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Ashes Series 1963 Series

Game 3

Great Britain 16 def. Australia 5

Ashes Series 1963/64

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16
5
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7919
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 30th November, 1963
Kick Off 2:30pm (local time)
Referee Eric Clay (Leeds)
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 20,497
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 5
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
Don FOX T Ken IRVINE
Geoff SMITH      
John STOPFORD      
Johnny WARD      
 
Don FOX 2 G Graeme LANGLANDS
 
Cliff WATSON OFF Brian HAMBLY
      Barry MUIR
Great Britain Teams Australia
Ken GOWERS 1 FB 1 Ken THORNETT
[Parramatta]
Geoff SMITH 2 W 2 Ken IRVINE
[North Sydney]
Keith HOLDEN 3 C 3 Reg GASNIER
[St George]
Alan BUCKLEY 4 C 4 Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
John STOPFORD 5 W 5 Peter DIMOND
[Western Suburbs]
 
Dave BOLTON 6 FE 6 Earl HARRISON
Tommy SMALES (c) 7 HB 14 Barry MUIR
 
Frank COLLIER 8 FR 26 Noel KELLY
[Western Suburbs]
Johnny WARD 9 HK 9 Ian WALSH (c)
[St George]
Cliff WATSON 10 FR 10 Paul QUINN
Dick HUDDART 11 2R 20 Brian HAMBLY
[Parramatta]
Ken ROBERTS 12 2R 12 Dick THORNETT
[Parramatta]
Don FOX 13 L 13 John RAPER
[St George]
 
    HC   Arthur SUMMONS
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1963/64 - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Test Matches 1964 - vs. France
Out:
Mick Sullivan (wing), Eric Ashton (centre), Neil Fox (centre), Frank Myler (five-eighth), Alex Murphy (halfback), Bill Robinson (front row), Len McIntyre (hooker), Jim Measures (second row), Ron Morgan (second row), Vince Karalius (lock)
In:
Geoff Smith (wing), Keith Holden (centre), Alan Buckley (centre), Dave Bolton (five-eighth), Tommy Smales (halfback), Frank Collier (front row), Johnny Ward (hooker), Dick Huddart (second row), Ken Roberts (second row), Don Fox (lock)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1963/64 - Game 21 vs. Swinton
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1963/64 - Game 23 vs. Celtic de Paris
Out:
Michael Cleary (wing), Arthur Summons (five-eighth), Frank Stanton (halfback), Peter Gallagher (front row), Kevin Smyth (lock)
In:
Peter Dimond (wing), Earl Harrison (five-eighth), Barry Muir (halfback), Noel Kelly (front row), John Raper (lock)

Match Notes

For England Watson was sent off in the 50th min for a high tackle.

Hambly was sent off in the 17th min for fighting & Muir in the 55th for kicking, Irvine left the field with 10 mins remaining which left Australia with only 10 players.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin