Kangaroos Tour 1969 Series

Game 4

Wellington 7 lost to Australia 48

Kangaroos Tour 1969

Wellington
7
48
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23268
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 4th June, 1969
Referee E Gutbertlet
Venue Basin Reserve (Wellington)
Crowd 1,415
Wellington Scoresheet Australia
J LAFRENTZ T 4 Michael CLEARY
      4 Dennis MANTEIT
      Ron COOTE
      Ron COSTELLO
 
Findlay RASMUSSEN 2 G 9 Les JOHNS
Wellington Teams Australia
P SIMMOND 1 FB 1 Les JOHNS (c)
[Canterbury]
G DAWSON 2 W 2 Jeff DENMAN
H GRAHAM 3 C 3 Ron COOTE
[Souths]
J BOLTON 4 C 4 Bob HONAN
[Souths]
J LAFRENTZ 5 W 5 Michael CLEARY
[Souths]
 
C TARAWHITI 6 FE 6 Graham LYE
Findlay RASMUSSEN 7 HB 7 Denis PITTARD
[Souths]
 
J WEIR 8 FR 8 Dennis MANTEIT
T CALLAGHAN 9 HK 9 Brian FITZSIMMONS
R FARRELL 10 FR 10 John WITTENBERG
[St George]
Garry SMITH 11 2R 11 Ron COSTELLO
I WARE 12 2R 12 Ian ROBSON
K MEADOWCRAFT 13 L 13 Col WEISS
 
    HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Wellington

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 25 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 20 vs. Great Britain
Out:
William Harrison (fullback), R Wood (wing), M Daymond (centre), P Hanna (centre), Gary Woollard (five-eighth), G Gardiner (halfback), N Meri (front row), Colin O'Neil (hooker), B Drake (second row), J Rasmussen (lock), R Watene (bench)
In:
P SIMMOND (fullback), G DAWSON (wing), H GRAHAM (centre), J BOLTON (centre), C Tarawhiti (five-eighth), Findlay Rasmussen (halfback), J Weir (front row), T CALLAGHAN (hooker), I WARE (second row), K MEADOWCRAFT (lock)
Changes:
Garry Smith (front row to second row), R Farrell (second row to front row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1969 - Game 3 vs. South Island
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1969 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), John Cootes (centre), John McDonald (centre), Dennis Ward (halfback), John Sattler (front row), Elwyn Walters (second row), Bob McCarthy (second row)
In:
Les Johns (fullback), Ron Coote (centre), Michael Cleary (wing), John Wittenberg (front row), Ron Costello (second row)
Changes:
Bob Honan (wing to centre), Denis Pittard (bench to halfback), Ian Robson (bench to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson