Full time3 January 1948
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1947Head-to-head
Australia won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –CAustralia conversion · Arthur Tonkin0–2
- –TAustralia try · Alan Walker0–5
- –TAustralia try · Colin Windon0–8
- –TAustralia try · Colin Windon0–11
Line-ups
England
- 1Eric EvansProp
- 2John KeelingHooker
- 3Harry WalkerProp
- 4Joseph MycockSecond row
- 5Samuel PerrySecond row
- 6Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
- 7Jika TraversFlanker
- 8Douglas VaughanNumber 8
- 9Richard MadgeScrum-half
- 10Thomas KempFly-half
- 11David SwarbrickWing
- 12Edward ScottCentre
- 13Billy BennettCentre
- 14Richard GuestWing
- 15Syd NewmanFull-back
Australia
- 1Eric TweedaleProp
- 2Kenny KearneyHooker
- 3Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 4Graham CookeSecond row
- 5Donald KraefftSecond row
- 6Douglas KellerFlanker
- 7Colin WindonFlanker
- 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Neville EmeryFly-half
- 11Terence MacBrideWing
- 12Alan WalkerCentre
- 13Trevor AllanCentre
- 14Arthur TonkinWing
- 15Brian PiperFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, England 29–27 Australia, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
England going in
Australia going in
- Previous meeting: 7 January 1928, England 18–11 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 1 February 1958
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.