Game 1
Australia 12 def. Great Britain 6
| 1974 Ashes Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7902 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 15th June, 1974 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don Lancashire (Toowoomba) | |||||||
| Venue | Lang Park (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 30,280 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 13 | – | 11 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Warren ORR | T | |||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | 4 | G | 2 | Terry CLAWSON | ||||
| David WATKINS | ||||||||
| Bob FULTON | FG | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS (c) [St George] | 1 | FB | 1 | Paul CHARLTON | ||||
| David WAITE [Cronulla] | 2 | W | 2 | David REDFEARN | ||||
| Bob FULTON [Manly] | 3 | C | 3 | David WATKINS | ||||
| Michael CRONIN | 4 | C | 4 | Chris HESKETH (c) | ||||
| Warren ORR | 5 | W | 5 | John BEVAN | ||||
| Geoff RICHARDSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Roger MILLWARD | ||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve NASH | ||||
| Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] | 8 | FR | 8 | Terry CLAWSON | ||||
| Elwyn WALTERS [Eastern Suburbs] | 9 | HK | 9 | Keith BRIDGES | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON [Eastern Suburbs] | 10 | FR | 10 | Jim MILLS | ||||
| Ray HIGGS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Jimmy THOMPSON | ||||
| Paul SAIT [South Sydney] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Colin DIXON | ||||
| Ron COOTE [Eastern Suburbs] | 13 | L | 13 | George NICHOLLS | ||||
| B | 14 | David ECKERSLEY | ||||||
| B | 15 | John GRAY | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | HC | Jim CHALLINOR | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1973/74 France vs Australia - Game 2 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1974 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Ray Branighan (fullback), Ted Goodwin (wing), Geoff Starling (centre), Tim Pickup (halfback), Ken Maddison (second row), Gary Stevens (second row)
- In:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback), Warren Orr (wing), Geoff Richardson (five-eighth), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Ray Higgs (second row), Ron Coote (lock)
- Changes:
- Bob Fulton (five-eighth to centre), Paul Sait (lock to second row)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1974 Lions Tour - Game 6 vs. QLD Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1974 Lions Tour - Game 8 vs. Toowoomba
- Out:
- John Atkinson (wing), Paul Rose (bench)
- In:
- David Redfearn (wing), David Eckersley (bench), John Gray (bench)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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