Young, Eric Hulme, Allan Johns, Gordon Nunn, Frank Parsons, Harry Robertson Coach: Tom Jack Goals: Parsons 10, Johns 24	2	-	1	New South Wales Ron Lord, Cliff Almond, Doug Wendt, Milija Vesovic, Bill Wilson (c), Dave Williams, Dick Kemp, George Russell, Reg Date, Jock McMahon, Colin Newton Manager: Stan Jones Goal: Russell
Match Day Programme
Australian team that toured New Caledonia in 1950
Back row: Ron Colman, Wal Mitchell, Dennis Creedon; Standing: Billy Grace, Ron Hassett, Ron Hughes, Malcolm Wild, George Gladwyn, Alf Hall; Sitting: Angus Drennan, Bob Telfer, Harry Brophy (c), Peter Sander, Cliff Sander; Front row: Eric Heath Photo credit: Gary Hall
Saturday September 17 1950 Velodrome Georges Brunelet, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: E.Legrand (New Caledonia) Linesmen: G.Roire and G.Viale (New Caledonia) Attendance: 4,000
New Caledonia J.Van Soc, M.Song, B.Tsutsui, P.Iwami, R.Nicol, M.Barthelemy, C.Dalmas, R.Valette, R.Kosack, P.Beurrier (c) (A.Nakagawa 65), A.Veau Coach: Not Recorded Goal: Barthelemy 40	1	-	0	AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION XI Wal Mitchell, Eric Heath, Ron Hughes, Ron Coleman, Harry Brophy (c), Angus Drennan, W.H.Grace, Ron Hassett, Alf Hall, Cliff Sander, Malcolm Wild Managers: Bob Telfer and Peter Sander
An Australian squad travelled to New Caledonia for a two week tour. None of the players from the touring squad to South Africa played earlier in the year were considered for the series. The team has been referred to as an Australian Association XI.
Monday September 19 1950 Velodrome Georges Brunelet, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 4,000
New Caledonia J.Van Soc, M.Song, B.Tsutsui (Felix Day), P.Iwami, R.Nicol, M.Barthelemy, Veaux, R.Kosak, R.Baurrier, R.Valette, R.Sakamouri Coach: Not Recorded Goals: Goalscorers Not Known	2	-	4	AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION XI Wal Mitchell, Eric Heath, Denis Creedon, Ron Coleman, Harry Brophy (c), Angus Drennan, W.H.Grace, Ron Hassett, Alf Hall, Ron Hughes, Malcolm Wild Managers: Bob Telfer and Peter Sander Goals: Hughes (x3), Other Goalscorer Not Known
Friday September 23 1950 Velodrome Georges Brunelet, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: Victor Neugy (New Caledonia) Attendance: 3,000
New Caledonia J.Van Soc, M.Song, B.Tsutsui, Dubois, R.Nicol, M.Barthelemy, R.Sakamouri, R.Valette, R.Kosak, Reuter, A.Nakagawa Coach: Not Recorded Goals: Nakagawa 26, Kosak 75, Sakamouri	3	-	1	AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION XI Wal Mitchell, Eric Heath, Denis Creedon, Ron Coleman, Harry Brophy (c), Angus Drennan, W.H.Grace, Alf Hall, Ron Hughes, Ron Hassett, Malcolm Wild Managers: Bob Telfer and Peter Sander Goal: Goalscorer Not Known
Monday September 26 1950 Velodrome Georges Brunelet, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: nr Attendance: nr
New Caledonia Lineup Not Known Coach: nr Goals: Goalscorers Not Known	2	-	3	AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION XI Lineup Not Known Managers: Bob Telfer and Peter Sander Goals: Goalscorers Not Known

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