Match - Sunday 8 November, 1981
Wales 15 lost to England 20
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14970 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 8th November, 1981 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Gerry Kershaw | |||||||
| Venue | Ninian Park (Cardiff) | |||||||
| Crowd | 8,102 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 5 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 15 | – | 8 | |||||
| Wales | Scoresheet | England | ||||||
| Ness FLOWERS | T | Des DRUMMOND | ||||||
| Paul PRENDIVILLE | Henderson GILL | |||||||
| Peter GORLEY | ||||||||
| Jeff GRAYSHON | ||||||||
| Steve FENWICK | 4 | G | 3 | John WOODS | ||||
| George FAIRBAIRN | ||||||||
| Danny WILSON | FG | |||||||
| Wales | Teams | England | ||||||
| Gordon PRITCHARD [Cardiff] | 1 | FB | 1 | George FAIRBAIRN [Hull KR] | ||||
| Adrian CAMBRIANI [Fulham] | 2 | W | 2 | Des DRUMMOND [Leigh] | ||||
| Steve BAYLISS [St Helens] | 3 | C | 3 | Mike SMITH [Hull KR] | ||||
| Steve FENWICK [Cardiff] | 4 | C | 4 | Les DYL [Leeds] | ||||
| John BEVAN (c) [Warrington] | 5 | W | 5 | Henderson GILL [Wigan] | ||||
| Danny WILSON [Swinton] | 6 | FE | 6 | John WOODS [Leigh] | ||||
| Ness FLOWERS [Wigan] | 7 | HB | 7 | Steve NASH [Salford] | ||||
| Mel JAMES [St Helens] | 8 | FR | 8 | Jeff GRAYSHON [Bradford] | ||||
| Don PARRY [Blackpool] | 9 | HK | 9 | David WARD (c) [Leeds] | ||||
| Tommy DAVID [Cardiff] | 10 | FR | 10 | John MILLINGTON [Hull KR] | ||||
| Martin HERDMAN [Fulham] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Phil LOWE [Hull KR] | ||||
| Glyn SHAW [Wigan] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Peter GORLEY [St Helens] | ||||
| Paul RINGER [Cardiff] | 13 | L | 13 | Steve NORTON [Hull] | ||||
| Roger OWEN [St Helens] | 14 | B | 14 | Les GORLEY [Widnes] | ||||
| Paul PRENDIVILLE [Hull] | 15 | B | ||||||
| Steve RULE [Salford] | 16 | B | ||||||
| Kel COSLETT | HC | John WHITELEY | ||||||
Team Info
Wales
- Previous Game:
- 1980/81 European Championship - Game 3 vs. England
- Next Game:
- 1982 Kangaroos Tour - Game 6 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Graham Walters (centre), Brian Juliff (wing), Paul Woods (halfback), Gareth Owen (front row), Trevor Skerrett (second row), Colin Dixon (second row), Roy Mathias (lock)
- In:
- Gordon Pritchard (fullback), Steve Bayliss (centre), Steve Fenwick (centre), Ness Flowers (halfback), Tommy David (front row), Glyn Shaw (second row), Paul Ringer (lock), Roger Owen (bench), Paul Prendiville (bench)
- Changes:
- Steve Rule (fullback to bench), John Bevan (centre to wing), Martin Herdman (bench to second row)
England
- Previous Game:
- 1980/81 European Championship - Game 3 vs. Wales
- Next Game:
- 1984 Test Matches - vs. Wales
- Out:
- Terry Richardson (wing), John Joyner (centre), Steve Fenton (wing), Ken Kelly (five-eighth), Roy Holdstock (front row), Len Casey (front row), Ian Potter (second row), Bill Pattinson (second row), Mick Adams (bench)
- In:
- Des Drummond (wing), Les Dyl (centre), Henderson Gill (wing), Jeff Grayshon (front row), John Millington (front row), Phil Lowe (second row), Peter Gorley (second row), Les Gorley (bench)
- Changes:
- John Woods (bench to five-eighth)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson
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