Lions Tour 1962 Series

Game 6

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 23 def. Great Britain 18

Lions Tour 1962

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
23
18
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39465
Status Completed
Date Monday, 4th June, 1962
Kick Off 2:45 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Lyons
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 22,750
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 8
Scrums 13 6
Penalties 17 9
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Great Britain
Neville HANNAH T 3 Ike SOUTHWARD
Bob HEANEY   Gary COOPER
Les JOHNS      
Bill OWEN      
Don WILLIAMS      
 
Les JOHNS 4/15 G 3 Laurie GILFEDDER
 
    OFF John SHAW
      Jack WILKINSON
Newcastle (AU) Teams Great Britain
Les JOHNS 1 FB 10 Eric FRASER
Don ADAMS 2 W 20 Ike SOUTHWARD
Brian DUNLOP 3 C 5 Gary COOPER
Ken ODGERS 4 C 22 Peter SMALL
Bob HORNE 5 W 4 Frank CARLTON
 
Norm WILKINSON 6 FE 17 Harold POYNTON
Neville HANNAH 7 HB 9 Don FOX
 
Bob HEANEY 13 FR 26 Jack WILKINSON
Don WILLIAMS 12 HK 21 John SHAW
Jim RICHARDS 11 FR 16 Ken NOBLE
Don SCHOFIELD 10 2R 24 John TAYLOR
Bill OWEN 9 2R 11 Laurie GILFEDDER
John SATTLER 8 L 25 Derek TURNER (c)
 
    B 1 Eric ASHTON
 
Arthur COLLINSON   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1960 - Game 4 vs. France
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1963 - Game 5 vs. New Zealand
Out:
K Coleman (fullback), A Callaghan (wing), B Moses (centre), J Munro (centre), Rees Duncan (five-eighth), Bill Giles (halfback), Ray Johnson (front row), John Gill (lock)
In:
Les Johns (fullback), Brian Dunlop (centre), Ken Odgers (centre), Bob Horne (wing), Norm Wilkinson (five-eighth), Neville Hannah (halfback), Jim Richards (front row), John Sattler (lock)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1962 - Game 5 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1962 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Gerry Round (fullback), Billy Boston (wing), Neil Fox (centre), Mick Sullivan (wing), Dave Bolton (five-eighth), Alex Murphy (halfback), Norman Herbert (front row), Bill Sayer (hooker), Brian McTigue (front row), Brian Edgar (second row), Dick Huddart (second row)
In:
Eric Fraser (fullback), Ike Southward (wing), Peter Small (centre), Frank Carlton (wing), Harold Poynton (five-eighth), Don Fox (halfback), Jack Wilkinson (front row), John Shaw (hooker), Ken Noble (front row), John Taylor (second row), Laurie Gilfedder (second row)
Changes:
Eric Ashton (centre to bench), Gary Cooper (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Eric Ashton at half time replaced Harold Poynton.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson