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Kangaroos Tour 1973 Series

Game 5

Widnes 10 lost to Australia 25

Kangaroos Tour 1973

Widnes
10
25
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23282
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 14th October, 1973
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee Harry Hunt
Venue Naughton (Widnes)
Crowd 5,185
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 8
Widnes Scoresheet Australia
David MACKO T 2 Graeme LANGLANDS
Tom WARBURTON   Bob FULTON
      Bob McCARTHY
      Warren ORR
      Tom RAUDONIKIS
      Gary STEVENS
 
Ray DUTTON 2 G Michael CRONIN
      Graeme LANGLANDS
 
Robert BLACKWOOD OFF Bob McCARTHY
Widnes Teams Australia
Ray DUTTON 1 FB 1 Graeme LANGLANDS (c)
[St George]
A PRESCOTT 2 W 2 David WAITE
Malcolm ASPEY 3 C 3 Bob FULTON
[Manly]
Tom WARBURTON 4 C 4 Graham EADIE
[Manly]
Mick GEORGE 5 W 5 Warren ORR
 
James O'NEILL 6 FE 6 Tim PICKUP
[North Sydney]
Reg BOWDEN 7 HB 7 Tom RAUDONIKIS
[Western Suburbs]
 
John WARLOW (c) 8 FR 8 John O'NEILL
[Manly]
Joe DOHERTY 9 HK 9 John LANG
Jim MILLS 10 FR 10 Bob O'REILLY
[Parramatta]
J FORAN 11 2R 11 Bob McCARTHY
[South Sydney]
Robert BLACKWOOD 12 2R 12 Gary STEVENS
[South Sydney]
Mick ADAMS 13 L 13 Paul SAIT
[South Sydney]
 
David MACKO 14 B 14 Michael CRONIN
B SHERIDAN 15 B 15 Bill HAMILTON
[Manly]
 
Vince KARALIUS   HC   Graeme LANGLANDS
   
 

Team Info

Widnes

Previous Game:
BBC Floodlit Trophy 1973/74 - Week 1 vs. Leigh
Next Game:
Match Day 7 vs. Castleford

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1973 - Game 4 vs. Castleford
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1973 - Game 6 vs. Oldham
Out:
Geoff Starling (centre), Lionel Williamson (wing), Ray Branighan (five-eighth), Elwyn Walters (hooker), Arthur Beetson (front row), Ken Maddison (second row), Greg Pierce (lock)
In:
Graeme Langlands (fullback), Bob Fulton (centre), Tim Pickup (five-eighth), John O'Neill (front row), John Lang (hooker), Bob O'Reilly (front row), Bob McCarthy (second row), Paul Sait (lock)
Changes:
Graham Eadie (fullback to centre), Michael Cronin (centre to bench), Bill Hamilton (front row to bench), David Waite (bench to wing)

Match Notes

McCarthy was sent off for trampling on Reg Bowden just before halftime & Blackwood was sent off for striking John O'Neill a minute later breaking his jaw.

Macko replaced Dutton & Sheridan replaced Mills both at the 49 min mark for Widnes.

For Australian Cronin replaced Fulton & Hamilton replaced O'Neill both at halftime.

Due to injuries Widnes finished the match with 10 players & Australia 11.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin