Game 5
Sydney Firsts 14 lost to Great Britain 15
| 1966 Lions Tour Game 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39553 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 11th June, 1966 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack Bradley | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 38,831 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 12 | – | 3 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 7 | |||||
| Penalties | 8 | – | 7 | |||||
| Sydney Firsts | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS | T | 2 | Ian BROOKE | |||||
| Dick THORNETT | Tommy BISHOP | |||||||
| Keith BARNES | 4 | G | 3 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
| Keith BARNES [Balmain] | 1 | FB | 1 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
| Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] | 2 | W | 9 | John STOPFORD | ||||
| Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] | 3 | C | 7 | Ian BROOKE | ||||
| Billy SMITH [St George] | 4 | C | 8 | Alan BUCKLEY | ||||
| Johnny KING [St George] | 5 | W | 3 | William BURGESS | ||||
| Denis PITTARD [Western Suburbs] | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
| Kevin JUNEE [Eastern Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 14 | Tommy BISHOP | ||||
| Brian HAMBLY [Parramatta] | 13 | FR | 19 | Cliff WATSON | ||||
| Ian WALSH (c) [St George] | 12 | HK | 18 | Colin CLARKE | ||||
| Kevin RYAN [St George] | 11 | FR | 16 | Brian EDGAR | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON [Balmain] | 10 | 2R | 22 | John MANTLE | ||||
| Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] | 9 | 2R | 23 | Bill BRYANT | ||||
| John RAPER [St George] | 8 | L | 26 | Harry POOLE (c) | ||||
Team Info
Sydney Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1964 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 5 vs. France
- Next Game:
- - vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Out:
- Ken Thornett (fullback), Reg Gasnier (centre), Michael Cleary (wing), Jimmy Lisle (five-eighth), Noel Kelly (front row), Ron Lynch (second row), Bob Keyes (bench)
- In:
- Keith Barnes (fullback), Johnny King (wing), Denis Pittard (five-eighth), Kevin Junee (halfback), Brian Hambly (front row), Arthur Beetson (second row)
- Changes:
- Billy Smith (halfback to centre)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 4 vs. Central QLD
- Next Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 6 vs. Newcastle (AU)
- Out:
- Arthur Keegan (fullback), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row), Dave Robinson (lock), Geoff Shelton (bench)
- In:
- Ken Gowers (fullback), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Brian Edgar (front row), Bill Bryant (second row), Harry Poole (lock)
Match Notes
Les Johns withdrew from the NSW team due to injury and was replaced by Keith Barnes.
Johnny Greaves & Graham Wilson were non playing reserves.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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