New Zealand vs Great Britain 1974 Series

Game 1

New Zealand 13 def. Great Britain 8

New Zealand vs Great Britain 1974

New Zealand
13
8
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14372
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 27th July, 1974
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 10,466
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 5
Scrums 13 15
Penalties 22 10
New Zealand Scoresheet Great Britain
Ken STIRLING T John BEVAN
      Steve NASH
 
Warren COLLICOAT 5 G Terry CLAWSON
 
    OFF Colin DIXON
New Zealand Teams Great Britain
Warren COLLICOAT 1 FB 1 Paul CHARLTON
Maurice BRERETON 2 W 2 David REDFEARN
Bill JOHNSEN 3 C 3 Les DYL
Eddie KERRIGAN 4 C 4 Chris HESKETH (c)
John O'SULLIVAN 5 W 5 John BEVAN
 
Dennis WILLIAMS 6 FE 6 Ken GILL
Ken STIRLING (c) 7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Lyndsay PROCTOR 8 FR 8 Terry CLAWSON
William BURGOYNE 9 HK 9 John GRAY
Doug GAILEY 10 FR 10 Jimmy THOMPSON
Tony COLL 11 2R 11 Colin DIXON
John GREENGRASS 12 2R 12 Steve NORTON
Murray EADE 13 L 13 George NICHOLLS
 
Wayne ROBERTSON 14 B 14 Kevin ASHCROFT
 
George MENZIES   HC   Jim CHALLINOR
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis World Cup Tour 1972 - Game 3 vs. Salford
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1974 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 21 vs. North Island
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1974 - Game 23 vs. NZ Maori
Out:
David Watkins (fullback), Maurice Richards (wing), John Butler (five-eighth), Alan Bates (halfback), Paul Rose (front row), Keith Bridges (front row), Bill Ramsey (bench)
In:
Paul Charlton (fullback), Chris Hesketh (centre), Steve Nash (halfback), Terry Clawson (front row), Jimmy Thompson (front row), George Nicholls (lock)
Changes:
David Redfearn (centre to wing), Kevin Ashcroft (hooker to bench), John Gray (second row to hooker), Steve Norton (lock to second row), Ken Gill (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Colin Dixon was send off 16 mins into the 2nd half for a high tackle on John Greengrass, several members of the British team were incensed by the refereeing of Mr Percival and threatens to walk off in protest. Management later described the refereeing as disgraceful.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin