Game 1
New Zealand 8 lost to Great Britain 25
| 1966 New Zealand vs Great Britain Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14365 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 6th August, 1966 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (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 | ||||||
| Bob MINCHAM | William BURGESS | |||||||
| Colin CLARKE | ||||||||
| Frank MYLER | ||||||||
| Cliff WATSON | ||||||||
| Graham KENNEDY | 1/3 | G | 4/7 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
| Bill DEACON | 0/1 | |||||||
| Roger TAIT | 0/4 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Bob MINCHAM | 5 | W | 10 | Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH | ||||
| Graham KENNEDY | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
| Graham 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:
- 1965 France vs New Zealand - Game 3 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1966 New Zealand vs Great Britain - 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), Bob Mincham (wing), Graham 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:
- 1966 Lions Tour - Game 23 vs. Waikato
- Next Game:
- 1966 Lions Tour - 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:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Stephen Bell, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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