Game 3
Great Britain 16 def. Australia 5
| 1963/64 Ashes Series Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7919 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 30th November, 1963 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Eric Clay (Leeds) | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 20,497 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 5 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Don FOX | T | Ken IRVINE | ||||||
| Geoff SMITH | ||||||||
| John STOPFORD | ||||||||
| Johnny WARD | ||||||||
| Don FOX | 2 | G | Graeme LANGLANDS | |||||
| Cliff WATSON | OFF | Brian HAMBLY | ||||||
| Barry MUIR | ||||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Ken GOWERS | 1 | FB | 1 | Ken THORNETT [Parramatta] | ||||
| Geoff SMITH | 2 | W | 3 | Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | ||||
| Keith HOLDEN | 3 | C | 7 | Reg GASNIER [St George] | ||||
| Alan BUCKLEY | 4 | C | 4 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | ||||
| John STOPFORD | 5 | W | 5 | Peter DIMOND [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Dave BOLTON | 6 | FE | 11 | Earl HARRISON | ||||
| Tommy SMALES (c) | 7 | HB | 14 | Barry MUIR | ||||
| Frank COLLIER | 8 | FR | 26 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Johnny WARD | 9 | HK | 25 | Ian WALSH (c) [St George] | ||||
| Cliff WATSON | 10 | FR | 21 | Paul QUINN | ||||
| Dick HUDDART | 11 | 2R | 20 | Brian HAMBLY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Ken ROBERTS | 12 | 2R | 18 | Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] | ||||
| Don FOX | 13 | L | 15 | John RAPER [St George] | ||||
| HC | Arthur SUMMONS | |||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1963/64 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1964 Test Matches - vs. France
- Out:
- Mick Sullivan (wing), Eric Ashton (centre), Neil Fox (centre), Frank Myler (five-eighth), Alex Murphy (halfback), Bill Robinson (front row), Len McIntyre (hooker), Jim Measures (second row), Ron Morgan (second row), Vince Karalius (lock)
- In:
- Geoff Smith (wing), Keith Holden (centre), Alan Buckley (centre), Dave Bolton (five-eighth), Tommy Smales (halfback), Frank Collier (front row), Johnny Ward (hooker), Dick Huddart (second row), Ken Roberts (second row), Don Fox (lock)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1963/64 Kangaroos Tour - Game 21 vs. Swinton
- Next Game:
- 1963/64 Kangaroos Tour - Game 23 vs. Celtic de Paris
- Out:
- Michael Cleary (wing), Arthur Summons (five-eighth), Frank Stanton (halfback), Peter Gallagher (front row), Kevin Smyth (lock)
- In:
- Peter Dimond (wing), Earl Harrison (five-eighth), Barry Muir (halfback), Noel Kelly (front row), John Raper (lock)
Match Notes
For England Watson was sent off in the 50th min for a high tackle.
Hambly was sent off in the 17th min for fighting & Muir in the 55th for kicking, Irvine left the field with 10 mins remaining which left Australia with only 10 players.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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