| Date | 12 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Harringay Arena, Harringay, London | |
| Referee | François Van der Perren |  BEL | 
| Referee | André Taris |  FRA | 
| 1 | 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |  GBR | 24 | 22 | 46 | 
| Ireland |  IRL | 5 | 16 | 21 | 
 Great Britain
 Great Britain| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Trevor Davies | 10 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| – | Malcolm Finlay | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| – | Colin Hunt | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| – | Doug Legg | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| – | Ron Legg | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Sid McMeekan | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Bob Norris | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| – | Lionel Price | 12 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Harry Weston | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| – | Stanley Weston | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 46 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | |||||
| Coach | James Clay | 
 Ireland
 Ireland| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Christy Walsh | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Dermot Sheriff | 10 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| – | Frank O'Connor | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| – | Jim Flynn | 1 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| – | Jim McGee | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Paddy Crehan | 1 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| – | Paddy Sheriff | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| – | Tommy Keenan | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| – | Tommy Malone | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||
| – | Bill Jackson | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | |||||
| Coach | Donald McCormack |