Ashes Series 1966 Series

Game 2

Australia 6 def. Great Britain 4

Ashes Series 1966

Australia
6
4
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7915
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 16th July, 1966
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Col Pearce
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:
Ashes Series 1966 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1966 - 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:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 16 vs. Toowoomba
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - 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: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin