Game 3
Great Britain 3 lost to Australia 11
| 1967/68 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7913 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th December, 1967 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Fred Lindop (Wakefield) | |||||||
| Venue | Station Road (Manchester) | |||||||
| Crowd | 13,615 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 3 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Malcolm PRICE | T | Tony BRANSON | ||||||
| Ron COOTE | ||||||||
| Johnny KING | ||||||||
| G | Graeme LANGLANDS | |||||||
| OFF | Noel KELLY | |||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Arthur KEEGAN | 1 | FB | 2 | Les JOHNS [Canterbury] | ||||
| Chris YOUNG | 2 | W | 4 | Johnny KING [St George] | ||||
| Ian BROOKE | 3 | C | 6 | Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] | ||||
| Malcolm PRICE | 4 | C | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | ||||
| Gary JORDAN | 5 | W | 8 | John McDONALD | ||||
| Roger MILLWARD | 6 | FE | 11 | John GLEESON | ||||
| Tommy BISHOP | 7 | HB | 13 | Billy SMITH [St George] | ||||
| Bill HOLLIDAY (c) | 8 | FR | 21 | Peter GALLAGHER | ||||
| Peter FLANAGAN | 9 | HK | 22 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Cliff WATSON | 10 | FR | 23 | Dennis MANTEIT | ||||
| Bob IRVING | 11 | 2R | 19 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] | ||||
| Bob VALENTINE | 12 | 2R | 16 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] | ||||
| Dave ROBINSON | 13 | L | 15 | John RAPER (c) [St George] | ||||
| Alan BURWELL | 14 | B | 12 | Tony BRANSON | ||||
| Charlie RENILSON | 15 | B | ||||||
| Bill HOLLIDAY | HC | Reg GASNIER | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1967/68 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1968 Test Matches - vs. France
- Out:
- Neil Fox (centre), Bill Francis (wing), John Mantle (second row), Frank Foster (lock)
- In:
- Malcolm Price (centre), Gary Jordan (wing), Bob Valentine (second row), Dave Robinson (lock), Alan Burwell (bench), Charlie Renilson (bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 19 vs. Bradford
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 France vs Australia - Game 1 vs. France
- Out:
- Brian Moore (wing), Ron Saddler (centre), Kevin Junee (halfback), Allan Thomson (second row), Ron Lynch (second row)
- In:
- Graeme Langlands (centre), John McDonald (wing), John Gleeson (five-eighth), Billy Smith (halfback), Dennis Manteit (front row), John Raper (lock)
- Changes:
- Tony Branson (five-eighth to bench), Elton Rasmussen (front row to second row), Ron Coote (lock to second row)
Match Notes
For Britain Burwell replaced Young after 26 mins & Renilson replaced Watson.
Branson replaced Gleeson after 27 mins due to a broken jaw, Lynch was a non-playing reserve for Australia. Kelly was sent off for an attempted high tackle on Tommy Bishop 3 minutes from the end.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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