New Zealand vs Great Britain 1966 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 8 lost to Great Britain 25

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1966

New Zealand
8
25
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14365
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 6th August, 1966
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 14,494
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 10
Scrums 11 6
New Zealand Scoresheet Great Britain
Roy CHRISTIAN T Ian BROOKE
Robert MINCHAM   William BURGESS
      Colin CLARKE
      Frank MYLER
      Cliff WATSON
 
Graham KENNEDY G 4 Ken GOWERS
 
    FG Ken GOWERS
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
Roger TAIT 1 FB 1 Ken GOWERS
Brian REIDY 2 W 3 William BURGESS
Roy CHRISTIAN 3 C 7 Ian BROOKE
Roger BAILEY 4 C 8 Alan BUCKLEY
Robert MINCHAM 5 W 10 Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH
 
Graham KENNEDY 6 FE 11 Alan HARDISTY
Graeme FARRAR (c) 7 HB 14 Tommy BISHOP
 
Maunga EMERY 8 FR 15 Ken ROBERTS
Colin O'NEIL 9 HK 18 Colin CLARKE
Sam EDWARDS 10 FR 19 Cliff WATSON
Garry SMITH 11 2R 26 Harry POOLE (c)
Eddie MOORE 12 2R 21 Bill RAMSEY
Bill DEACON 13 L 25 Dave ROBINSON
 
    B 6 Frank MYLER
 
Lory BLANCHARD   HC    
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
France vs New Zealand 1965 - Game 3 vs. France
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1966 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Jack Fagan (fullback), Brian Langton (wing), Paul Schultz (five-eighth), Bob Irvine (halfback), Robert Orchard (second row), Don Hammond (second row)
In:
Roger Tait (fullback), Brian Reidy (wing), Robert Mincham (wing), Graeme Farrar (halfback), Garry Smith (second row), Eddie Moore (second row)
Changes:
Graham Kennedy (centre to five-eighth), Roy Christian (wing to centre)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 23 vs. Waikato
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 25 vs. Wellington
Out:
Bernard Jones (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Brian Edgar (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row)
In:
Alan Buckley (centre), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Dave Robinson (lock)
Changes:
Frank Myler (centre to bench), Harry Poole (lock to second row), Geoff Wrigglesworth (bench to wing)

Match Notes

Gary Clarke & Robert Orchard were non playing reserves for New Zealand.

Frank Myler replaced Alan Hardisty.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Stephen Bell, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin