Lions Tour 1966 Series

Game 6

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 2 lost to Great Britain 5

Lions Tour 1966

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
2
5
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39554
Status Completed
Date Monday, 13th June, 1966
Kick Off 2:45 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Lyons
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 13,125
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 2
Scrums 14 12
Penalties 26 8
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet Great Britain
    T Bernard JONES
 
Brian WARBY 1/6 G 1/6 Arthur KEEGAN
 
    OFF Bill RAMSEY
Newcastle (AU) Teams Great Britain
Brian WARBY 1 FB 2 Arthur KEEGAN
Jim PERRY 2 W 4 Bernard JONES
John LEIS 3 C 5 Geoff SHELTON
Bob HENSBY
[Eastern Suburbs]
4 C 6 Frank MYLER
Bob HORNE 5 W 10 Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH
 
Greg NORGARD 6 FE 12 Willie ASPINALL
Bill GILES 7 HB 13 Carl DOOLER
 
John RICHARDS 13 FR 20 Geoff CREWDSON
Allan BUMAN 12 HK 17 Peter FLANAGAN
Don SCHOFIELD (c) 11 FR 15 Ken ROBERTS
John HOBBY 15 2R 21 Bill RAMSEY
Ray JOHNSON 9 2R 24 Terry FOGERTY
Terry PANNOWITZ 8 L 25 Dave ROBINSON
 
    B 7 Ian BROOKE
    B 22 John MANTLE
 
Don SCHOFIELD   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
State Cup 1964 - Final vs. Parramatta
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1967 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
John McLaughlin (fullback), Bob Moses (centre), Dave Brown (centre), Gerry Edser (five-eighth), Jim Morgan (front row), Bob Heaney (front row), Allan Thomson (second row), Brian Carlin (second row), Gordon Doyle (bench), Barry Dunlop (bench)
In:
Brian Warby (fullback), John Leis (centre), Bob Hensby (centre), Greg Norgard (five-eighth), John Richards (front row), Don Schofield (front row), John Hobby (second row), Ray Johnson (second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 5 vs. Sydney Firsts
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 7 vs. NSW North Coast
Out:
Ken Gowers (fullback), John Stopford (wing), Alan Buckley (centre), William Burgess (wing), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Colin Clarke (hooker), Brian Edgar (front row), Bill Bryant (second row), Harry Poole (lock)
In:
Arthur Keegan (fullback), Bernard Jones (wing), Geoff Shelton (centre), Frank Myler (centre), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Peter Flanagan (hooker), Ken Roberts (front row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Terry Fogerty (second row), Dave Robinson (lock)
Changes:
Ian Brooke (centre to bench), John Mantle (second row to bench)

Match Notes

Gary Banks & Alan Thomson dropped out of the Newcastle team & were replaced by Greg Norgard & John Hobby.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson