Game 1
Wellington 16 lost to Australia 34
| Kangaroos Tour 1965 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23239 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 9th June, 1965 | |||||||
| Referee | Earle Pilcher | |||||||
| Venue | Basin Reserve (Wellington) | |||||||
| Crowd | 1,745 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 21 | |||||
| Scrums | 15 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 17 | – | 6 | |||||
| Wellington | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Garry SMITH | T | 2 | Reg GASNIER | |||||
| G STRONG | 2 | Jimmy LISLE | ||||||
| John GLEESON | ||||||||
| Ken IRVINE | ||||||||
| John MORGAN | ||||||||
| Billy SMITH | ||||||||
| G HEPERI | 5 | G | 3 | Reg GASNIER | ||||
| 2 | Noel CAVANAGH | |||||||
| Wellington | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| William HARRISON | 1 | FB | 1 | Jimmy LISLE [South Sydney] |
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| R WARD | 2 | W | 2 | Nick YAKICH [Manly] |
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| Trevor McKEICH | 3 | C | 3 | Reg GASNIER [St George] |
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| G STRONG | 4 | C | 4 | Garry WELLINGTON | ||||
| J LAFRENTZ | 5 | W | 5 | Ken IRVINE [North Sydney] |
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| R JACKSON | 6 | FE | 6 | John GLEESON | ||||
| Findlay RASMUSSEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Billy SMITH [St George] |
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| G HEPERI | 8 | FR | 8 | Lloyd WEIER [North Sydney] |
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| Colin O'NEIL | 9 | HK | 9 | Ian WALSH (c) [St George] |
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| Neil BERI | 10 | FR | 10 | Paul QUINN [Newtown] |
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| Ron FARRELL | 11 | 2R | 11 | Barry BEATH | ||||
| Garry SMITH | 12 | 2R | 12 | John MORGAN [Manly] |
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| J RASMUSSEN | 13 | L | 13 | Noel CAVANAGH | ||||
| Dave PAWA | 14 | B | ||||||
| HC | Ian WALSH | |||||||
Team Info
Wellington
- Previous Game:
- Les Chanticleers Tour 1964 - Game 26 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1966 - Game 25 vs. Great Britain
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Australia vs France 1964 - Game 3 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1965 - Game 2 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Ken Thornett (fullback), Michael Cleary (wing), Kevin Ryan (front row), Noel Kelly (hooker), Graham Wilson (second row), Dick Thornett (second row), John Raper (lock)
- In:
- Nick Yakich (wing), Garry Wellington (centre), Lloyd Weier (front row), Ian Walsh (hooker), Barry Beath (second row), John Morgan (second row), Noel Cavanagh (lock)
- Changes:
- Jimmy Lisle (centre to fullback)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash

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