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Dragons World Cup Tour 1975 Series

Game 5

West Coast NZ Firsts 5 lost to Wales 35

Dragons World Cup Tour 1975

West Coast NZ Firsts		 5
–
35
Wales
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/21592
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 21st June, 1975
Kick Off 2:30pm (local time)
Referee Kevin Steel
Venue Wingham Park (Greymouth)
Crowd 2,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 – 14
West Coast Scoresheet Wales
David LOW T 3 Clive SULLIVAN
      John MANTLE
      Roy MATHIAS
      Glyn TURNER
      Robert WANBON
 
Trevor CRESTANI G 7 Kel COSLETT
West Coast Teams Wales
Trevor CRESTANI 1 FB 1 Bill FRANCIS
David LOW 2 W 2 Clive SULLIVAN
Gerard HARCOURT 3 C 3 David WATKINS (c)
Gary SMITH 4 C 4 David WILLICOMBE
Brent LINDBLOM 5 W 5 Roy MATHIAS
 
Kevin MURCOTT 6 FE 6 David TREASURE
Don MONK 7 HB 7 Glyn TURNER
 
John HIBBS 8 FR 8 Jim MILLS
Peter GRIFFIN 9 HK 9 Tony FISHER
Bill HARGREAVES 10 FR 10 Robert WANBON
Alan PATTINSON 11 2R 11 Colin DIXON
Lachie GRANT 12 2R 12 John MANTLE
Bill BALDERSTONE 13 L 13 Kel COSLETT
 
Ross BENNETT 14 B 14 Frank WILSON
Kevin FRANKLIN 15 B 15 Peter ROWE
 
    HC   Les PEARCE
   
 

Team Info

West Coast NZ Firsts

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1970 - Game 22 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 26 vs. Great Britain
Out:
K Lee (fullback), J Low (wing), Bill Johnsen (centre), N Keilly (centre), G Peters (wing), J Bennett (halfback), Colin McMaster (front row), J Rutledge (hooker), Kevin Dixon (second row), A Dennehy (lock), J Dalzell (bench), G Scully (bench)
In:
Trevor Crestani (fullback), David Low (wing), Gerard Harcourt (centre), Gary Smith (centre), Brent Lindblom (wing), Kevin Murcott (five-eighth), Peter Griffin (hooker), Alan Pattinson (second row), Lachie Grant (second row), Bill Balderstone (lock), Ross Bennett (bench), Kevin Franklin (bench)
Changes:
Don Monk (five-eighth to halfback), John Hibbs (second row to front row)

Wales

Previous Game:
Dragons World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 4 vs. Wellington
Next Game:
Dragons World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 6 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Mike Nicholas (front row), Dick Evans (hooker), Brian Butler (front row), Eddie Cunningham (second row)
In:
Bill Francis (fullback), Jim Mills (front row), Tony Fisher (hooker), Robert Wanbon (front row), John Mantle (second row), Kel Coslett (lock)
Changes:
David Watkins (fullback to centre), Frank Wilson (centre to bench), Peter Rowe (lock to bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash