Game 3
Australia 19 def. Great Britain 14
Ashes Series 1966 | ||||||||
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Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7916 | |||||||
Status | Completed | |||||||
Date | Saturday, 23rd July, 1966 | |||||||
Kick Off | 2:30 PM (local time) | |||||||
Referee | Col Pearce | |||||||
Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
Crowd | 63,503 | |||||||
Match Stats | ||||||||
Halftime Score | 8 | – | 2 | |||||
Scrums | 11 | – | 7 | |||||
Penalties | 7 | – | 9 | |||||
Australia | Scoresheet | Great Britain | ||||||
Ken IRVINE | 3 | T | Alan HARDISTY | |||||
Johnny KING | ||||||||
Ron LYNCH | ||||||||
PT | Alan HARDISTY | |||||||
Les JOHNS | 2/5 | G | 4/5 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
OFF | Cliff WATSON | |||||||
Australia | Teams | Great Britain | ||||||
Les JOHNS [Canterbury] |
1 | FB | 1 | Ken GOWERS | ||||
Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] |
2 | W | 3 | William BURGESS | ||||
Peter DIMOND [Western Suburbs] |
3 | C | 7 | Ian BROOKE | ||||
Johnny GREAVES [Canterbury] |
4 | C | 8 | Alan BUCKLEY | ||||
Johnny KING [St George] |
5 | W | 10 | Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH | ||||
John GLEESON | 6 | FE | 11 | Alan HARDISTY | ||||
Billy SMITH [St George] |
7 | HB | 14 | Tommy BISHOP | ||||
John WITTENBERG | 13 | FR | 19 | Cliff WATSON | ||||
Ian WALSH (c) [St George] |
12 | HK | 17 | Peter FLANAGAN | ||||
Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] |
11 | FR | 16 | Brian EDGAR (c) | ||||
Mick VEIVERS [Manly] |
10 | 2R | 22 | John MANTLE | ||||
Arthur BEETSON [Balmain] |
9 | 2R | 21 | Bill RAMSEY | ||||
Ron LYNCH [Parramatta] |
8 | L | 25 | Dave ROBINSON | ||||
Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] |
15 | B | 23 | Bill BRYANT | ||||
Ian WALSH | HC | |||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Ashes Series 1966 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- Australia vs New Zealand 1967 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Keith Barnes (fullback), Graeme Langlands (centre)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Peter Dimond (centre), Arthur Beetson (second row)
- Changes:
- Dick Thornett (second row to bench)
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- Lions Tour 1966 - Game 18 vs. Western Division
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1966 - Game 20 vs. Riverina
- Out:
- Bernard Jones (wing), Geoff Shelton (centre), Frank Myler (centre), John Stopford (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Ken Roberts (front row), Colin Clarke (hooker), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row), Harry Poole (lock)
- In:
- William Burgess (wing), Ian Brooke (centre), Alan Buckley (centre), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Alan Hardisty (five-eighth), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Cliff Watson (front row), Peter Flanagan (hooker), Brian Edgar (front row), John Mantle (second row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Dave Robinson (lock)
- Changes:
- Bill Bryant (second row to bench)
Match Notes
Gary Banks was a non playing reserve for Australia.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin