Game 3
Australia 19 def. Great Britain 14
| 1966 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7916 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 23rd July, 1966 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 63,503 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 9 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Ken IRVINE | 3 | T | Alan HARDISTY | |||||
| Johnny KING | ||||||||
| Ron LYNCH | ||||||||
| PT | Alan HARDISTY | |||||||
| Les JOHNS | 2/5 | G | 4/5 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
| OFF | Cliff WATSON | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Les JOHNS [Canterbury] | 1 | FB | 1 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
| Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | 2 | W | 3 | William BURGESS | ||||
| Peter DIMOND [Western Suburbs] | 3 | C | 7 | Ian BROOKE | ||||
| Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] | 4 | C | 8 | Alan BUCKLEY | ||||
| Johnny KING [St George] | 5 | W | 10 | Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH | ||||
| John GLEESON | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
| Billy SMITH [St George] | 7 | HB | 14 | Tommy BISHOP | ||||
| John WITTENBERG | 13 | FR | 19 | Cliff WATSON | ||||
| Ian WALSH (c) [St George] | 12 | HK | 17 | Peter FLANAGAN | ||||
| Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | 11 | FR | 16 | Brian EDGAR (c) | ||||
| Mick VEIVERS [Manly] | 10 | 2R | 22 | John MANTLE | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON [Balmain] | 9 | 2R | 21 | Bill RAMSEY | ||||
| Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] | 8 | L | 25 | Dave ROBINSON | ||||
| Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] | 15 | B | 23 | Bill BRYANT | ||||
| Ian WALSH | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1967 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Keith Barnes (fullback), Graeme Langlands (centre)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Peter Dimond (centre), Arthur Beetson (second row)
- Changes:
- Dick Thornett (second row to bench)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 18 vs. Western Division
- Next Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 20 vs. Riverina
- Out:
- Bernard Jones (wing), Geoff Shelton (centre), Frank Myler (centre), John Stopford (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Colin Clarke (hooker), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row), Harry Poole (lock)
- In:
- William Burgess (wing), Ian Brooke (centre), Alan Buckley (centre), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Peter Flanagan (hooker), Brian Edgar (front row), John Mantle (second row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Dave Robinson (lock)
- Changes:
- Bill Bryant (second row to bench)
Match Notes
Gary Banks was a non playing reserve for Australia.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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