Lions Tour 1979 Series

Game 24

Canterbury (NZ) vs. Great Britain

Lions Tour 1979

Canterbury (NZ)

Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/102614
Status Cancelled with no result recorded
Date Wednesday, 1st August, 1979
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Don Wilson
Venue Christchurch (Christchurch)
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury (NZ)

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1977 - Game 1 vs. Southern Suburbs
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Michael O'Donnell (fullback), Cliff Leney (wing), Bruce Dickison (centre), Eddie Kerrigan (centre), Maurice Brereton (wing), Robert Jarvis (five-eighth), Ken Tait (halfback), John Greengrass (front row), Alan Rushton (hooker), Steve Brewster (front row), Mark Broadhurst (second row), Terry Gillman (second row), Rodney Walker (lock), Gary Taie (bench), Mutu Stone (bench), Wallace Wilson (bench), Barry Edkins (bench)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 23 vs. Wellington
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Keith Mumby (fullback), David Barends (wing), Steve Evans (centre), Mike Smith (centre), John Woods (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Alan Redfearn (halfback), John Burke (front row), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Trevor Skerrett (front row), George Nicholls (second row), Len Casey (second row), Phil Hogan (lock), John Joyner (bench), David Watkinson (bench)

Match Notes

Match was cancelled due to the ground being underwater.

Selected teams were as follows:

Canterbury

R Alfeld
R Seaward
L Hudson
M O'Donnell
B Murphy
R Jarvis
W Wilson(c)
T Gillman
A Rushton
D Millward
P Truscott
M Broadhurst
W Wallace
B Edkins
(one to be omitted)

Reserves
M Vincent
W Dalzell
R Dalzell
(one to be omitted)

Great Britain

G Fairbairn
E Hughes
P Glynn
J Woods
R Mathias
J Holmes
G Stephens
M James
D Watkinson
C Stone
J Grayshon
B Lockwood(c)
M Adams

Reserves
D Barends
G Liptrot

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash