Game 1
Great Britain 16 lost to Australia 38
| 1986 Ashes Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7887 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 25th October, 1986 | |||||||
| Referee | Julien Rascagneres | |||||||
| Venue | Old Trafford (Trafford) | |||||||
| Crowd | 50,583 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Wally Lewis | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 16 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 14 | – | 13 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Joe LYDON | T | 3 | Gene MILES | |||||
| Tony MARCHANT | 3 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||||
| Garry SCHOFIELD | Garry JACK | |||||||
| Lee CROOKS | 1/3 | G | 5/9 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||
| Henderson GILL | 1/1 | |||||||
| Lee CROOKS | BIN | |||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Joe LYDON [Wigan] | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] | ||||
| Tony MARCHANT [Castleford] | 2 | W | 2 | Michael O'CONNOR [St George] | ||||
| Garry SCHOFIELD [Balmain/Hull] | 3 | C | 3 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Ellery HANLEY [Wigan] | 4 | C | 4 | Gene MILES | ||||
| Henderson GILL [Wigan] | 5 | W | 5 | Les KISS [North Sydney] | ||||
| Tony MYLER [Balmain/Widnes] | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Deryck FOX [Western Suburbs/Featherstone] | 7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | ||||
| Kevin WARD [Castleford] | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg DOWLING | ||||
| David WATKINSON (c) [Hull KR] | 9 | HK | 9 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | ||||
| John FIELDHOUSE [St Helens] | 10 | FR | 10 | Steve ROACH [Balmain] | ||||
| Lee CROOKS [Western Suburbs/Hull] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Noel CLEAL [Manly] | ||||
| Ian POTTER [Wigan] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bryan NIEBLING | ||||
| Andy GOODWAY [Wigan] | 13 | L | 13 | Bob LINDNER | ||||
| B | 14 | Mal MENINGA [Canberra] | ||||||
| B | 15 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||||
| Maurice BAMFORD | HC | Don FURNER | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Test Matches - Standalone vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1986 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Des Drummond (wing), David Laws (wing), Kevin Rayne (second row), Neil James (second row), Andy Platt (bench)
- In:
- Ellery Hanley (centre), Henderson Gill (wing), Kevin Ward (front row), Andy Goodway (lock)
- Changes:
- Tony Marchant (centre to wing), Lee Crooks (front row to second row), Ian Potter (lock to second row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 5 vs. Cumbria
- Next Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 7 vs. Halifax
- Out:
- Gary Belcher (fullback), Dale Shearer (wing), Chris Mortimer (centre), Greg Alexander (halfback), Phil Daley (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Martin Bella (front row), Paul Dunn (second row), Les Davidson (second row), Paul Langmack (lock), Paul Sironen (bench)
- In:
- Garry Jack (fullback), Brett Kenny (centre), Gene Miles (centre), Les Kiss (wing), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Greg Dowling (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Noel Cleal (second row), Bryan Niebling (second row), Bob Lindner (lock)
- Changes:
- Mal Meninga (centre to bench), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to bench)
Match Notes
This match was played in heavy rain.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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