Lions Tour 1966 Series

Game 21

Balmain Tigers 9 def. Great Britain 8

Lions Tour 1966
Balmain
Tigers
9
8
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39564
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 26th July, 1966
Kick Off 3:30 PM (local time)
Referee Les Samuelson
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 22,369
Match Stats
Scrums 13 10
Penalties 14 2
Balmain Scoresheet Great Britain
Hal BROWNE T Alan BUCKLEY
      William BURGESS
 
Sid WILLIAMS 2 G Colin CLARKE
Dick WILSON      
Balmain Teams Great Britain
Laurie MORASCHI 4 FB 6 Frank MYLER
Paul CROSS 14 W 3 William BURGESS
Kevin YOW YEH 3 C 5 Geoff SHELTON
Hal BROWNE 2 C 8 Alan BUCKLEY
Bob MARA 5 W 9 John STOPFORD
 
Peter JONES 6 FE 11 Alan HARDISTY
Laurie FAGAN 7 HB 14 Tommy BISHOP
 
Bob BOLAND (c) 8 FR 19 Cliff WATSON
Dick WILSON 9 HK 18 Colin CLARKE
George PIPER 10 FR 16 Brian EDGAR (c)
Peter OAKLEY 11 2R 23 Bill BRYANT
Dennis TUTTY 12 2R 24 Terry FOGERTY
Peter PROVAN 13 L 25 Dave ROBINSON
 
Sid WILLIAMS 15 B 26 Harry POOLE
Garry LEO 16 B    
 
Harry BATH   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
Round 15 vs. Parramatta
Out:
John Spencer (five-eighth)
In:
Peter Jones (five-eighth), Peter Oakley (second row), Sid Williams (bench)
Changes:
Garry Leo (second row to bench)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 20 vs. Riverina
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 22 vs. Monaro
Out:
Ken Gowers (fullback), Bernard Jones (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Geoff Crewdson (front row)
In:
William Burgess (wing), Alan Buckley (centre), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Brian Edgar (front row), Dave Robinson (lock)
Changes:
Frank Myler (centre to fullback), Harry Poole (lock to bench), Alan Hardisty (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Keith Barnes dropped out of the Balmain team due to injury and was replaced by Paul Cross with Laurie Moraschi moving to fullback & Hal Browne to the centre.

Garry Leo replaced Peter Oakley at halftime this was Peter Oakley's only 1st grade game.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson