Game 5
Wigan 12 def. Australia 6
| 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour Game 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23249 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 13th October, 1967 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Joe Manley | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 22,770 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 21 | – | 12 | |||||
| Wigan | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Eric ASHTON | T | Johnny KING | ||||||
| Bill FRANCIS | Billy SMITH | |||||||
| Eric ASHTON | 2 | G | ||||||
| Colin TYRER | ||||||||
| Wigan | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Colin TYRER | 1 | FB | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | ||||
| Billy BOSTON | 2 | W | 3 | Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | ||||
| Eric ASHTON (c) | 3 | C | 7 | Reg GASNIER (c) [St George] | ||||
| Peter ROWE | 4 | C | 8 | John McDONALD | ||||
| Bill FRANCIS | 5 | W | 4 | Johnny KING [St George] | ||||
| Cliff HILL | 6 | FE | 11 | John GLEESON | ||||
| Frank PARR | 7 | HB | 13 | Billy SMITH [St George] | ||||
| Danny GARDINER | 8 | FR | 23 | Dennis MANTEIT | ||||
| Colin CLARKE | 9 | HK | 22 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| John STEPHENS | 10 | FR | 19 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] | ||||
| Terry FOGERTY | 11 | 2R | 16 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] | ||||
| Ronnie WEBB | 12 | 2R | 17 | Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] | ||||
| Doug LAUGHTON | 13 | L | 15 | John RAPER [St George] | ||||
| David HILL | 14 | B | ||||||
| Geoff LYON | 15 | B | ||||||
| HC | Reg GASNIER | |||||||
Team Info
Wigan
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 8 vs. Batley
- Next Game:
- Match Day 10 vs. Workington
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 4 vs. Lancashire
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 6 vs. Rochdale
- Out:
- Les Johns (fullback), Ron Saddler (centre)
- In:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback), John McDonald (centre)
Match Notes
For Wigan David Hill replaced his injured brother Cliff after 30 mins and Lyon replaced Webb at halftime.
John Gleeson was knocked out due to a knee to the head 15 mins into the 2nd half and had to leave the field with severe concussion.
Johns & Walters were non-playing reserves for Australia.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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