Game 5
Lancashire 13 def. Australia 11
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23213 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 25th September, 1963 | |||||||
| Referee | Matthew Coates | |||||||
| Venue | Central Park (Wigan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,068 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 11 | – | 5 | |||||
| Scrums | 11 | – | 16 | |||||
| Lancashire | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Jim MEASURES | T | Michael CLEARY | ||||||
| Trevor SIMMS | Dick THORNETT | |||||||
| Graham WILLIAMS | Ian WALSH | |||||||
| Ken GOWERS | G | Les JOHNS | ||||||
| Keith NORTHEY | ||||||||
| Lancashire | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Ken GOWERS | 1 | FB | 1 | Les JOHNS [Canterbury] |
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| Trevor SIMMS | 2 | W | 2 | Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] |
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| Keith NORTHEY | 3 | C | 3 | Graeme LANGLANDS [St George] |
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| Alan BUCKLEY | 4 | C | 4 | Barry RUSHWORTH | ||||
| John STOPFORD | 5 | W | 5 | Michael CLEARY [South Sydney] |
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| Frank MYLER | 6 | FE | 6 | Earl HARRISON | ||||
| Graham WILLIAMS | 7 | HB | 7 | Barry MUIR | ||||
| Bill ROBINSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Noel KELLY [Western Suburbs] |
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| Bill SAYER | 9 | HK | 9 | Ian WALSH (c) [St George] |
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| Eric BATE | 10 | FR | 10 | Peter GALLAGHER | ||||
| Roy EVANS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Dick THORNETT [Parramatta] |
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| Jim MEASURES | 12 | 2R | 12 | Brian HAMBLY [Parramatta] |
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| Vince KARALIUS | 13 | L | 13 | John RAPER [St George] |
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| George PARKINSON | 14 | B | ||||||
| HC | Arthur SUMMONS | |||||||
Team Info
Lancashire
- Previous Game:
- County Championship 1963/64 - Game 1 vs. Yorkshire
- Next Game:
- County Championship 1964/65 - Game 2 vs. Cumberland
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1963/64 - Game 4 vs. Leeds
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1963/64 - Game 6 vs. St Helens
- Out:
- Ken Thornett (fullback), Frank Stanton (centre), Arthur Summons (halfback), Paul Quinn (front row), Ken Day (second row), Kevin Ryan (second row), Kevin Smyth (lock)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Barry Rushworth (centre), Barry Muir (halfback), Ian Walsh (hooker), Dick Thornett (second row), Brian Hambly (second row), John Raper (lock)
- Changes:
- Noel Kelly (hooker to front row)
Match Notes
For Lanchashire Parkinson replaced Gowers at halftime with Northey moving to fullback.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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