Game 1
Australia 13 lost to Great Britain 17
| 1966 Ashes Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7914 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 25th June, 1966 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack Bradley | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 57,962 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 7 | |||||
| Scrums | 6 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 10 | – | 3 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Gary BANKS | T | William BURGESS | ||||||
| Alan HARDISTY | ||||||||
| Cliff WATSON | ||||||||
| Keith BARNES | 5/7 | G | 3/4 | Arthur KEEGAN | ||||
| FG | Tommy BISHOP | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Keith BARNES [Balmain] | 1 | FB | 2 | Arthur KEEGAN | ||||
| Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | 2 | W | 3 | William BURGESS | ||||
| John McDONALD | 3 | C | 7 | Ian BROOKE | ||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | 4 | C | 8 | Alan BUCKLEY | ||||
| Johnny KING [St George] | 5 | W | 9 | John STOPFORD | ||||
| Gary BANKS | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
| Billy SMITH [St George] | 7 | HB | 14 | Tommy BISHOP | ||||
| Lloyd WEIER [North Sydney] | 8 | FR | 19 | Cliff WATSON | ||||
| Ian WALSH (c) [St George] | 9 | HK | 17 | Peter FLANAGAN | ||||
| Ron CROWE | 10 | FR | 16 | Brian EDGAR (c) | ||||
| Bill BRADSTREET [Manly] | 11 | 2R | 22 | John MANTLE | ||||
| Angelo CREMA | 12 | 2R | 23 | Bill BRYANT | ||||
| John RAPER [St George] | 13 | L | 25 | Dave ROBINSON | ||||
| Ian WALSH | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1965 Kangaroos Tour - Game 8 vs. Auckland
- Next Game:
- 1966 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Les Johns (fullback), Jimmy Lisle (centre), Michael Cleary (wing), John Gleeson (five-eighth), Paul Quinn (front row), John Morgan (second row), Mick Veivers (second row), Brian Hambly (lock), Terry Pannowitz (bench)
- In:
- Keith Barnes (fullback), John McDonald (centre), Johnny King (wing), Gary Banks (five-eighth), Ron Crowe (front row), Bill Bradstreet (second row), Angelo Crema (second row), John Raper (lock)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 9 vs. Southern Division
- Next Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 11 vs. Northern Division
- Out:
- Bernard Jones (wing), Geoff Shelton (centre), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Ken Roberts (front row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Terry Fogerty (second row)
- In:
- William Burgess (wing), Ian Brooke (centre), John Stopford (wing), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Brian Edgar (front row), John Mantle (second row), Bill Bryant (second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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