Ashes Series 1966 Series

Game 3

Australia 19 def. Great Britain 14

Ashes Series 1966

Australia
19
14
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7916
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 23rd July, 1966
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Col Pearce
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:
Ashes Series 1966 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1967 - 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:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 18 vs. Western Division
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - 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.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin