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1966 Lions Tour Series

Game 21

Balmain Tigers 9 def. Great Britain 8

1966 Lions Tour
Game 21
Balmain
Tigers
9
8
Lions
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39564
StatusCompleted
DateTuesday, 26th July, 1966
Kick Off3:30pm (local time)
RefereeLes Samuelson
VenueSCG (Sydney)
Crowd22,369
Match Stats
Scrums1310
Penalties142
BalmainScoresheetGreat Britain
Hal BROWNETAlan BUCKLEY
   William BURGESS
 
Syd WILLIAMS2GColin CLARKE
Dick WILSON   
BalmainTeamsGreat Britain
Laurie MORASCHI4FB6Frank MYLER
Paul CROSS14W3William BURGESS
Kevin YOW YEH3C5Geoff SHELTON
Hal BROWNE2C8Alan BUCKLEY
Bob MARA5W9John STOPFORD
 
Peter JONES6FE11Alan HARDISTY
Laurie FAGAN7HB14Tommy BISHOP
 
Bob BOLAND (c)8FR19Cliff WATSON
Dick WILSON9HK18Colin CLARKE
George PIPER10FR16Brian EDGAR (c)
Peter OAKLEY112R23Bill BRYANT
Dennis TUTTY122R24Terry FOGERTY
Peter PROVAN13L25Dave ROBINSON
 
Syd WILLIAMS15B26Harry POOLE
Garry LEO16B  
 
Harry BATH HC  
   
 

Team Info

Balmain

Previous Game:
Round 14 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
Round 15 vs. Parramatta
Out:
John Spencer (five-eighth)
In:
Peter Jones (five-eighth), Peter Oakley (second row), Syd Williams (bench)
Changes:
Garry Leo (second row to bench)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1966 Lions Tour - Game 20 vs. Riverina
Next Game:
1966 Lions Tour - Game 22 vs. Monaro
Out:
Ken Gowers (fullback), Bernard Jones (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Geoff Crewdson (front row)
In:
William Burgess (wing), Alan Buckley (centre), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Brian Edgar (front row), Dave Robinson (lock)
Changes:
Frank Myler (centre to fullback), Harry Poole (lock to bench), Alan Hardisty (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Keith Barnes dropped out of the Balmain team due to injury and was replaced by Paul Cross with Laurie Moraschi moving to fullback & Hal Browne to the centre.

Garry Leo replaced Peter Oakley at halftime this was Peter Oakley's only 1st grade game.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash