World Championship Series 1975

Game 1

Australia 10 drew with England 10

World Championship Series 1975
Game 1

Australia
10
10
England
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14241
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th June, 1975
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee John Percival (Auckland)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 33,858
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 5
Scrums 9 14
Australia Scoresheet England
Chris ANDERSON T Ged DUNN
Ron COOTE   Ken GILL
 
Michael CRONIN 2 G 2 George FAIRBAIRN
Australia Teams England
Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
1 FB 1 George FAIRBAIRN
Mark HARRIS
[Eastern Suburbs]
2 W 2 Keith FIELDING
Bob FULTON
[Manly]
3 C 3 John WALSH
Michael CRONIN 4 C 4 Les DYL
Johnny RHODES 5 W 5 Ged DUNN
 
Tim PICKUP
[Canterbury]
6 FE 6 Roger MILLWARD (c)
Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Terry RANDALL
[Manly]
13 FR 13 Mike COULMAN
John LANG 12 HK 12 John BRIDGES
Arthur BEETSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 FR 11 Mick MORGAN
Lew PLATZ 10 2R 10 Phil COOKSON
Gary STEVENS
[Souths]
9 2R 9 George NICHOLLS
Ron COOTE
[Eastern Suburbs]
8 L 8 Steve NORTON
 
Chris ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
14 B 14 Ken GILL
John DONNELLY
[Western Suburbs]
15 B 15 Eric CHISNALL
 
Graeme LANGLANDS   HC   Alex MURPHY
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 1 vs. France
Next Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
In:
Gary Stevens (second row), Chris Anderson (bench)
Changes:
John Donnelly (front row to bench), Terry Randall (second row to front row)

England

Previous Game:
England World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 7 vs. Illawarra Firsts
Next Game:
England World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 9 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Out:
Derek Noonan (centre), Parry Gordon (halfback), Keith Bridges (hooker), Dave Chisnall (front row)
In:
Roger Millward (five-eighth), John Bridges (hooker), Phil Cookson (second row), George Nicholls (second row)
Changes:
John Walsh (fullback to centre), George Fairbairn (wing to fullback), Ken Gill (five-eighth to bench), Eric Chisnall (second row to bench), Mick Morgan (second row to front row), Steve Nash (bench to halfback), Ged Dunn (bench to wing)

Match Notes

Chris Anderson replaced Mark Harris in the 1st half & John Donnelly replaced Tim Pickup in the 2nd half.

Ken Gill replaced Roger Millward & Eric Chisnall Phil Cookson for the 2nd half.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann