Game 2
Great Britain 6 lost to Australia 14
| Ashes Series 1973/74 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7906 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 24th November, 1973 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Billy Thompson (Huddersfield) | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,674 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 6 | – | 4 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| T | Bob McCARTHY | |||||||
| Terry CLAWSON | 3 | G | 5 | Graham EADIE | ||||
| FG | Bob FULTON | |||||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Paul CHARLTON | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| Clive SULLIVAN (c) | 2 | W | 2 | Lionel WILLIAMSON [Newtown] |
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| Syd HYNES | 3 | C | 3 | Geoff STARLING [Balmain] |
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| Chris HESKETH | 4 | C | 4 | Ray BRANIGHAN [Manly] |
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| John ATKINSON | 5 | W | 5 | David WAITE | ||||
| David TOPLISS | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON [Manly] |
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| Steve NASH | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Terry CLAWSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Bob O'REILLY [Parramatta] |
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| Colin CLARKE | 9 | HK | 9 | Elwyn WALTERS [South Sydney] |
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| Brian LOCKWOOD | 10 | FR | 10 | Arthur BEETSON [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Phil LOWE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Bob McCARTHY (c) [South Sydney] |
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| John MANTLE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gary STEVENS [South Sydney] |
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| Ray BATTEN | 13 | L | 13 | Paul SAIT [South Sydney] |
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| David ECKERSLEY | 14 | B | 14 | Ken MADDISON [Cronulla] |
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| Colin DIXON | 15 | B | ||||||
| Jim CHALLINOR | HC | Graeme LANGLANDS | ||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- Ashes Series 1973/74 - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- Ashes Series 1973/74 - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Out:
- George Nicholls (second row)
- In:
- John Mantle (second row), David Eckersley (bench), Colin Dixon (bench)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1973 - Game 14 vs. Featherstone
- Next Game:
- Ashes Series 1973/74 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Michael Cronin (centre), John O'Neill (front row), Bill Hamilton (bench)
- In:
- Bob McCarthy (second row), Gary Stevens (second row)
- Changes:
- Ray Branighan (wing to centre), Arthur Beetson (second row to front row), Ken Maddison (second row to bench), Lionel Williamson (bench to wing)
Match Notes
For England Eckersley replaced Topliss & Dixon replaced Mantle.
Maddison replaced McCarthy after 7 mins of the 2nd half for Australia, Dennis Ward was a non-playing reserve.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin
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