Game 2
Great Britain 11 lost to Australia 17
| 1967/68 Ashes Series Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7912 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 3rd November, 1967 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Fred Lindop (Wakefield) | |||||||
| Venue | White City (London) | |||||||
| Crowd | 17,445 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 13 | – | 15 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Tommy BISHOP | T | Ron COOTE | ||||||
| Johnny KING | ||||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | ||||||||
| Neil FOX | 3 | G | 4 | Graeme LANGLANDS | ||||
| Tommy BISHOP | FG | |||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Arthur KEEGAN | 1 | FB | 2 | Les JOHNS [Canterbury] | ||||
| Chris YOUNG | 2 | W | 6 | Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] | ||||
| Ian BROOKE | 3 | C | 1 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | ||||
| Neil FOX | 4 | C | 8 | John McDONALD | ||||
| Bill FRANCIS | 5 | W | 4 | Johnny KING [St George] | ||||
| Roger MILLWARD | 6 | FE | 12 | Tony BRANSON | ||||
| Tommy BISHOP | 7 | HB | 11 | John GLEESON | ||||
| Bill HOLLIDAY (c) | 8 | FR | 22 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Peter FLANAGAN | 9 | HK | 25 | Noel GALLAGHER | ||||
| Cliff WATSON | 10 | FR | 21 | Peter GALLAGHER (c) | ||||
| John MANTLE | 11 | 2R | 17 | Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] | ||||
| Bob IRVING | 12 | 2R | 19 | Elton RASMUSSEN [St George] | ||||
| Frank FOSTER | 13 | L | 16 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] | ||||
| Bill HOLLIDAY | HC | Reg GASNIER | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1967/68 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Malcolm Price (centre), William Burgess (wing), Dave Robinson (lock)
- In:
- Neil Fox (centre), Bill Francis (wing), Frank Foster (lock)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 9 vs. Wakefield
- Next Game:
- 1967/68 Kangaroos Tour - Game 11 vs. Castleford
- Out:
- Ken Irvine (wing), Les Hanigan (wing), Allan Thomson (second row)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), John McDonald (centre), Elton Rasmussen (second row)
- Changes:
- Johnny King (fullback to wing), Johnny Greaves (centre to wing), Noel Kelly (hooker to front row), Noel Gallagher (front row to hooker)
Match Notes
Malcolm Price & Dave Robinson were non-playing reserves for Britain.
For Australia Ken Irvine & Dennis Manteit were non-playing reserves.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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