Ashes Series 1974 Series

Game 3

Australia 22 def. Great Britain 18

Ashes Series 1974

Australia
22
18
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7904
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 20th July, 1974
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Page
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 55,505
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 16
Scrums 7 10
Penalties 12 8
Australia Scoresheet Great Britain
Ron COOTE T Les DYL
Graeme LANGLANDS   Maurice RICHARDS
Bob McCARTHY      
Lionel WILLIAMSON      
 
Graeme LANGLANDS 5 G 6 John GRAY
Australia Teams Great Britain
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 Paul CHARLTON
Lionel WILLIAMSON
[Newtown]
2 W 27 Maurice RICHARDS
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
3 C 7 Les DYL
Michael CRONIN 4 C 4 Chris HESKETH (c)
Ray BRANIGHAN
[Manly]
5 W 5 John BEVAN
 
Tim PICKUP
[North Sydney]
6 FE 6 Ken GILL
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Arthur BEETSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
13 FR 13 Jimmy THOMPSON
Ron TURNER
[Cronulla]
12 HK 12 John GRAY
John O'NEILL
[Manly]
11 FR 15 Terry CLAWSON
Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
10 2R 10 Eric CHISNALL
Gary STEVENS
[South Sydney]
9 2R 9 Colin DIXON
Ron COOTE
[Eastern Suburbs]
8 L 8 George NICHOLLS
 
    B 14 Roger MILLWARD
    B 15 Paul ROSE
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   Jim CHALLINOR
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1974 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Graham Eadie (fullback), David Waite (wing), Warren Orr (wing), Geoff Richardson (five-eighth), Bob O'Reilly (front row), John Lang (hooker), Paul Sait (second row)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Lionel Williamson (wing), Tim Pickup (five-eighth), Ron Turner (hooker), John O'Neill (front row)
Changes:
Ray Branighan (bench to wing), Bob McCarthy (bench to second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 18 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 20 vs. Southern Division
Out:
David Eckersley (fullback), David Willicombe (centre), John Butler (five-eighth), Alan Bates (halfback), Bill Ramsey (hooker), Jim Mills (front row), Kevin Ashcroft (bench)
In:
Paul Charlton (fullback), Ken Gill (five-eighth), Steve Nash (halfback), John Gray (hooker), Terry Clawson (front row), Eric Chisnall (second row), Roger Millward (bench)
Changes:
John Bevan (centre to wing), Les Dyl (wing to centre), Paul Rose (second row to bench), Chris Hesketh (bench to centre)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin