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Lions Tour 1979 Series

Game 9

Brisbane Firsts 7 lost to Great Britain 10

Lions Tour 1979

Brisbane Firsts		 7
–
10
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39702
Status Completed
Date Monday, 18th June, 1979
Kick Off 6:00pm (local time)
Referee Joe Ticehurst
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 3,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 – 2
Scrums 12 – 10
Penalties 15 – 9
Brisbane Firsts Scoresheet Great Britain
Chris CLOSE T David BARENDS
      Tommy MARTYN
 
John BARBER 2 G 2 John HOLMES
Brisbane Firsts Teams Great Britain
Peter DUTTON 1 FB 1 Keith MUMBY
Terry GARSIDE 2 W 2 David BARENDS
Chris CLOSE 3 C 3 Steve EVANS
Mal MENINGA 4 C 4 Eric HUGHES
Bligh DAVIDSON 5 W 5 Peter GLYNN
 
Mark MURRAY 6 FE 6 John HOLMES
Ross STRUDWICK 7 HB 7 Alan REDFEARN (c)
 
Dave BROWN 8 FR 8 Mel JAMES
John LANG 9 HK 9 Graham LIPTROT
John BARBER 10 FR 10 Charlie STONE
J McCLOUD 11 2R 11 Jeff GRAYSHON
Des MORRIS (c) 12 2R 12 Tommy MARTYN
Norm CARR 13 L 13 Len CASEY
 
Mick NEILL 14 B 15 Trevor SKERRETT
Wally LEWIS 15 B    
 
Henry HOLLOWAY   HC   Eric ASHTON
   
 

Team Info

Brisbane Firsts

Previous Game:
AMCO Cup 1979 - Game 1 vs. St George
Next Game:
AMCO Cup 1979 - Round 2 vs. Manly
Out:
Brad Backer (wing), Mark Payne (centre), Peter Eastwell (wing), Wayne Carr (five-eighth), Wayne Lindenberg (halfback), Billy Whitmore (front row), Greg Veivers (front row), Greg Quinn (second row)
In:
Terry Garside (wing), Chris Close (centre), Bligh Davidson (wing), Mark Murray (five-eighth), Dave Brown (front row), John Barber (front row), J McCloud (second row)
Changes:
Ross Strudwick (bench to halfback)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1979 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1979 - Game 10 vs. Southern Division
Out:
John Woods (fullback), John Joyner (centre), Roy Mathias (wing), Gary Stephens (halfback), Jim Mills (front row), David Ward (hooker), George Nicholls (second row), Doug Laughton (second row), Steve Norton (lock), Phil Hogan (bench)
In:
Keith Mumby (fullback), Peter Glynn (wing), Alan Redfearn (halfback), Mel James (front row), Graham Liptrot (hooker), Charlie Stone (front row), Jeff Grayshon (second row), Tommy Martyn (second row), Len Casey (lock)
Changes:
Trevor Skerrett (front row to bench), Steve Evans (bench to centre)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash