Kangaroos Tour 1982 Series

Game 14

Widnes 6 lost to Australia 19

Kangaroos Tour 1982

Widnes
6
19
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23331
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 23rd November, 1982
Referee John McDonald
Venue Naughton (Widnes)
Crowd 9,790
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 10
Scrums 11 5
Penalties 21 13
Widnes Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Steve MORTIMER
      Paul McCABE
      John RIBOT
      Steve ROGERS
 
Mick BURKE 3 G 2/6 Mal MENINGA
 
    OFF John MUGGLETON
Widnes Teams Australia
Mick BURKE 1 FB 1 Steve ELLA
[Parramatta]
John BASNETT 2 W 2 Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
Joe LYDON 3 C 3 Mal MENINGA
Keiron O'LOUGHLIN 4 C 4 Steve ROGERS
[Cronulla]
Chris CAMILLERI 5 W 5 John RIBOT
[Manly]
 
Andy GREGORY 6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
David HULME 7 HB 7 Steve MORTIMER
[Canterbury]
 
Kevin TAMATI 8 FR 8 Craig YOUNG
[St George]
Keith ELWELL 9 HK 9 Ray BROWN
[Manly]
Steve O'NEILL 10 FR 10 Rod MORRIS
Keith NEWTON 11 2R 11 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Eric PRESCOTT 12 2R 12 Paul McCABE
[Manly]
Tony MYLER (c) 13 L 13 Ian SCHUBERT
[Eastern Suburbs]
 
John MYLER 14 B 14 Mark MURRAY
    B 15 John MUGGLETON
[Parramatta]
 
Doug LAUGHTON   HC   Frank STANTON
   
 

Team Info

Widnes

Previous Game:
Match Day 14 vs. Halifax
Next Game:
John Player Trophy 1982/83 - Round 1 vs. Wakefield
Out:
Eric Hughes (centre), Brian Lockwood (front row), Mike O'Neill (second row)
In:
John Basnett (wing), Keith Elwell (hooker)
Changes:
John Myler (fullback to bench), Joe Lydon (wing to centre), David Hulme (five-eighth to halfback), Andy Gregory (halfback to five-eighth), Steve O'Neill (hooker to front row), Mick Burke (bench to fullback), Keith Newton (bench to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1982 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1982 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Greg Brentnall (fullback), Kerry Boustead (wing), Eric Grothe (wing), Brett Kenny (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Max Krilich (hooker), Wayne Pearce (second row), Rod Reddy (second row), Ray Price (lock)
In:
Steve Ella (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), John Ribot (wing), Steve Mortimer (halfback), Rod Morris (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Ian Schubert (lock), Mark Murray (bench), John Muggleton (bench)
Changes:
Les Boyd (front row to second row), Wally Lewis (bench to five-eighth), Ray Brown (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

John Muggleton (Australia) was fined £10 (send-off sufficient, late high shot on David Hulme). This match was affected by wet weather.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Bill Bates, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson