Kangaroos Tour 1961 Series

Game 2

Wellington 3 lost to Australia 66

Kangaroos Tour 1961

Wellington
3
66
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23203
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 21st June, 1961
Referee Cecil Mountford
Venue Basin Reserve (Wellington)
Crowd 707
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 29
Penalties 23 4
Wellington Scoresheet Australia
? McCREADY T 3 Frank DRAKE
      3 Reg GASNIER
      3 Ken IRVINE
      2 Barry MUIR
      2 Don PARISH
      2 Jim PATERSON
      Alan GIL
 
    G 8 Don PARISH
      Ken IRVINE
Wellington Teams Australia
William HARRISON 1 FB 1 Frank DRAKE
? McGILL 2 W 2 Don PARISH
[Western Suburbs]
John DODD 3 C 3 Reg GASNIER
[St George]
? CANAVAN 4 C 4 Alan GIL
? McCREADY 5 W 5 Ken IRVINE
[North Sydney]
 
P FOX 6 FE 6 Arthur SUMMONS
[Western Suburbs]
Gary WOOLLARD 7 HB 7 Barry MUIR (c)
 
Peter TURNER 8 FR 8 Dud BEATTIE
? FREEMAN 9 HK 9 Bob GEHRKE
G HEPERI 10 FR 10 Ron CROWE
? EVANS 11 2R 11 Jim PATERSON
? BUTT 12 2R 12 Bill OWEN
V BARTLETT 13 L 13 Ron LYNCH
[Parramatta]
 
    HC   Brian CARLSON
   
 

Team Info

Wellington

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1960 - Game 26 vs. France
Next Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 10 vs. South Africa
Out:
C Tarawhiti (wing), S McDonald (centre), R Andrews (centre), B Ewart (halfback), A Still (front row), L Pilcher (hooker), T Poona (front row), M Beri (second row), P Gregory (second row), H Winchman (lock)
In:
? McGill (wing), ? Canavan (centre), ? McCready (wing), Gary Woollard (halfback), Peter Turner (front row), ? Freeman (hooker), G Heperi (front row), ? Evans (second row), ? Butt (second row), V Bartlett (lock)
Changes:
John Dodd (wing to centre)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1961 - Game 1 vs. NZ Maori
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1961 - Game 3 vs. Coaching School (NZ)
Out:
Eddie Lumsden (wing), Brian Carlson (centre), Ray Beaven (five-eighth), Elton Rasmussen (front row), Ian Walsh (hooker), Ken Day (second row), Jack Sinclair (lock)
In:
Frank Drake (fullback), Alan Gil (centre), Arthur Summons (five-eighth), Dud Beattie (front row), Bob Gehrke (hooker), Jim Paterson (second row), Bill Owen (second row)
Changes:
Don Parish (fullback to wing), Ron Lynch (second row to lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson