Lions Tour 1966 Series

Game 5

Sydney Firsts 14 lost to Great Britain 15

Lions Tour 1966

Sydney Firsts
14
15
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39553
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 11th June, 1966
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Bradley
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 38,831
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 3
Scrums 8 7
Penalties 8 7
Sydney Firsts Scoresheet Great Britain
Graeme LANGLANDS T 2 Ian BROOKE
Dick THORNETT   Tommy BISHOP
 
Keith BARNES 4 G 3 Ken GOWERS
Sydney Firsts Teams Great Britain
Keith BARNES
[Balmain]
1 FB 1 Ken GOWERS
Ken IRVINE
[North Sydney]
2 W 9 John STOPFORD
Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
3 C 7 Ian BROOKE
Billy SMITH
[St George]
4 C 8 Alan BUCKLEY
Johnny KING
[St George]
5 W 3 William BURGESS
 
Denis PITTARD
[Western Suburbs]
6 FE 11 Alan HARDISTY
Kevin JUNEE
[Eastern Suburbs]
7 HB 14 Tommy BISHOP
 
Brian HAMBLY
[Parramatta]
13 FR 19 Cliff WATSON
Ian WALSH (c)
[St George]
12 HK 18 Colin CLARKE
Kevin RYAN
[St George]
11 FR 16 Brian EDGAR
Arthur BEETSON
[Balmain]
10 2R 22 John MANTLE
Dick THORNETT
[Parramatta]
9 2R 23 Bill BRYANT
John RAPER
[St George]
8 L 26 Harry POOLE (c)
   
 

Team Info

Sydney Firsts

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1964 - Game 5 vs. France
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. NSW Country
Out:
Ken Thornett (fullback), Reg Gasnier (centre), Michael Cleary (wing), Jimmy Lisle (five-eighth), Noel Kelly (front row), Ron Lynch (second row), Bob Keyes (bench)
In:
Keith Barnes (fullback), Johnny King (wing), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), Kevin Junee (halfback), Brian Hambly (front row), Arthur Beetson (second row)
Changes:
Billy Smith (halfback to centre)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 4 vs. Central QLD
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 6 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Out:
Arthur Keegan (fullback), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row), Dave Robinson (lock), Geoff Shelton (bench)
In:
Ken Gowers (fullback), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Brian Edgar (front row), Bill Bryant (second row), Harry Poole (lock)

Match Notes

Les Johns withdrew from the NSW team due to injury and was replaced by Keith Barnes.

Johnny Greaves & Graham Wilson were non playing reserves.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson