Ashes Series 1974 Series

Game 1

Australia 12 def. Great Britain 6

Ashes Series 1974

Australia
12
6
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7902
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th June, 1974
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Don Lancashire (Toowoomba)
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 30,280
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 2
Scrums 8 10
Penalties 13 11
Australia Scoresheet Great Britain
Warren ORR T    
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 4 G 2 Terry CLAWSON
      David WATKINS
 
Bob FULTON FG    
Australia Teams Great Britain
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 Paul CHARLTON
David WAITE
[Cronulla]
2 W 2 David REDFEARN
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
3 C 3 David WATKINS
Michael CRONIN 4 C 4 Chris HESKETH (c)
Warren ORR 5 W 5 John BEVAN
 
Geoff RICHARDSON 6 FE 6 Roger MILLWARD
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
8 FR 8 Terry CLAWSON
Elwyn WALTERS
[Eastern Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Keith BRIDGES
Arthur BEETSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
10 FR 10 Jim MILLS
Ray HIGGS 11 2R 11 Jimmy THOMPSON
Paul SAIT
[Souths]
12 2R 12 Colin DIXON
Ron COOTE
[Eastern Suburbs]
13 L 13 George NICHOLLS
 
    B 14 David ECKERSLEY
    B 15 John GRAY
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   Jim CHALLINOR
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
1973/74 France vs. Australia - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1974 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Ray Branighan (fullback), Ted Goodwin (wing), Geoff Starling (centre), Tim Pickup (halfback), Ken Maddison (second row), Gary Stevens (second row)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Warren Orr (wing), Geoff Richardson (five-eighth), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Ray Higgs (second row), Ron Coote (lock)
Changes:
Bob Fulton (five-eighth to centre), Paul Sait (lock to second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 6 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 8 vs. Toowoomba
Out:
John Atkinson (wing), Paul Rose (bench)
In:
David Redfearn (wing), David Eckersley (bench), John Gray (bench)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin