Game 2
Australia 6 def. Great Britain 4
| 1966 Ashes Series Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7915 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 16th July, 1966 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 45,057 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 15 | – | 9 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Keith BARNES | 3/7 | G | 2/5 | Arthur KEEGAN | ||||
| OFF | Bill RAMSEY | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Keith BARNES [Balmain] | 1 | FB | 2 | Arthur KEEGAN | ||||
| Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | 2 | W | 10 | Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH | ||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | 3 | C | 6 | Frank MYLER | ||||
| Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] | 4 | C | 7 | Ian BROOKE | ||||
| Johnny KING [St George] | 5 | W | 3 | William BURGESS | ||||
| John GLEESON | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
| Billy SMITH [St George] | 7 | HB | 14 | Tommy BISHOP | ||||
| John WITTENBERG | 13 | FR | 16 | Brian EDGAR (c) | ||||
| Ian WALSH (c) [St George] | 12 | HK | 17 | Peter FLANAGAN | ||||
| Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | 11 | FR | 19 | Cliff WATSON | ||||
| Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] | 10 | 2R | 22 | John MANTLE | ||||
| Mick VEIVERS [Manly] | 15 | 2R | 21 | Bill RAMSEY | ||||
| Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] | 8 | L | 25 | Dave ROBINSON | ||||
| Ian WALSH | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1966 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- John McDonald (centre), Gary Banks (five-eighth), Lloyd Weier (front row), Ron Crowe (front row), Bill Bradstreet (second row), Angelo Crema (second row), John Raper (lock)
- In:
- Johnny Greaves (centre), John Gleeson (five-eighth), John Wittenberg (front row), Noel Kelly (front row), Dick Thornett (second row), Mick Veivers (second row), Ron Lynch (lock)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 16 vs. Toowoomba
- Next Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 18 vs. Western Division
- Out:
- Ken Gowers (fullback), Geoff Shelton (centre), Alan Buckley (centre), John Stopford (wing), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Bill Bryant (second row), Harry Poole (lock)
- In:
- Arthur Keegan (fullback), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Frank Myler (centre), Ian Brooke (centre), Cliff Watson (front row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Dave Robinson (lock)
Match Notes
Arthur Beetson withdrew from the team with a shoulder injury and was replaced by reserve Mick Veivers.
Gary Wellington & Jim Morgan were non playing reserves for Australia.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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