Game 1
Warrington 7 lost to Australia 16
| 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23245 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 30th September, 1967 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Dennis Davies | |||||||
| Venue | Wilderspool (Warrington) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,642 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 14 | |||||
| Scrums | 23 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 13 | – | 11 | |||||
| Warrington | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Willie ASPINALL | T | Ken IRVINE | ||||||
| Johnny KING | ||||||||
| Keith AFFLECK | 2 | G | 5/6 | Graeme LANGLANDS | ||||
| Warrington | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Keith AFFLECK | 1 | FB | 2 | Les JOHNS [Canterbury] | ||||
| John COUPE | 2 | W | 3 | Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | ||||
| Jackie MELLING | 3 | C | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | ||||
| Peter CANNON | 4 | C | 7 | Reg GASNIER (c) [St George] | ||||
| Brian GLOVER | 5 | W | 4 | Johnny KING [St George] | ||||
| Willie ASPINALL (c) | 6 | FE | 11 | John GLEESON | ||||
| Peter HARVEY | 7 | HB | 13 | Billy SMITH [St George] | ||||
| Keith ASHCROFT | 8 | FR | 19 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] | ||||
| Dave HARRISON | 9 | HK | 22 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Joe PRICE | 10 | FR | 23 | Dennis MANTEIT | ||||
| Barry BRIGGS | 11 | 2R | 20 | Kevin GOLDSPINK [Canterbury] | ||||
| Brian BRADY | 12 | 2R | 17 | Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] | ||||
| Ray CLARK | 13 | L | 15 | John RAPER [St George] | ||||
| B | 21 | Peter GALLAGHER | ||||||
| HC | Reg GASNIER | |||||||
Team Info
Warrington
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 6 vs. St Helens
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 Lancashire Cup - Final vs. St Helens
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1967 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 2 vs. Yorkshire
- Out:
- John McDonald (centre), Allan Buman (hooker), Geoff Connell (second row)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Elton Rasmussen (front row), Dennis Manteit (front row), Kevin Goldspink (second row)
- Changes:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback to centre), Peter Gallagher (front row to bench), Noel Kelly (front row to hooker)
Match Notes
Gallagher replaced Kelly who broke his nose in the first scrum of the game and left the field after 30 mins.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash
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