Lions Tour 1979 Series

Game 15

Western Division 12 lost to Great Britain 19

Lions Tour 1979

Western Division
12
19
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39707
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 4th July, 1979
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Giles O'Donnell
Venue Wade Park (Orange)
Crowd 4,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 7
Western Division Scoresheet Great Britain
Brian JOHNSTON T Phil HOGAN
John O'CONNOR   Gary STEPHENS
      John WOODS
 
Steve McWHIRTER 3 G 5/5 John WOODS
Western Division Teams Great Britain
John O'CONNOR 1 FB 1 Keith MUMBY
David MICHAEL 2 W 2 David BARENDS
Brian JOHNSTON 3 C 3 John WOODS
Brian GODFREY 4 C 4 Peter GLYNN
Tom BUNSWORTH 5 W 5 Eric HUGHES
 
Steve HALL 6 FE 6 David TOPLISS
Steve McWHIRTER 7 HB 7 Gary STEPHENS
 
Ross GIBSON 8 FR 8 John BURKE
Col DENNIS 9 HK 9 Graham LIPTROT
Roger BEETSON 10 FR 10 Mel JAMES
R McDERMOTT 11 2R 11 Brian LOCKWOOD (c)
Gary TAYLOR (c) 12 2R 12 Phil HOGAN
Luke ROSSER 13 L 13 Mick ADAMS
 
Mike FISH 14 B 14 Roy MATHIAS
Marshall PEACHEY 15 B 15 David WATKINSON
 
    HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

Western Division

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1978 - Game 5 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1984 - Game 4 vs. Great Britain

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 14 vs. Illawarra Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 16 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
George Fairbairn (wing), Steve Evans (centre), Alan Redfearn (five-eighth), Charlie Stone (front row), Jeff Grayshon (second row), Len Casey (lock), Doug Laughton (bench)
In:
John Woods (centre), Eric Hughes (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Mel James (front row), Brian Lockwood (second row), Phil Hogan (second row), Mick Adams (lock)
Changes:
Roy Mathias (wing to bench), David Watkinson (hooker to bench), Graham Liptrot (second row to hooker), David Barends (bench to wing)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson