Written by Alan Garside.
| The Yugoslavian club side Hajduk Split toured Australia in 1949 playing 20 matches against a variety of opponents including the Australian national team. In this particular match the visitors accused Metropolis of dirty play. | ||||
| Played : Monday August 1 1949 | Venue : Sydney | |||
| Metropolis (Incomplete) Ken Hough, Bob Lee, Len Smith, Tom Iredale, Eric Hulme, Ron Hughes, Harry Robertson Goals : Hulme x2, Lee |
3 | - | 6 | Hajduk Split (YUG) (Incomplete) Vladimir Beara, Ivo Radovnikovic, Brank Vidjak, Slavko Lustica, Frane Matosic (c), Bernard Vukas, Andrija Krstulovic Goals : Matosic x2, Vidjak, Lustica, Krstulovic, Lee og |
| Referee : SG (Dick) Thorpe Attendance : 10,706 Half Time : 1-4 Coach : Andy Henderson (Metropolis) Managers : Iva Raic and Milenko Kratulovic (Hajduk Split) Trainer : Luka Kaliterna (Hajduk Split) | ||||