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Lions Tour 1966 Series

Game 3

North Queensland Firsts 17 def. Great Britain 15

Lions Tour 1966

North Queensland Firsts
17
15
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39551
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 5th June, 1966
Referee Don Lancashire (Toowoomba)
Venue T'ville Sports (Townsville)
Crowd 6,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 10
North QLD Scoresheet Great Britain
Brian BEVAN T Bernard JONES
Barry DOYLE   Harry POOLE
Ray MIGUEL   Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH
 
Brian BEVAN 3 G 3/7 Ken GOWERS
Albert GORRIS      
North QLD Teams Great Britain
Albert GORRIS 1 FB 1 Ken GOWERS
Ray MIGUEL 2 W 10 Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH
Graham CHARLES 3 C 8 Alan BUCKLEY
Garry WELLINGTON 4 C 5 Geoff SHELTON
Barry DOYLE 5 W 4 Bernard JONES
 
Eric GELLING 6 FE 6 Frank MYLER
Brian BEVAN 7 HB 14 Tommy BISHOP
 
Jim PATERSON 8 FR 20 Geoff CREWDSON
Brian FITZSIMMONS 9 HK 17 Peter FLANAGAN
Arthur BELBIN 10 FR 15 Ken ROBERTS
Greg SWARBRICK 11 2R 23 Bill BRYANT
Gordon COGILL 12 2R 24 Terry FOGERTY
Syd CLARK 13 L 26 Harry POOLE (c)
 
W McKENZIE 14 B    
Joe MULHALL 15 B    
   
 

Team Info

North Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
North Island Tour to QLD 1966 - Game 2 vs. North Island
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1967 - Game 13 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Alan Gil (centre), Brian Dent (wing), John Cleary (front row), Angelo Crema (second row), Stan Williams (lock)
In:
Graham Charles (centre), Barry Doyle (wing), Arthur Belbin (front row), Greg Swarbrick (second row), W McKenzie (bench), Joe Mulhall (bench)
Changes:
Brian Bevan (five-eighth to halfback), Eric Gelling (halfback to five-eighth), Syd Clark (second row to lock), Gordon Cogill (bench to second row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 2 vs. Far North QLD
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1966 - Game 4 vs. Central QLD
Out:
Arthur Keegan (fullback), Ian Brooke (centre), John Stopford (wing), Willie Aspinall (five-eighth), Carl Dooler (halfback), Brian Edgar (front row), Bill Ramsey (second row), Alan Hardisty (bench)
In:
Ken Gowers (fullback), Geoff Wrigglesworth (wing), Alan Buckley (centre), Geoff Shelton (centre), Tommy Bishop (halfback), Geoff Crewdson (front row), Terry Fogerty (second row)
Changes:
Frank Myler (centre to five-eighth)

Match Notes

Frank Myler was ordered off the field 10 minutes from the finish to put his boots on, Myler had taken his boots off and was playing in his socks because his feel were badly blistered. A touch judge drew referee Lancashire's attention to the rule which says boots or shoes must be worn on the field.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash